Dr. Andrew Weil, the iconic guru of all-things-health, was joined by a panel of health stakeholders at this morning’s Edelman salon discussing Wellness Ignited – Now and Next. Representatives from the American Heart Association, Columbia University, Walgreens, Google, Harvard Business School, and urban media mavens Quincy Jones III and Shawn Ullman, who lead Feel Rich, a [...]
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What Inspires and Tires Women When It Comes to Weight – The Fat Trap and the role of exercise
‘Tis the season of weight loss plans, particularly among women, as this NPR story discusses. For the weight loss industry, this first quarter of the new year is akin to Black Friday for retailers the day-after-Thanksgiving. Special K called January 2, 2012, as National Weigh-In Day. To commemorate the event, Kelloggs commissioned a survey among [...]
Make 2012 the year of living health-fully
When I would meet up with clients and friends during the latter half of 2011, people whom I hadn’t seen for months would do a double-take when they saw me. “What have you done?” they have asked. In this first post of 2012, I will share with Health Populi readers my story of 2011 – a year [...]
More health consumers look to pharmacists and pharmacy staff for health-related services
Health consumers prefer supermarket-based pharmacies to chain or mass merchandiser drugstores, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. National Pharmacy Study. Mass merchants, however, often beat out both supermarket and chain drugstores when it comes to price. In the study, J.D. Power segments brick-and-mortar pharmacies from mail-order. Brick-and-mortar pharmacies cover chain drug stores, [...]
Health is Bliss
In the ever-morphing space between health, wellness and beauty is the latest online portal called Bliss.com. The project was launched by Glam Media, which brings together women-focused brands and social media. Glam boasts a reach of 200 million across all of its online properties, and estimates that Bliss.com will realize an 11 million member community. Its [...]
About Jane & Health Populi
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is a health economist and management consultant that serves clients at the intersection of health and technology.
Her clients include all stakeholders in health, including providers, payors and plans; companies in biopharma, medical devices, financial services, technology and consumer goods; non-profits and NGOs. Jane's lens on health is best-defined by the World Health Organization: health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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ePatients: a connected, collaborative, creating community
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Meeker & Murphy on Mobile – through the lens of health
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Patient Power Through Data Liberación, and Private Sector to the Rescue – Health 2.0 DC Takeaways
