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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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Do doctors want patients to have full access their own medical information? It depends.

By on March 13, 2013 in Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Demographics and health, Design and health, Digital health, Doctors, Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health IT, Health literacy, Health policy, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, HITECH Act, Internet and Health, media and health, Medical technology, Patient engagement, Personal health records, PHRs, Physicians, Primary care, Privacy and security, Trust

Only one-third of U.S. physicians believe that patients should have “full access” to their electronic health records, according to Patient Access to Electronic Health Records What Does the Doctor Order?, a survey conducted by Accenture, released at HIMSS13 in March 2013. Two-thirds of doctors in the U.S. are open to patients having “limited access” to their [...]

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Bill Clinton’s public health, cost-bending message thrills health IT folks at HIMSS

By on March 7, 2013 in Affordable Care Act, Aging and Technology, Baby Boomers and Health, Children's health, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Connected health, Corporate wellness, Design and health, Electronic health records, Employers, Environment and heatlh, Financial health, Food and health, Global Health, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health IT, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, Health social networks, HITECH Act, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Kids' health, media and health, Medicaid, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medicare, Medication adherence, mHealth, Money and health, Noncommunicable disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Patient engagement, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personalized medicine, Physicians, Popular culture and health, PPACA, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Privacy and security, Public health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Social media and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Women and health

In 2010, the folks who supported health care reform were massacred by the polls, Bill Clinton told a rapt audience of thousands at HIMSS13 yesterday. In 2012, the folks who were against health care reform were similarly rejected. President Clinton gave the keynote speech at the annual HIMSS conference on March 6, 2013, and by [...]

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The future of sensors in health care – passive, designed, integrated

By on March 1, 2013 in Accountable Care Organizations, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Connected health, Design and health, Digital health, Employers, Fitness, Health at home, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Patient engagement, Prevention and wellness, Privacy and security, Remote health monitoring, Sensors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value based health, Welness, Workplace wellness

Here’s Ann R., who is a patient in the not-too-distance-future, when passive sensors will be embedded in her everyday life. The infographic illustrates a disruption in health care for people, where data are collected on us (with our permission) that can help us improve our own self-care, and help our clinicians know more about us [...]

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Health reform, costs and the growing role of consumers: PwC’s tea leaves for 2013

By on January 23, 2013 in Business and health, Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Corporate wellness, Doctors, Employers, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health reform, Hospitals, Internet and Health, mHealth, Mobile health, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pharmaceutical, Physicians, PPACA, Prescription drugs, Privacy and security, Retail health, Social media and health, Uninsured, Value based health

PwC has seen the future of health care for the next year, and the crystal ball expects to see the following: Affordable Care Act implementation, with states playing lead roles The role of dual eligibles Employer’s role in health care benefits Consumers’ role in coverage Consumers’ ratings impact on health care Transforming health delivery Population [...]

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