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How do we get a critical mass of women physician innovators?

KevinMD

Margaret-Mary Wilson is UnitedHealth Group (UHG) ‘s Chief Medical Officer, and she recently told Fortune magazine that UHG’s acquisition of physician practices and surgery centers through its subsidiary Optum has allowed UnitedHealth Group to gather “a critical mass” of doctors, which helps the company improve care.

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Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox

Health Populi

This last chapter (#11) is titled “Get Started,” addressing both end-of-life care as well as everyday family health. The post Rebel Health: The Personal and Professional Passion of Susannah Fox appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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The Rise of the Stupid EHR

Healthcare IT Today

Back in the late 90s, I read an article in a trade magazine and the piece made such an impact on me that the ideas articulated have stayed with me to this day. The article, “The Rise of the Stupid Network,” was written by a man named David Isenberg who worked at AT&T Labs Research. […].

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Impact Advisors Announces Acquisition of First Quadrant Advisory

Healthcare IT Today

The seasoned team brings a unique mix of healthcare industry leadership and consulting experience to some of the largest payer and health-tech clients across the country. My team and I cannot be more delighted to be part of Impact Advisors.

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The Problem with Patient Wait Time

Healthcare IT Today

Wait times are often horrible and as many magazines or TVs you put in the space, it doesn’t help. We likely all know the misery of waiting for a doctor. At least now we have our cell phones, but something just feels wrong about waiting such a long time to see a doctor. Some of […].

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Health Consumers Are Now Amazon-Primed for Healthcare – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 2

Health Populi

Launching a private label skin care line, Belei, covered in Allure magazine here. Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money has been studying up on digital health, recently recommending that Apple buy Epic, the health IT behemoth. See more on that recommendation, and subsequent social media frenzy, here on Health Populi ).

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How Virtual Care Will Play Out in 2022 – a Look Post-CES and JPM

Health Populi

TIME magazine’s coverage of how CES featured telehealth covered four stories including Abbott’s Neurosphere, Jasper Health’s oncology platform, EarlySense InSight at Home, and BioIntelliSense biosticker and biobutton devices for remote patient monitoring.