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The physician-consumer health IT chasm: most doctors lagging in online patient support tools

By on May 16, 2013 in Digital health, Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Internet and Health, Medical technology, Physicians, Telehealth, Telemedicine

In the long-run, health information technology (HIT) will improve the quality of health care, according to 73% of U.S. physicians. However, about the same number (7 in 10 physicians) believe that the ROI on health IT is inflated and that implementing EHRs will cost more, not less. Still, market forces from health insurance plans, payers [...]

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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 value of big data in health care = $450 billion

By on April 8, 2013 in Behavior change, Bio/life sciences, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Corporate wellness, Design and health, Digital health, Doctors, Electronic health records, Employers, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health IT, Health Plans, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Money and health, Patient engagement, Personal health records, Personalized medicine, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, PHRs, Physicians, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Privacy and security, Public health, Supply chain, Trust, Value based health

  Exploiting Big Data in industry is Big News these days, and nowhere is the potential for leveraging the concept greater than in health care. McKinsey & Company estimates that harnessing big data across five dimensions of health care could yield nearly one-half trillion dollars’ worth of value in The ‘big data’ revolution in healthcare. The [...]

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U.S. Health Costs vs. The World: Is It Still The Prices, and Are We Still Stupid?

By on April 2, 2013 in Aging and Technology, Business and health, Doctors, Financial health, Global Health, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health reform, Hospital finance, Hospitals, media and health, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Mental health, Money and health, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Physicians, PPACA, Primary care, Retail health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Uninsured, Value based health

Comparing health care prices in the U.S. with those in other developed countries is an exercise in sticker shock. The cost of a hospital day in the U.S. was, on average, $4,287 in 2012. It was $853 in France, a nation often lauded for its excellent health system and patient outcomes but with a health [...]

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Most consumers will look to health insurance exchanges to buy individual plans in 2013

By on March 21, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Business and health, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Employers, 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 policy, Health Quality, Health reform, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospitals, Internet and Health, media and health, Patient engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Physicians, PPACA, Retail health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Trust

  As the Affordable Care Act, health reform, aka Obamacare, rolls out in 2013, American health insurance shoppers will look for sources of information they can trust on health plan quality and customer service satisfaction — as they do for automobiles, mobile phone plans, and washing machines. For many years, one of a handful of [...]

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