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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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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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Health spending in America – self-rationing slows cost increases

By on January 12, 2012 in Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health politics, Health reform, Medication adherence, Seniors and health

The Big Headline under the banner of Health Economics this week is the statistic that growth in U.S. national health spending slowed to an anemic 3.9%  in 2010 — the slowest rate of growth in the 51-year history of keeping the National Health Expenditure Accounts.   Before American policymakers, providers, plans and suppliers pat themselves on [...]

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US doctors less sanguine about the benefits of health IT

By on January 10, 2012 in Affordable Care Act, Connected health, Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health reform, HITECH Act, Medical technology, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Physicians

To doctors working in eight countries around the globe, the biggest benefit of health IT is better access to quality data for clinical access, followed by reducing medical errors, improving coordination of care across care settings, and improving cross-organizational workflow. However, except for the issue of health IT’s potential to improve cross-organizational working processes, American doctors [...]

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The social determinants of health – U.S. doctors feel unable to close the gap and deliver quality care

By on January 9, 2012 in Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health literacy, Health reform, Health social networks, Kids' health, Physicians, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Retail health

Most U.S. primary care physicians realize the health of their patients is largely out of their hands — with their social needs ranking as important as addressing their medical conditions, according to the 2011 Physicians’ Daily Life Report, conducted on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by Harris Interactive in September-October 2011, results published in [...]

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