Healthcare App ZocDoc Cracks A Top 100 List
(Editor's Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes under the heading, "Healthcare Compass) (Editor's Note: Dan Munro writes for Forbes under the heading, "Healthcare Compass)For as long as I can remember…
Highmark’s Care Cost Estimator Looks Promising
Highmark Health Services, a big Blue Cross Blue Shield plan is rolling out its Care Cost Estimator, a transparency tool designed to get members to make cost-saving choices. The video…
State Insurance Exchange Blind Spots: The Unknown Risks and Unintended Consequences
October 1st marks the first ever public exchange open enrollment season. This means some of the speculation around consumer awareness and understanding, enrollment/uptake, premiums, and payer participation (not to mention…
What to Do About Childhood Obesity: National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Nobody wants a fat child. Thin parents don’t, and fat parents don’t, especially those who suffered from fat-kid syndrome themselves. Even Michelle Obama weighs in on this topic. Yet nobody…
Heating Up in Healthcare Investing: Cost Transparency Firms Reel In $400M Since 2010
Originally published on MedCityNews.com. Originally published on MedCityNews.com.Some of the most prominent healthcare investors including New Atlantic Capital, HLM Venture Partners, Venrock and Cleveland Clinic have plowed some $400 million into price…
Attn, Healthcare Industry: SAS 70 is No Zombie
SAS 70 is never coming back. Unlike this zombie. Source: wikiHow SAS 70 is never coming back. Unlike this zombie. Source: wikiHowAlthough SAS 70 (Statement on Auditing Standards) has been…
The Real Future of Medtech: An Opinion
I see graphics (and, please help me, “infographics”) on the the future of medtech. These are graphics produced most often by analysts who are walking backward looking at their feet;…
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**NEW** Exclusive Column Coming Up!
Watch for our new column on Pharma coming up at the end of September! This will be an exclusive monthly column by our esteemed contributor, Paul Tunnah. Watch for our new…
The Power of Simplicity in mHealth
“Technology is at its best and the most empowering when it simply disappears.” That is what Jony Ive, Apple’s chief designer said about the new iPhone 5S. Although many may…
What are Hospitals Doing to “Improve the Patient Experience”? [infographic]
The Beryl Institute released a new report, The State of Patient Experience, which reveals the complex reality facing the patient experience movement. The trends are positive, with a continued increase in…
