NEEDING MORE THAN “JUST THE FACTS” FOR MEDICARE… SIX BLIND SPOTS IN COMPARING SENIOR HEALTH INSURANC
There are 50 million Americans 65 and older in the US,[i] growing at a meteoric 10,000 people per day.[ii] Choosing the right health...
THE RED-HOT TELE-VISIT MARKET NEEDS TO TURN GREY . . . WHY SENIORS MUST BE A NEW FOCUS FOR TELEHEAL
Tele-visits are one of today’s hottest healthcare technologies. Tele-visits here refer to the direct provision of care by a clinician via...
NICE REPORTS, BUT NOW WHAT…. 12 NEW QUESTIONS POPULATION HEALTH ANALYTICS SHOULD INFORM
Coleridge’s ancient mariner laments, “Water, water everywhere, nor any a drop to drink.”[1] Having spent the last six months exploring...
WHEN IS CONNECTED HEALTH WORTH THE PAIN?... MATCHING DEPLOYMENT COMPLEXITY WITH POTENTIAL BENEFITS
A new class of healthcare technology, Connected Health, enables data exchange among different user types via a variety of devices. With...
CAN WE BUILD MHEALTH APPS IN DAYS? ABSOLUTELY... THE NEED FOR MHEALTH-AS-A-SERVICE
The mobile health (mHealth) market is massive by any measure. Research & Markets, Inc. estimate mHealth annual revenues of $13B. They...
WHY AVERAGES ARE MEDIOCRE FOR HEALTHCARE PLANNING... SOME STATISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR POPULATION
The recent $1.5B Powerball® jackpot prompted people across the US to talk about statistics, even if they did so unwittingly. “The jackpot...
WHEN SIZE MATTERS... COMBINING SCALE, SPECIALIZATION & SKILL
How big is big enough to effectively compete? Can excess growth hurt strategy? These are questions every CEO faces. They become...
OPAQUE OPTIONS DESPITE “TRANSPARENCY”... A BIGGER VISION FOR CONSUMER SUPPORT
Fueled in part by the multibillion dollar Castlight IPO the industry is abuzz with “transparency.” In this context transparency typically...
DON'T FORGET CANCER... INITIAL THOUGHTS ON ONCOLOGY FOR ACOS
At more than $88B in annual spending (2011) cancer is the second most costly condition in the US. It lags only heart disease at $116B.[1]...
GETTING FOR HERE-TO-THERE IN AN ACO... OPPORTUNITIES IN TRANSPORT COST MANAGEMENT
In all the strategic planning discussions on how to move a provider organization from pay-for-volume to pay-for-value, one area, moving...