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Improving health care through Big Data: a meeting of the minds at SAS

By on May 11, 2012 in Bio/life sciences, Chronic care, Connected health, Electronic health records, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health insurance, Health Plans, Health politics, Health Quality, Health reform, Hospitals, Medicaid, medical home, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Personalized medicine, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Physicians, Primary care, Privacy and security, Public health, Retail health, Safety net and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust

Some 500 data analytics gurus representing the health care ecosystem including hospitals, physician practices, life science companies, academia and consulting came together on the lush campus of SAS in Cary, North Carolina, this week to discuss how Big Data could solve health care’s Triple Aim, as coined by keynote speaker Dr. Donald Berwick: improve the [...]

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Patients want to collaborate with physicians, but are reluctant to do so

By on May 9, 2012 in Behavior change, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health literacy, Health social networks, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Personalized medicine, Physicians, Primary care, Public health, Seniors and health, Trust

“Knowing they may need to return at some later time, patients felt they were vulnerable and dependent on the good will of their physicians. Thus, deference to authority instead of genuine partnership appeared to be the participants’ mode of working,” asserts a study into physician-patient relationships published this week in Health Affairs. The study’s title [...]

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What the FDA needs to know about Rx health consumers: most Americans see value in pharma-sponsored health social networks

By on April 23, 2012 in Bio/life sciences, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health regulation, Health social networks, Internet and Health, Medical innovation, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Prescription drugs, Public health, Retail health, Trust

In PwC‘s landmark report, Social Media “Likes” Healthcare, there’s a data point obscured by lots of great information generated by the firm’s survey of 1,060 U.S. adults: that over one-half of people value patient support groups and social networks with other patients that are offered by drug companies. Not surprisingly, U.S. consumers. who are taking on [...]

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Social media in health help (more) people take on the role of health consumer

By on April 18, 2012 in Baby Boomers and Health, Design and health, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health social networks, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, media and health, Mobile health, Pharmaceutical, Seniors and health, Trust

One in 3 Americans uses social media for health discussions. Health is increasingly social, and PwC has published the latest data on the phenomenon in their report, Social media ‘likes’ healthcare: from marketing to social business, published this week. PwC polled 1,060 U.S. adults in February 2012 to learn their social media habits tied to health. [...]

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Wellness Ignited! Edelman panel talks about how to build a health culture in the U.S.

By on March 26, 2012 in Behavior change, Connected health, Corporate wellness, Demographics and health, Design and health, Diabetes, Employers, Entertainment and health, Environment and heatlh, Exercise, Food and health, Health and Beauty, Health at home, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health regulation, Health social networks, Heart health, HITECH Act, Internet and Health, Kids' health, Managed care, Medicaid, medical home, Medical innovation, Medical technology, mHealth, Mobile health, Nutrition, Obesity, Personalized medicine, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Retail health, Safety net and health, Seniors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust, Welness, Women and health, Workplace wellness

Dr. Andrew Weil, the iconic guru of all-things-health, was joined by a panel of health stakeholders at this morning’s Edelman salon discussing Wellness Ignited – Now and Next. Representatives from the American Heart Association, Columbia University, Walgreens, Google, Harvard Business School, and urban media mavens Quincy Jones III and Shawn Ullman, who lead Feel Rich, a [...]

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