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The state of health IT in America: thinking about the Bipartisan Policy Center report on health IT

By on February 2, 2012 in Administrative simplification, Affordable Care Act, Connected health, Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Economics, Health politics, Health regulation, HITECH Act, Hospital finance, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Medical technology, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PPACA, Privacy and security, Telehealth, Telemedicine

There are few issue areas within the Beltway of Washington, DC, that have enjoyed more support across the political aisle than health care information technology. In 2004, George Bush asserted that every American would/should have an electronic medical record by 2014. Since then, Democrats and Republicans alike have supported the broad concept of wiring the [...]

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The Connected Consumer – she loves her iPad, and she’ll be able to Connect for Health

By on January 26, 2012 in Connected health, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health social networks, Internet and Health, media and health, Popular culture and health, Remote health monitoring, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust, Women and health

She’s likely to be female, Facebooking, smartphoning, and digitally shopping. She’s the Connected Consumer, and she’s a lot older than you might expect: on average, 40 years of age, and with a mean household income of $63,000. And Connected she is: in addition to having a PC or laptop computer, 43% have a smartphone, and [...]

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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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Hey, Big Spender: 1% of US health citizens consume 20% of costs

By on January 16, 2012 in Aging and Technology, Connected health, Health at home, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, Medicaid, Medicare, mHealth, Mobile health, Physicians, Remote health monitoring, Seniors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Women and health

Cue up the song “Hey Big Spender” from the Broadway hit, Sweet Charity, when you read the January 2012 AHRQ report with the long-winded title, The Concentration and Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U.S. Population, 2008-2009.” The report’s headline is that 1% of the U.S. population consumed 20% of all [...]

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Health IT in 2012: a dynamic sector in the context of a fiscally-challenged health system

By on December 20, 2011 in Electronic health records, Health care information technology, HITECH Act, Internet and Health, Medical technology, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PPACA, Telehealth, Telemedicine

2012 will be a dynamic year for health information technology (health IT) in the U.S., which I outline in my annual health IT forecast in iHealthBeat, the online publication on technology and health care published by the California HealthCare Foundation. The full forecast can be found here. The key headlines for you Reader’s Digest abridged fans are that: [...]

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