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Walgreens Steps with Balance program rewards both consumers and the store

By on April 3, 2013 in Behavior change, Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Digital health, Environment and heatlh, Exercise, Food and health, Health and Beauty, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Internet and Health, Kids' health, Medical device, medical home, mHealth, Mobile health, Money and health, Nutrition, Obesity, Patient engagement, Personal health records, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Primary care, Public health, Retail health, Sensors and health, Shopping and health, Social media and health

Consumers who patronize Walgreens can get rewarded for tracking their physical activity   For the Steps with Balance program kickoff, self-tracking consumers can earn 20 points for every mile walked or run and 20 points for tracking weight. Walgreens implemented the Walk with Walgreens program in 2012. The program won an Effie Award for an outstanding [...]

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The Accountable Care Community opportunity

By on February 25, 2013 in Accountable Care Organizations, Business and health, Connected health, Design and health, Doctors, Employers, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health IT, Health policy, Health regulation, medical home, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Physicians, PPACA, Prevention and wellness, Remote health monitoring, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value based health, Workplace wellness

“ACOs most assuredly will not…deliver the disruptive innovation that the U.S. health-care system urgently needs,” wrote Clay Christensen, godfather of disruptive innovation, et. al., in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal of February18, 2013. In the opinion piece, Christensen and colleagues make the argument that Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) as initially conceived won’t address [...]

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The interoperability of consumer mHealth – reflecting on Jawbone + Massive Health + Visere

By on February 5, 2013 in Behavior change, Connected health, Design and health, Electronic health records, Exercise, Food and health, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health marketing, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Internet and Health, Medical device, medical home, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Nutrition, Obesity, Prevention and wellness, Remote health monitoring

Consumers want multiple functions on single devices, smooth transitions from one screen to another, and value-laden experiences in the post-recession economy. I wrote about this phenomenon during the week of the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, highlighting Accenture’s survey on consumer attitudes toward technology — the connected home as consumer medical home. In the fast-evolving mobile [...]

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Formally tracking health data changes health behavior and drives social health

By on January 28, 2013 in Behavior change, Chronic care, Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Demographics and health, Design and health, Diabetes, Exercise, Fitness, Food and health, Health at home, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health IT, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, Heart health, Home care, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, Medical device, medical home, Medical innovation, Medical technology, mHealth, Mobile health, Money and health, Nutrition, Obesity, Personal health records, PHRs, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Remote health monitoring, Seniors and health, Social media and health, Women and health

Most of us keep track of some aspect of our health. Half of all people who track do so “in their heads,” not on paper, Excel spreadsheet, or via digital platform. Furthermore, 36% update their health tracking data at least once a day; but 16% update at most twice a month, and 9% update less [...]

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Retail and work-site clinics – medical homes for younger adults?

By on January 16, 2013 in Chronic care, Connected health, Corporate wellness, Demographics and health, Diabetes, Doctors, Electronic health records, Employers, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health IT, Healthcare DIY, medical home, Pharmacy, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Remote health monitoring, Retail health, Seniors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value based health, Workplace wellness

The use of retail and work-site health clinics is up, and their consumers skew young. Overall, 27% of all U.S. adults have stepped into a walk-in clinic in the past two years. But only 15% of people 65 and over have used such a clinic. This begs the question: are retail and on-site clinics at [...]

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