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Food = Health for employers, hospitals, health plans and consumers

By on April 18, 2013 in Chronic care, Chronic disease, Complementary and alternative medicine, Consumer-directed health, Corporate wellness, Design and health, Employers, Exercise, Fitness, Food and health, Global Health, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Heart health, Kids' health, media and health, mHealth, Mobile health, Moms and health, Noncommunicable disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Patient engagement, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Retail health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Workplace wellness

Food is inextricably bound up with health whether we are well or not. Several key area of the Food=Health ecosystem made the news this week which, together, will impact public and personal health. On the employer health benefits front, more media are covering the story on CVS strongly incentivizing employees to drop body mass index [...]

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U.S. Health Costs vs. The World: Is It Still The Prices, and Are We Still Stupid?

By on April 2, 2013 in Aging and Technology, Business and health, Doctors, Financial health, Global Health, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health reform, Hospital finance, Hospitals, media and health, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Mental health, Money and health, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Physicians, PPACA, Primary care, Retail health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Uninsured, Value based health

Comparing health care prices in the U.S. with those in other developed countries is an exercise in sticker shock. The cost of a hospital day in the U.S. was, on average, $4,287 in 2012. It was $853 in France, a nation often lauded for its excellent health system and patient outcomes but with a health [...]

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Bill Clinton’s public health, cost-bending message thrills health IT folks at HIMSS

By on March 7, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Aging and Technology, Baby Boomers and Health, Children's health, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Connected health, Corporate wellness, Design and health, Electronic health records, Employers, Environment and heatlh, Financial health, Food and health, Global Health, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health IT, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, Health social networks, HITECH Act, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Kids' health, media and health, Medicaid, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medicare, Medication adherence, mHealth, Money and health, Noncommunicable disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Patient engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personalized medicine, Physicians, Popular culture and health, PPACA, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Privacy and security, Public health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Social media and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Women and health

In 2010, the folks who supported health care reform were massacred by the polls, Bill Clinton told a rapt audience of thousands at HIMSS13 yesterday. In 2012, the folks who were against health care reform were similarly rejected. President Clinton gave the keynote speech at the annual HIMSS conference on March 6, 2013, and by [...]

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Living paycheck to paycheck: what it means for health

By on February 14, 2013 in Administrative simplification, Behavioral health, Connected health, FDA, Financial health, Fitness, Food and health, Global Health, Health and Beauty, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health engagement, Health politics, Health Quality, Internet Demographics, Mobile health, Physicians, Uncategorized

While 50% of Americans feel they have a sound financial position, the other half is living paycheck to paycheck. 8% say they can’t even pay for essentials. The second annual Allstate “Life Tracks” Poll finds American adults split between have’s and have not’s, with even the “have’s” feeling less than financially literate. There is an [...]

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Lower calories are good business

By on February 12, 2013 in Business and health, Children's health, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Consumer-directed health, Corporate wellness, Design and health, Diabetes, Entertainment and health, Environment and heatlh, Food and health, Global Health, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health policy, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Internet and Health, Kids' health, media and health, mHealth, Mobile health, Nutrition, Obesity, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Supply chain, Value based health

The restaurant chain business employs 10% of U.S. workers and accounts for $660 bn worth of the national economy. Where restaurant chains are growing fastest is in serving up lower-calorie meals, and it’s been a boon to the bottom-line. The case for lower calories leading to better business is made in Lower-Calorie Foods: It’s Just Good [...]

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