Pioneers in Medical Practice
Consumers for Health Care Choices recently honored Robert S. Berry, MD as their Pioneer in Medical Practice award recipient.
Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Dr. Berry has been a model for hundreds of physicians who are frustrated with the bureaucratic interference with their ability to practice quality medicine. Dr. Berry puts the needs […]
Evolved Models for Healthcare Branding
In his Consumer Health World keynote address, Raymond Nadeau, an acknowledged health care outsider, explores how health care companies can create a living brand, not by following in the footsteps of their peers in other industries, but by charting their own path.
They do, however, need to keep a few current mega-trends in mind:
Mood and […]
Pioneer in Health Economics: John Goodman
John Goodman, champion of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and founder of the National Center for Policy Analysis, won the Consumers for Health Care Choices 2006 Pioneer in Health Economics award.
The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley Will Reboot Your Doctor
You get sick; you go to your doctor. Too bad. Because medicine isn’t an industry, it’s practically witchcraft. Despite the growth of big pharma, HMOs, and hospital chains, medicine remains the isolated work of individual doctors—and the system is going broke fast.
So why is Andy Kessler—the man who told you outrageous stories of Wall Street […]
The ABC’s of Health Savings Accounts
This continuing series explores Health Savings Accounts from an employer’s perspective. There’s not much information out there that employers or employees can use as the ABC’s of HSA’s. We hope to change that through informative debate, dialogue and discussion.
What are HSAs? How do they work? How do you implement them and get internal buy-in? […]
Esther Dyson on Healthcare Venture Capital
With the Consumer Directed Health Care Conference (CDHCC), the National Health, Wellness, Prevention & Fitness Congress (NHWPC), The Consumer and Patient Enabling Technologies Conference (TCAPET), The Consumer Direct Access to Healthcare and Retailization Congress (CDAHRC), The Marketing to the New Health Care Consumer Conference (MTNHCC), and the Boomers Business Conference (BOOMERS) all descending on […]
DKMS and Coty: Linked against Leukemia
Important things first: This is about leukemia and if you want to find out how you can help, you can do so by visiting the Linked Against Leukemia Web site.
A little background: DKMS is the world’s largest non-profit bone marrow donor center and the organization approached us to create the public service announcement you’re […]
Mean and Clean: Dick Butkus Takes on Steroids
With the Consumer Directed Health Care Conference (CDHCC), the National Health, Wellness, Prevention & Fitness Congress (NHWPC), The Consumer and Patient Enabling Technologies Conference (TCAPET), The Consumer Direct Access to Healthcare and Retailization Congress (CDAHRC), The Marketing to the New Health Care Consumer Conference (MTNHCC), and the Boomers Business Conference (BOOMERS) all descending on Washington […]
Medicaid: A Vision for a 21st Century Consumer-Centric Medicaid System
With the Consumer Directed Health Care Conference (CDHCC), the National Health, Wellness, Prevention & Fitness Congress (NHWPC), The Consumer and Patient Enabling Technologies Conference (TCAPET), The Consumer Direct Access to Healthcare and Retailization Congress (CDAHRC), The Marketing to the New Health Care Consumer Conference (MTNHCC), and the Boomers Business Conference (BOOMERS) all descending on Washington […]
Avian Flu: From Stuffy Nose to Pandemic
This show on the avian flu (H5N1 influenza virus) is the first in a series on pandemics & epidemics that we will be producing. It will air on the Healthy Living Channel on Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, and on Monday, Jan. 29, 2007, at 7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time. The Healthy Living Channel is […]
