The Importance of Patient Advocates for Orphan Drugs
I attended the World Orphan Drug Congress last week in Washington, DC, and Siren presented the workshop, “A Roadmap for Patient Advocacy Investment.” In the rare disease space, patient engagement…
Hospitals Make Money from Complications – And Here’s Why
A new JAMA article (Relationship Between Occurrence of Surgical Complications and Hospital Finances) by a variety of health care wonks, including some of my former Boston Consulting Group colleagues, demonstrates…
How Physicians Can Adopt Social Media (Before It’s Too Late)
The consumerization of healthcare isn't a passing fad, according to PwC's U.S. health industries leader, Kelly Barnes: The consumerization of healthcare isn't a passing fad, according to PwC's U.S. health industries leader,…
Social Media Moves to Forefront During Boston Marathon Disaster
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, it was Twitter and Facebook that kept information coming and communication flowing because cellphone towers were overloaded. Social media gave out blood…
Data War Reaches The Supreme Court
About 9 months ago – the DNA Spit Kit from 23andMe was $299. From their website today – it’s $99. But who owns the resulting genetic data and the rights associated with that…
First Aid for Mental Health
When we think of first aid we may think of appropriate responses to physical injuries, like appropriate wound care, head trauma stabilization, or CPR. Most of us do not consider…
Why Do Some States Spend More on Health Care?
Health care spending varies radically across the 50 states. Massachusetts (at $9,278 per person) spends 84% more that Utah ($5,031), for example. Health care spending varies radically across the 50…
Healthcare Landing Pages That Actually Work: The What, Why and How
In an informal survey of healthcare and hospital Internet advertising recently, we were alarmed by what we DIDN’T find. In an informal survey of healthcare and hospital Internet advertising recently,…
Chat 123 Summary: How Do Social Media Influence Health Care Journalism?
Edited by Colleen Young Edited by Colleen Young On Wednesday April 10th, @kgrindrod moderated our discussion on the relationship between journalism and social media. As an introduction to the subject Kelly offered a…
1 in 7 Alzheimer’s Cases Could Be Prevented with Exercise
A team of researchers from the Ontario Brain Institute reviewed 871 research articles on exercise and Alzheimer’s conducted over the last 50 years. They then closely examined the 45 most…
