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We are all health illiterates: navigating the health system in a sea of paper and financial haze

By on January 30, 2012 in Design and health, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health literacy, Hospital finance

“Older patients, caregivers, and family members face growing challenges in understanding and navigating the nation’s increasingly complex healthcare system,” begins a well-articulated column called Why Consumers Struggle to Understand Health Care, in U.S. News & World Report dated January 27, 2012. Health literacy isn’t just about understanding clinical directions for self-care, such as how to take medications [...]

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On the road to retail health: healthcareDIY and primary care, everywhere

By on January 25, 2012 in Connected health, Design and health, Electronic health records, Employers, Food and health, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health marketing, HITECH Act, medical home, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Pharmacy, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Retail health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Workplace wellness

At the ConvUrgent Care Symposium in Orlando, attendees from the worlds of clinics, ambulatory care, hospital beds, pharmacies, medical devices, life sciences, health information, health IT, health plans, academic medical centers and professional medical societies came together to share and learn about the morphing landscape of retail health. The topline message: primary care is everywhere, [...]

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The Trust Deficit – what does it mean for health care?

By on January 24, 2012 in Affordable Care Act, Food and health, Global Health, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance exchanges, Health marketing, Health politics, Health reform, Health regulation, Health social networks, media and health, Pharmaceutical, Prescription drugs, Trust

Technology, autos, food and consumer products — two-thirds of people around the globe trust these four industries the most. The least trusted sectors are media, banks and financial services. Welcome to the twelfth annual poll of the 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer, gauging global citizens’ perspectives on institutions and their trustworthiness. This survey marks the largest [...]

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help comes to health care: well-designed front-of-pharmacy DIY health products

By on January 19, 2012 in Design and health, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health marketing, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness

Less is more when it comes to health care utilization and outcomes. The U.S. allocates too many resources to a huge line item of waste in the health system – administrative (in terms of too many paper processes and staff to deal with them) and clinically (especially involving duplicated tests and ineffective treatments that aren’t based on [...]

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Stop SOPA

By on January 18, 2012 in Connected health, Health at home, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health politics, Health social networks, Internet and Health, media and health, medical home, Medical innovation, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Remote health monitoring, Safety net and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine

    Health Populi’s Hot Points: Please stop censorship in the United States of America. Click on this hyperlink to easily contact your Congressional representatives and express your opinion on SOPA and PIPA – two laws that would limit basic freedom in the marketplace of ideas and commerce.

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