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The physician-consumer health IT chasm: most doctors lagging in online patient support tools

By on May 16, 2013 in Digital health, Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Internet and Health, Medical technology, Physicians, Telehealth, Telemedicine

In the long-run, health information technology (HIT) will improve the quality of health care, according to 73% of U.S. physicians. However, about the same number (7 in 10 physicians) believe that the ROI on health IT is inflated and that implementing EHRs will cost more, not less. Still, market forces from health insurance plans, payers [...]

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The Slow Economy Has Slowed Health Spending

By on April 29, 2013 in Consumer-directed health, Electronic health records, Employers, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health IT, Health policy, Health reform, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Patient engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PPACA, Prevention and wellness, Value based health, Workplace wellness

Why has health cost growth in the U.S. slowed in the past few years? It’s mostly due to the economy, argues the Kaiser Family Foundation in Assessing the Effects of the Economy on the Recent Slowdown of Health Spending. The answer to this question is important because, as the American economy recovers, it begs the [...]

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Bending the cost-curve: a proposal from some Old School bipartisans

By on April 22, 2013 in Accountable Care Organizations, Affordable Care Act, Business and health, Consumer-directed health, Electronic health records, Employers, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health insurance, Health IT, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, Health regulation, Managed care, Medicare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Shopping and health, Value based health, Workplace wellness

Strange political bedfellows have come together to draft a formula for dealing with spiraling health care costs in the U.S. iin A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-Wide Cost Containment from the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). The BPC was founded by Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell. This [...]

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The value of big data in health care = $450 billion

By on April 8, 2013 in Behavior change, Bio/life sciences, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Corporate wellness, Design and health, Digital health, Doctors, Electronic health records, Employers, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health IT, Health Plans, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Money and health, Patient engagement, Personal health records, Personalized medicine, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, PHRs, Physicians, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Privacy and security, Public health, Supply chain, Trust, Value based health

  Exploiting Big Data in industry is Big News these days, and nowhere is the potential for leveraging the concept greater than in health care. McKinsey & Company estimates that harnessing big data across five dimensions of health care could yield nearly one-half trillion dollars’ worth of value in The ‘big data’ revolution in healthcare. The [...]

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Do doctors want patients to have full access their own medical information? It depends.

By on March 13, 2013 in Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Demographics and health, Design and health, Digital health, Doctors, Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health IT, Health literacy, Health policy, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, HITECH Act, Internet and Health, media and health, Medical technology, Patient engagement, Personal health records, PHRs, Physicians, Primary care, Privacy and security, Trust

Only one-third of U.S. physicians believe that patients should have “full access” to their electronic health records, according to Patient Access to Electronic Health Records What Does the Doctor Order?, a survey conducted by Accenture, released at HIMSS13 in March 2013. Two-thirds of doctors in the U.S. are open to patients having “limited access” to their [...]

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