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1 in 5 US consumers asks a doctor for a lower-cost Rx

By on April 10, 2013 in Bio/life sciences, Complementary and alternative medicine, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, FDA, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health marketing, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, media and health, Medicaid, Medicare, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Patient engagement, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Physicians, Prescription drugs, Retail health, Shopping and health, Supply chain

  With U.S. health consumers spending $45 billion out-of-pocket for prescription drugs in 2011, pharmaceutical products are morphing into retail health products. As such, as they do with any other consumer good, consumers can vote with their feet by walking away from a product purchase or making the spend based on the price of the [...]

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The Not-So-Affordable Care Act? Cost-squeezed Americans still confused and need to know more

By on April 1, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Baby Boomers and Health, Business and health, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Financial health, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health IT, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health reform, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospital finance, Hospitals, Internet and Health, media and health, Medicaid, Medicare, Moms and health, Money and health, Patient engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personalized medicine, Popular culture and health, PPACA, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Retail health, Safety net and health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Supply chain, Uninsured, Value based health

While health care cost growth has slowed nationally, most Americans feel they’re going up faster than usual. 1 in 3 people believe their own health costs have gone up faster than usual, and 1 in 4 feel they’re going out about “the same amount” as usual. For only one-third, health costs feel like they’re staying [...]

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Bill Clinton’s public health, cost-bending message thrills health IT folks at HIMSS

By on March 7, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Aging and Technology, Baby Boomers and Health, Children's health, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Connected health, Corporate wellness, Design and health, Electronic health records, Employers, Environment and heatlh, Financial health, Food and health, Global Health, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health IT, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, Health social networks, HITECH Act, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Kids' health, media and health, Medicaid, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medicare, Medication adherence, mHealth, Money and health, Noncommunicable disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Patient engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personalized medicine, Physicians, Popular culture and health, PPACA, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Privacy and security, Public health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Social media and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Women and health

In 2010, the folks who supported health care reform were massacred by the polls, Bill Clinton told a rapt audience of thousands at HIMSS13 yesterday. In 2012, the folks who were against health care reform were similarly rejected. President Clinton gave the keynote speech at the annual HIMSS conference on March 6, 2013, and by [...]

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Butter over guns in the minds of Americans when it comes to deficit cutting

By on January 29, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Aging, Demographics and health, Doctors, Health benefits, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health policy, Health reform, Hospital finance, Medicaid, Medicare, Money and health, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pharmaceutical, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Public health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Uninsured

Americans have a clear message for the 113th Congress: I want my MTV, but I want my Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security,   health insurance subsidies, and public schools. These budget-saving priorities are detailed in The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard [...]

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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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