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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

Health Populi

As a constant observer and advisor across the health/care ecosystem, for me the concept of a “health plan” in the U.S. Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

The health system provides employees opportunities to take part in global mission trips, and its wellness program offers incentives for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.). For two consecutive years, the health system was named among the Best Places to Work in Illinois.

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Gail Phillips: My journey to the Society for Participatory Medicine

Society for Participatory Medicine

I was very fortunate to have attended the Society for Participatory Medicine’s (SPM) Second Annual Conference , in partnership with the Connected Health Alliance Conference, at Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center on October 17, 2018. Members can submit guest posts to our blog ( guidelines ). Join SPM here. Patients are persons.