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The part-time medical home: retail health clinics

By on June 13, 2013 in Accountable Care Organizations, Affordable Care Act, Business and health, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Consumer-directed health, Employers, Health at home, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health policy, Health reform, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospital finance, Hospitals, medical home, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Physicians, Prevention, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Retail health, Shopping and health

The number of retail health clinics will double between 2012 and 2015, according to a research brief from Accenture, Retail medical clinics: From Foe to Friend? published in June 2013. What are the driving market forces promoting the growth of retail clinics? Accenture points to a few key factors: Hospitals’ need to rationalize use of their [...]

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The emerging economy for consumer health and wellness

By on June 12, 2013 in Baby Boomers and Health, Behavior change, Business and health, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Corporate wellness, Design and health, Diabetes, Digital health, Employers, Environment and heatlh, Exercise, Financial health, Fitness, Food and health, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Heart health, Internet and Health, media and health, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Noncommunicable disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Patient engagement, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Prevention, Prevention and wellness, Retail health, Seniors and health, Sensors and health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Supply chain, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value based health, Women and health, Workplace wellness

The notion of consumers’ greater skin in the game of U.S. health care — and the underlying theory of rational economic men and women that would drive people to greater self-care — permeated the agenda of the 2nd annual Consumer Health & Wellness Innovation Summit, chaired by Lisa Suennen of Psilos Ventures. Lisa kicked off [...]

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The role of internet technologies in reducing health care costs: Meeker inspirations

By on May 30, 2013 in Connected health, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, mHealth, Mobile health, Patient engagement, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Remote health monitoring, Sensors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine

Tablets, wearables, smartphones, video and QR codes: these are fast-growing platforms moving data around the global economy. They’re also fast=growing platforms for health care where we live, work, play and pray. Mary Meeker‘s annual presentation on Internet Trends at the D11 Conference, is fresh off the virtual press in its shiny new 2013 version. Meeker has [...]

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The health and wellness gap between insured and uninsured people

By on May 24, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Behavior change, Chronic care, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Environment and heatlh, Exercise, Financial health, Fitness, Health at home, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health reform, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Medication adherence, Noncommunicable disease, Personal health finance, Popular culture and health, PPACA, Prevention, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Retail health, Safety net and health, Uninsured

If you have health insurance, chances are you take several actions to bolster your health such as take vitamins and supplements (which 2 in 3 American adults do), take medications as prescribed (done by 58% of insured people), and tried to improve your eating habits in the past two years (56%). Most people with insurance [...]

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Marketing Digital Health to Mom 2.0 on Mother’s Day 2013

By on May 12, 2013 in Behavior change, Complementary and alternative medicine, Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Digital health, Exercise, Fitness, Food and health, Health and Beauty, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health marketing, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Heart health, media and health, Moms and health, Nutrition, Obesity, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness, Public health, Retail health, Sensors and health, Supply chain, Welness, Women and health

Mainstream media, both print and online, peppered their 2013 Mother’s Day gift suggestions including pod coffeemakers, bangle bracelets, candy-colored accessories and digital health devices. Say, what? In Parade magazine, Mother’s Day 2013 gift ideas included the Fitbit “smart pedometer,” linked to a “buy” site at REI. You can’t get much more mainstream than Parade. In [...]

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