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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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Patients want to collaborate with physicians, but are reluctant to do so

By on May 9, 2012 in Behavior change, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health social networks, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Personalized medicine, Physicians, Primary care, Public health, Seniors and health, Trust

“Knowing they may need to return at some later time, patients felt they were vulnerable and dependent on the good will of their physicians. Thus, deference to authority instead of genuine partnership appeared to be the participants’ mode of working,” asserts a study into physician-patient relationships published this week in Health Affairs. The study’s title [...]

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Wellness Ignited! Edelman panel talks about how to build a health culture in the U.S.

By on March 26, 2012 in Behavior change, Connected health, Corporate wellness, Demographics and health, Design and health, Diabetes, Employers, Entertainment and health, Environment and heatlh, Exercise, Food and health, Health and Beauty, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health regulation, Health social networks, Heart health, HITECH Act, Internet and Health, Kids' health, Managed care, Medicaid, medical home, Medical innovation, Medical technology, mHealth, Mobile health, Nutrition, Obesity, Personalized medicine, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Retail health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust, Welness, Women and health, Workplace wellness

Dr. Andrew Weil, the iconic guru of all-things-health, was joined by a panel of health stakeholders at this morning’s Edelman salon discussing Wellness Ignited – Now and Next. Representatives from the American Heart Association, Columbia University, Walgreens, Google, Harvard Business School, and urban media mavens Quincy Jones III and Shawn Ullman, who lead Feel Rich, a [...]

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Happy birthday, dear Watson: what the 1st anniversary means for health care today, and in future

By on February 21, 2012 in Bio/life sciences, Health care information technology, Internet and Health, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Personalized medicine, Public health, Supply chain

IBM is celebrating the first birthday of Watson this week. I had the opportunity to brainstorm some of the short- and long-term meanings of Watson in health care this week at HIMSS 2012 in Las Vegas. When most people think of Watson, an image of the Jeopardy! game featuring the technology versus the legendary player [...]

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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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