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Not sure I would say this is a solution to our healthcare problems! However, I am curious to see how well these kiosks will do.
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — SoloHealth®, a consumer-driven healthcare technology company, announced today it has closed $8.2 million in a round led by healthcare IT […]
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At least one aspect of the healthcare reform package making its way through Congress seems to be very popular with voters. A new public opinion survey released today says that 71 percent of Americans would favor an increased investment in disease prevention.
The poll was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Public Opinion […]
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Martin Trussell is the author of the Health Plan Innovation blog.
A new Facebook application has been launched to help educate, motivate and mobilize people to prevent the spread of Humanpapilloma Virus (HPV). “Fact Check: HPV” (www.hpvfactcheck.org) allows users to take an interactive, educational quiz about HPV, find additional resources, and commit to take […]
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Many readers may recall that the DMAA took the lead in developing a ‘real world’ approach to evaluating the economic impact of population-based care management programs. Since prospective, randomized clinical trials are not reasonable in business settings and parallel control cohorts may not be available, the ‘DMAA approach’ allows for a pre-post design, […]
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I recently had the chance to catch up with Karen Kocher, Chief Learning Officer at CIGNA, and asked her about how the large health plan was using social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter to engage their members to become healthier.
#8220;CIGNA has been doing quite a bit,#8221; Kocher said, #8220;to educate people to […]
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I recently attended a forum of workplace wellness managers and they voiced similar frustrations of employees who were pushing back against taking the health risk assessment. The main reason cited is the fear that this personal health information will be used against them by their employer or their health insurance company. No matter […]
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By BENJAMIN BREWER, M.D.
With gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon, my patients are cutting back on medical care.
A 59-year-old woman decided not to have a mammogram this year. At her age, she should be screened for colon cancer, too, but she is holding off until she becomes eligible for Medicare at […]
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Scott MacStravic
As I read through a recent report - “Health for Life: Better Health, Better Health Care” from the American Hospital Association 2008 - I was happily surprised by the extent to which it called for a “Focus on Wellness”, which was the title of an entire section of the report. It […]
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JP
The uniqueness of our Healthcare Delivery System leads one to think we have the “best” Health Care Delivery system in the world.
Great scholars spend much time trying to find the “answer” to what is wrong with our “Healthcare Delivery System”, when it is the Question(s) that we should be seeking. The major […]
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