Healthcare is joining the network economy.
Let’s adapt strategy and business models for
success during the upcoming transformation.
While not providing anything close to the “final answer”, The New York Times does a good job summarizing the onoging Medicare Health Support (MHS) fracas. To borrow from one of my colleagues, it’s more “enlightened ambiguity” about the ultimate fate of the MHS beached whale. Medicare Finds How Hard It Is to Save Money, The New York Times; April 7, [...]
Vince Kuraitis and David C. Kibbe, MD MBA The Internet and digital technologies have transformed many aspects of our lives over the past twenty years. We can get cash at ATMs all over the world; we can book our own airline reservations; we can shop and get best prices over the Internet. Why hasn’t this [...]
While details are thin, here’s a first pass at comparing and contrasting Google Health (GH) and Microsoft HealthVault (HV). Overall, there are many common features, some differences, and many common challenges between these two platforms. A High Level Comparison Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault Personal Health Information (PHI) Platforms There’s still not much information available about the specifics [...]
I’ve written a lot recently about Medicare Health Support (MHS). We are learning a lot from MHS about what DOESN’T work with the frail, elderly Medicare population. But, what DOES work? One key lesson emerging from MHS is the need to integrate and engage physicians and other local care providers…easier said than done. MHS [...]
Healthways stock price declined today by $10.52 (15.9%) after CMS “announcement” about ending Medicare Health Support (MHS) Phase 1. This equates to a loss of $389 million in market capitalization…poof! Gone. Healthways is one of the remaining five participants in the MHS program. Without pointing fingers, it’s obvious that investors were surprised by the news. What happened? Tags: disease [...]
Google Health (GH) could be the event of the decade in advancing health care reform — not just healthcare information technology (HIT) reform, but health care system reform. GH promises simultaneously to create AND dominate the market for next generation personal health records (PHRs). There is nothing else in our solar system or in the [...]
TA Associates announced that it has partnered with management in a $175 million buyout of Alere Medical Incorporated, a leading disease management company. Here are a few of my initial impressions: Tags: care coordination, disease management, Healthways
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