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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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Food choice and overweight Americans: it’s not just about self-control

By on November 22, 2011 in Environment and heatlh, Food and health, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health social networks, Obesity, Public health

Per capita calorie intake has grown by 9 to 30 calories a day since the 1980s. Portion sizes have grown; as a result, so has the level of overweight and obesity in America. By 2020, 83% of men will be overweight or obese in the U.S.; so will 72% of U.S. women, according to Mark [...]

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Sustainable health care: patients, doctors and hospital execs see different futures

By on November 16, 2011 in Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Prevention and wellness, Public health

There is broad consensus among doctors, patients and health administrators that the current U.S. health system is broken and unsustainable; preventive services is under-utilized and -valued, quality is highly variable from region to region and patient to patient, and costs continue to spiral upward without demonstrating value. While these 3 segments – physicians, people-patient-consumers, and hospital execs, agree [...]

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Consumer electronics comes to health care — but don’t overestimate consumer demand just yet

By on October 28, 2011 in Chronic care, Demographics and health, Design and health, Diabetes, Electronic health records, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health engagement, Health social networks, Heart health, Internet and Health, medical home, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Obesity, Prevention and wellness, Public health, Remote health monitoring, Retail health, Telemedicine

More people with higher levels of concern about their health feel they are in good health, see their doctors regularly for check-ups, take prescription meds “exactly” as instructed, feel they eat right, and prefer lifestyle changes over using medicines. And 40% of these highly-health-concerned people have also used a health technology in the past year. [...]

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