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iPads and health care – health IT managers slow down physicians’ clinical adoption

By on February 3, 2012 in Electronic health records, Health care information technology, HITECH Act, Hospitals, Medical technology, Physicians

Doctors are using iPads in huge numbers for personal life project management. 80% of doctors are excited about using them in clinical practice. But when it comes to clinical applications, don’t confuse physicians’ desire for mobility with their current use of iPads in everyday practice. What’s surprising is the “why” behind that phenomenon. It’s not a lack [...]

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Hey, Big Spender: 1% of US health citizens consume 20% of costs

By on January 16, 2012 in Aging and Technology, Connected health, Health at home, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, Medicaid, Medicare, mHealth, Mobile health, Physicians, Remote health monitoring, Seniors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Women and health

Cue up the song “Hey Big Spender” from the Broadway hit, Sweet Charity, when you read the January 2012 AHRQ report with the long-winded title, The Concentration and Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U.S. Population, 2008-2009.” The report’s headline is that 1% of the U.S. population consumed 20% of all [...]

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US doctors less sanguine about the benefits of health IT

By on January 10, 2012 in Affordable Care Act, Connected health, Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health reform, HITECH Act, Medical technology, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Physicians

To doctors working in eight countries around the globe, the biggest benefit of health IT is better access to quality data for clinical access, followed by reducing medical errors, improving coordination of care across care settings, and improving cross-organizational workflow. However, except for the issue of health IT’s potential to improve cross-organizational working processes, American doctors [...]

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The social determinants of health – U.S. doctors feel unable to close the gap and deliver quality care

By on January 9, 2012 in Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health literacy, Health reform, Health social networks, Kids' health, Physicians, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Retail health

Most U.S. primary care physicians realize the health of their patients is largely out of their hands — with their social needs ranking as important as addressing their medical conditions, according to the 2011 Physicians’ Daily Life Report, conducted on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by Harris Interactive in September-October 2011, results published in [...]

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Why a Foundation and the Federal Reserve are working together to improve health in the U.S.

By on November 7, 2011 in Children's health, Chronic care, Demographics and health, Diabetes, Food and health, Health at home, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health marketing, Kids' health, Obesity, Physicians, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness, Retail health, Safety net and health

Health philanthropies are about more than making grants. The Robert Wood Johnson Association, among the largest health philanthropic organizations in the world, is partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) on how community development impacts health — and vice versa. You cannot have a healthy community without focusing on housing, schools, and other neighborhood stakeholders, Dr. [...]

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