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Public health is valued by Americans, but health citizens balance personal responsibility with a Nanny State

By on March 21, 2012 in Behavior change, Corporate wellness, Employers, Exercise, Health and safety, Health engagement, Health politics, Health reform, Health regulation, Kids' health, Nutrition, Obesity, Prevention and wellness, Public health

While most Americans largely believe in motorcycle helmet laws, seatbelt-wearing mandates, and regulations to reduce sale in packaged foods, most are also concerned about the nation turning into the United States of Nanny. The Harris Interactive/Health Day poll of March 20, 2012, finds a health citizenry “pro” most public and safety regulations, from banning texting [...]

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Trust in doctors breeds trust in health IT – context-setting for patient engagement, HIMSS 2012

By on February 19, 2012 in Connected health, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health insurance exchanges, Health reform, Health social networks, Internet and Health, Medical technology, Personalized medicine, Privacy and security, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust

While the vast majority of people find value in electronic health records (EHRs) — both those whose doctors currently use them and those patients whose personal health information still resides in paper-based systems — most remain concerned about their patient rights, privacy and security of that data.  Making IT Meaningful: How Consumers Value and Trust [...]

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Connected Health: countries’ vary in their health IT connectedness, but US patients are ready, willing and welcoming EHRs

By on February 16, 2012 in Connected health, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health reform, Health social networks, HITECH Act, Medical technology, mHealth, Mobile health, Physicians, Privacy and security, Remote health monitoring, Telehealth, Telemedicine

How electronically connnected and communicative are nations’ health information infrastructures? Accenture has answered that question in its report, Making the Case for Connected Health. Accenture built a “connected health maturity index,” analyzing a nation’s level of health information exchange among users along with their level of health IT adoption among specialists and primary care doctors. [...]

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Moving from operational efficiency to personalized healthcare value – IBM on redefining success in healthcare

By on February 9, 2012 in Bio/life sciences, Design and health, Electronic health records, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health reform, Personalized medicine, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Supply chain

A health system that’s built to last: this is the latest sound-bite echoing through health policy circles. The theme of sustainability is permeating all matters of policy, from education and business to health care. Enter IBM, with a rigorous approach to Redefining Value and Success in Healthcare: Charting the path to the future, from the group’s [...]

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Addressing chronic illness can help cure the U.S. budget deficit

By on February 6, 2012 in Affordable Care Act, Chronic care, Environment and heatlh, Food and health, Health Economics, Health reform, Health regulation, Health social networks, Medicaid, Medicare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Prevention and wellness

Chronic illness represents $3 of every $4 of annual health spending in the U.S. That’s about $1.5 trillion. Living Well With Chronic Illness, a report from The Institute of Medicine (IOM), issues a “call for public health action” to address chronic illness through: – Adopting evidence-based interventions for disease prevention – Developing new public policies [...]

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