Trust is a precursor to health engagement. Trust impacts health outcomes such as a patient’s willingness to follow a doctor’s or health plan’s instructions. Two new studies point out that U.S. consumers don’t trust every touchpoint in the health system. Online medical information has become a trusted channel. Health plans? Not so much. Wolters Kluwer’s [...]
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The pharmaceutical landscape for 2012 and beyond: balancing cost with care, and incentives for health behaviors
Transparency, data-based pharmacy decisions, incentivizing patient behavior, and outcomes-based payments will reshape the environment for marketing pharmaceutical drugs in and beyond 2012. Two reports published this week, from Express Scripts-Medco and PwC, explain these forces, which will severely challenge Pharma’s mood of market ennui. Express-Scripts Medco’s report on 9 Leading Trends in Rx Plan Management [...]
Health and Digital Moms – getting underneath the hood of the Mobile Mom
Mom is the Chief Health Officer of her family, she’s mobile, and seeking health information and community on-the-go. But underneath the persona of the Mobile Mom, she’s consuming information and sharing perspectives on many other ‘screens,’ too. And that’s the challenge for marketers seeking to grab the attention of this key player in the health [...]
It’s the prices and the technology, stupid: why U.S. health costs are higher than anywhere in the world
The price of physician services, proliferation of clinical technology and the cost of obesity are the key drivers of higher health spending in the U.S., according to The Commonwealth Fund‘s latest analysis in their Issues of International Health Policy titled, Explaining High Health Care Spending in the United States: An International Comparison of Supply, Utilization, [...]
Employers who offer more flexibility yield healthier workforces
The most flexible workplaces are good for worker’s health: they yield the most engaged workforces, greater job satisfaction, increased commitment to the firm, better mental health and lower indicators of depression. But not all firms are all that flexible, which is the top line of the Family and Work Institute‘s 2012 National Study of Employers (NSE), funded by [...]
About Jane & Health Populi
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is a health economist and management consultant that serves clients at the intersection of health and technology.
Her clients include all stakeholders in health, including providers, payors and plans; companies in biopharma, medical devices, financial services, technology and consumer goods; non-profits and NGOs. Jane's lens on health is best-defined by the World Health Organization: health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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Meeker & Murphy on Mobile – through the lens of health
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Patient Power Through Data Liberación, and Private Sector to the Rescue – Health 2.0 DC Takeaways
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Consumer trust in health care: online information trumps health plans
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The pharmaceutical landscape for 2012 and beyond: balancing cost with care, and incentives for health behaviors
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Health and Digital Moms – getting underneath the hood of the Mobile Mom
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A health plan or a car: health insurance for a family of four exceeds $20K in 2012
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Adam Kaufman: Thanks for referencing your 2010 article on trust ...
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