21 Apr 2014

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So I opened my AIS Health Daily email and read two seemingly different stories that are actually related on an underlying level. The first discussed the 340B pharmacy pricing program that allows hospitals and other provider to buy drugs at a lower rate to when they  services to indigents and the uninsured.   340B Program Shirks Charitable Care, Undermines Formularies, Argue PBMs Rep...
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26 Nov 2013

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So after my first Basis 1 watch did not survive a shower on the first day; my replacement came quickly with a return authorization. I have now had this second watch for about a month and so far, so good.  In fact the day after I received it, I was out fishing and after bringing the boat in, reached into my livewell which was full of water to remove the drain pipe; a few short turns later...
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12 Nov 2013

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The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), the Heath Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) and the Care Continuum Alliance (CCA) came together and published: Biometric Health Screening for Employers -  Consensus Statement of the Health Enhancement Research Organization, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and Care Continuum Allian...
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28 Oct 2013

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I have been exploring the various fitness and health tracking devices and am quite pleased with my Fitbit Flex that I wrote about before.  This time I decided to order one I had not heard much about, the Basis watch as it also includes a pulse and temperature tracker. I ordered it in black and it came quickly on a Friday. Below is a picture of the white version. It was easy enough to se...
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25 Sep 2013

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The FDA announced their oversight of Mobile Apps and its good news for the industry, as discussed in this NY Times article. As mobile technology has become more widespread and the power of these devices increased, there has been a proliferation of mobile apps related to health including exercise trackers, diet trackers, sleep trackers, some that are much more medical in nature and many, ...
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19 Sep 2013

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For the past few months, I've wanted to get back into shape and lose some weight; concurrently I've also been interested in playing with some of the newer biometric devices. Having previous experience with an early FitBit device and a number of health and exercise tracking apps like mapmyrun and Noom; I decided to start this adventure by purchasing a FitBit Flex as the first one to test ...
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17 Sep 2013

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Are you a health care provider, new ACO, PCMH, employer looking at wellness programs, population health management vendor, wellness company or other person who wants to learn more about Population Health Management and its many facets?  Then you need to attend the Care Continuum Alliance Forum in Scottsdale Arizona October 23 - 25.  You'll hear from and meet some of the leading providers...
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16 Sep 2013

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As the health system transitions to a provider centric approach creating Accountable Care Organizations and Patient Centered Medical Homes, being reimbursed by new non-FFS payment methodologies; where will the savings come from? Many of the providers have focused on developing programs that address the obvious excesses in the system associated with poor management and outcomes such as ch...
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17 May 2013

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I recently had a conversation with the President of one of the larger big data health care analytics companies and as we discussed what the future might look like the cliché "lightbulb" went off  - Data - Devices - Doers. The infamous three-legged stool to support our health care future.  So lets discuss  how these three components need to come together to solve our health care crisis. D...
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