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The physician-consumer health IT chasm: most doctors lagging in online patient support tools

By on May 16, 2013 in Digital health, Electronic health records, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Internet and Health, Medical technology, Physicians, Telehealth, Telemedicine

In the long-run, health information technology (HIT) will improve the quality of health care, according to 73% of U.S. physicians. However, about the same number (7 in 10 physicians) believe that the ROI on health IT is inflated and that implementing EHRs will cost more, not less. Still, market forces from health insurance plans, payers [...]

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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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Arianna and Lupe and Deepak and Sanjay – will the cool factor drive mobile health adoption?

By on March 19, 2013 in Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Corporate wellness, Financial health, Food and health, Health at home, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospital finance, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, Kids' health, media and health, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Nutrition, Patient engagement, Pharmacy, PHRs, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Remote health monitoring, Retail health, Sensors and health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value based health

Digital health is attracting the likes of Bill Clinton, Lupe Fiasco, Deepak Chopra, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Arianna Huffington, and numerous famous athletes who rep a growing array of activity trackers, wearable sensors, and mobile health apps. Will this diverse cadre of popular celebs drive consumer adoption of mobile health? Can a “cool factor” motivate people to try [...]

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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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Eric Topol creatively destroys medicine at #HIMSS13

By on March 5, 2013 in Bio/life sciences, Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Diabetes, Digital health, Electronic health records, Fitness, Health and safety, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Medical innovation, Medical technology, mHealth, Mobile health, Patient engagement, Personal health records, Prevention and wellness, Public health, Remote health monitoring, Sensors and health, Social media and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine

Wearing his Walking Gallery jacket painted by (im)patient advocate, Regina Holliday, Dr. Eric Topol evangelized the benefits of digital medicine and consumer empowerment in health care, largely summarizing his epic (pun intended – wait for Hot Point, below) book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine. A founder of the West Wireless Health Institute (now known as [...]

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