Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

“Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans,” the Wall Street Journal reported in today’s paper and on the WSJ.com website. Ascension is the second largest health system in the U.S., health care. Let’s talk about Technology and Trust.

BioTech 160

BioTech Medical Billing HIPAA Health Information 160

Health Populi

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Some of the key behaviors Deloitte gauged to measure health care consumerism were, Increasing use of technology and willingness to share personal health information. health care is Americans’ growing financial exposure to first-dollar costs as patients continue to morph into medical bill payors.

Digital Health 250

Digital Health Medical Billing Health Information Health Data 250

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

“Patients as Consumers” is the theme of the Health Affairs issue for March 2019. Now consider what happens when consumers (the noun chosen by the authors of the second paper I’m adding to the mix) access data, information and tools for self-management in health care.

Digital Health 256

Digital Health Health Policy Medical Billing Interoperability 256

Health Populi

MARCH 26, 2020

In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumers to Health Citizens , I conclude with a call-to-action and my own question: “What if…people in America were Health Citizens, where the government ensured health care as a social and civil right, health informed public policy, and people owned and controlled their heatlh data?

Medical Billing 182

Medical Billing Public Health Medicare Health Information 182

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Collecting and analyzing data regarding quality and clinical outcomes as the result of changes in delivery of care from inpatient to outpatient is also key. These strategies should focus on optimizing economies of scale to reduce costs and finding the best partners to achieve improved quality of care and effectively manage population health.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telehealth Patient Experience HIPAA 41