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Patients Become Healthcare Payors, Now Consumers – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 1

Health Populi

This is a contentious issue, debated from my admired economist-guru Paul Krugman in the New York Times in 2011 when he contended that patients weren’t consumers ; to last week in Medscape , when bioethicist , and another admired thinker, Dr. Art Caplan, echoed the same.

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Rwanda : The Digital Health Pioneer

Lloyd Price

"Rwanda’s eHealth Strategic Plan for 2016–2020 is the key driver to economic growth and to improving the lives of people. The international project team has designed an enterprise architecture based solution at country level, and seeks to further strengthen eHealth and health information systems within Rwanda.

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The 5 minute download on the NYeC Conference 2013

American Well

Last week I was fortunate enough to attend New York eHealth Collaborative’s Digital Health Conference 2013 in New York City. To my sheer delight, George Halvorson, who served as Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente from 2002-2011 was the keynote speaker on the first day of the conference (I know, I need to get out more).

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The Most Important Trends For Health in Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Report Aren’t About Health Care

Health Populi

Increasingly, “mobile health,” “mHealth,” “telehealth” and “eHealth” are just part of normal health/care workflows and personal life flows that complement face-to-face, synchronous health care delivery. 2011 – Meeker & Murphy on Mobile – Through the Lens of Health.

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