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The health/wealth disconnect in America

By on May 15, 2013 in Aging, Baby Boomers and Health, Financial health, Health and wealth, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health marketing, Health Plans, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Personal health finance, Retirement and health, Seniors and health, Shopping and health

Two in 3 Americans are uncomfortable with their financial situation. And most are totally oblivious to how much money they will need to spend on health care in the future. Seven in 10 people expect to spend less than 10% of their monthly retirement income on medical and dental expenses; but the real number is [...]

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Dietitians provide a health bridge between food and pharmacy

By on May 1, 2013 in Behavior change, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Complementary and alternative medicine, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Diabetes, Environment and heatlh, FDA, Food and health, Health and Beauty, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Heart health, Home care, Kids' health, media and health, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Moms and health, Noncommunicable disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Patient engagement, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Retail health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Supply chain, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust, Uninsured, Welness, Women and health

The registered dietitian is an in-demand labor resource for grocery stores around the U.S. Advertising Age covered the phenomenon of the growing clout of dietitians in food chains (April 14, 2013). Let’s dig further into this phenomenon through the Health Populi lens on healthcareDIY and peoples’ ability to bend their personal health care cost curves. Stores [...]

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U.S. Health Costs vs. The World: Is It Still The Prices, and Are We Still Stupid?

By on April 2, 2013 in Aging and Technology, Business and health, Doctors, Financial health, Global Health, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health policy, Health politics, Health reform, Hospital finance, Hospitals, media and health, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Mental health, Money and health, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Physicians, PPACA, Primary care, Retail health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Uninsured, Value based health

Comparing health care prices in the U.S. with those in other developed countries is an exercise in sticker shock. The cost of a hospital day in the U.S. was, on average, $4,287 in 2012. It was $853 in France, a nation often lauded for its excellent health system and patient outcomes but with a health [...]

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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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Health is wealth and wealth, health

By on February 26, 2013 in Aging, Baby Boomers and Health, Financial health, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, media and health, Mobile health, Money and health, Nutrition, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness, Retail health, Seniors and health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Trust, Uninsured, Women and health

It’s America Saves Week (February 25-March 2, 2013). Do you know what your savings rate is? If you’re in the center of the American savings bell curve, you probably don’t have a savings plan with specific goals and don’t know your net worth. Two-thirds of U.S. adults say they have sufficient emergency savings for unexpected [...]

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