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Improving health care through Big Data: a meeting of the minds at SAS

By on May 11, 2012 in Bio/life sciences, Chronic care, Connected health, Electronic health records, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health insurance, Health Plans, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, Hospitals, Medicaid, medical home, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Personalized medicine, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Physicians, Primary care, Privacy and security, Public health, Retail health, Safety net and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust

Some 500 data analytics gurus representing the health care ecosystem including hospitals, physician practices, life science companies, academia and consulting came together on the lush campus of SAS in Cary, North Carolina, this week to discuss how Big Data could solve health care’s Triple Aim, as coined by keynote speaker Dr. Donald Berwick: improve the [...]

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It’s the prices and the technology, stupid: why U.S. health costs are higher than anywhere in the world

By on May 7, 2012 in Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, Health social networks, Heart health, Hospital finance, Hospitals, medical home, Medical technology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Physicians, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Safety net and health

The price of physician services, proliferation of clinical technology and the cost of obesity are the key drivers of higher health spending in the U.S., according to The Commonwealth Fund‘s latest analysis in their Issues of International Health Policy titled, Explaining High Health Care Spending in the United States: An International Comparison of Supply, Utilization, [...]

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A $132 doctor’s visit in Hanoi, Vietnam: a diagnosis, value-based health care and a new friend

By on April 7, 2012 in Children's health, Global Health, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health Quality, Kids' health, medical home, Primary care, Retail health, Women and health

$132 won’t go far in a U.S. emergency room, but in Vietnam, it gets you first class treatment, a highly-trained and empathetic French doctor, and cheap prescriptions, as well. You could call it Presidential treatment, as a certificate from the White House was proudly displayed in the lobby waiting area sent in appreciation of great [...]

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Patient engagement and medical homes – core drivers of a high-performing health system

By on March 30, 2012 in Accountable Care Organizations, Affordable Care Act, Global Health, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, medical home, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PPACA, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health

It was Dr. Charles Safran who said, “Patients are the most under-utilized resource in the U.S. health system,” which he testified to Congress in 2004. Seven years later, patients are still under-utilized, not just in the U.S. but around the world. Yet, “when patients have an active role in their own health care, the quality [...]

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From volume to value: how health execs see the future of health care

By on January 31, 2012 in Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health marketing, Health Quality, Health reform, Health social networks, Hospital finance, Hospitals

Transparency and authenticity, constant and clear communication, and a drive toward value underpin the future health system — for those health leaders who can commit to these pillars of transformational change. Leading Through Transformation: Top Healthcare CEOs’ Perspectives on the Future of Healthcare summarizes the interaction among 17 health execs who convened at the second [...]

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