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Dietitians provide a health bridge between food and pharmacy

By on May 1, 2013 in Behavior change, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Complementary and alternative medicine, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Diabetes, Environment and heatlh, FDA, Food and health, Health and Beauty, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Heart health, Home care, Kids' health, media and health, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Moms and health, Noncommunicable disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Patient engagement, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Retail health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Supply chain, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust, Uninsured, Welness, Women and health

The registered dietitian is an in-demand labor resource for grocery stores around the U.S. Advertising Age covered the phenomenon of the growing clout of dietitians in food chains (April 14, 2013). Let’s dig further into this phenomenon through the Health Populi lens on healthcareDIY and peoples’ ability to bend their personal health care cost curves. Stores [...]

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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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Arianna and Lupe and Deepak and Sanjay – will the cool factor drive mobile health adoption?

By on March 19, 2013 in Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Corporate wellness, Financial health, Food and health, Health at home, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospital finance, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, Kids' health, media and health, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Nutrition, Patient engagement, Pharmacy, PHRs, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Remote health monitoring, Retail health, Sensors and health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value based health

Digital health is attracting the likes of Bill Clinton, Lupe Fiasco, Deepak Chopra, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Arianna Huffington, and numerous famous athletes who rep a growing array of activity trackers, wearable sensors, and mobile health apps. Will this diverse cadre of popular celebs drive consumer adoption of mobile health? Can a “cool factor” motivate people to try [...]

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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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The future of sensors in health care – passive, designed, integrated

By on March 1, 2013 in Accountable Care Organizations, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Connected health, Design and health, Digital health, Employers, Fitness, Health at home, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Patient engagement, Prevention and wellness, Privacy and security, Remote health monitoring, Sensors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value based health, Welness, Workplace wellness

Here’s Ann R., who is a patient in the not-too-distance-future, when passive sensors will be embedded in her everyday life. The infographic illustrates a disruption in health care for people, where data are collected on us (with our permission) that can help us improve our own self-care, and help our clinicians know more about us [...]

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