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On the road to retail health: healthcareDIY and primary care, everywhere

By on January 25, 2012 in Connected health, Design and health, Electronic health records, Employers, Food and health, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health marketing, HITECH Act, medical home, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Pharmacy, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Retail health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Workplace wellness

At the ConvUrgent Care Symposium in Orlando, attendees from the worlds of clinics, ambulatory care, hospital beds, pharmacies, medical devices, life sciences, health information, health IT, health plans, academic medical centers and professional medical societies came together to share and learn about the morphing landscape of retail health. The topline message: primary care is everywhere, [...]

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help comes to health care: well-designed front-of-pharmacy DIY health products

By on January 19, 2012 in Design and health, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health marketing, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness

Less is more when it comes to health care utilization and outcomes. The U.S. allocates too many resources to a huge line item of waste in the health system – administrative (in terms of too many paper processes and staff to deal with them) and clinically (especially involving duplicated tests and ineffective treatments that aren’t based on [...]

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Stop SOPA

By on January 18, 2012 in Connected health, Health at home, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health politics, Health social networks, Internet and Health, media and health, medical home, Medical innovation, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Remote health monitoring, Safety net and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine

    Health Populi’s Hot Points: Please stop censorship in the United States of America. Click on this hyperlink to easily contact your Congressional representatives and express your opinion on SOPA and PIPA – two laws that would limit basic freedom in the marketplace of ideas and commerce.

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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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What Inspires and Tires Women When It Comes to Weight – The Fat Trap and the role of exercise

By on January 5, 2012 in Exercise, Food and health, Health and Beauty, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Obesity, Prevention and wellness

‘Tis the season of weight loss plans, particularly among women, as this NPR story discusses. For the weight loss industry, this first quarter of the new year is akin to Black Friday for retailers the day-after-Thanksgiving. Special K called January 2, 2012, as National Weigh-In Day. To commemorate the event, Kelloggs commissioned a survey among [...]

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