Fast Friday: First Edition

The good and bad of loving information is that you get a lot of it and hate to throw it away until you skim it and take some notes. But, I am getting backed up so I think I am going to start a Friday edition that will be less thorough and more a data dump of things that I have set aside. I welcome feedback on whether this is interesting, helpful, or just dumping.

• ChangeNow4Health – I stumbled upon this website which interesting has a Humana copyright at the bottom. [Simplify, Prevent, Educate]

How do we go about fixing the nation’s health care system? Where do we start? ChangeNow4Health believes we begin with small first steps. We’re looking for changes we can confidently make in the short term, using existing resources in creative ways … changes that will result in genuine improvement.

• Drugstore.com turns to making a profit led by 53% OTC sales.  11% of their business is providing mail order pharmacy and 24% for RiteAid. (Drug Store News)
• The SEMI e-prescribing study survey showed that physicians who used a tool (although skeptical initially) were very positive on it.  90% said it met or exceeded expectations.  70% saw a reduction in communications with pharmacies.  More than half thought it saved time and increased productivity.  65% reported at least one change due to a safety alert. (Drug Store News)
• Empowered Patients – Can across this on CNN.
• Found a couple of entries on marketing and healthcare on the WorldHealthCareBlog.
• Found this old article on the consumer vortex hitting healthcare.
• Read a few articles by Booz Allen Hamilton on healthcare.
• Saved this article at AHIP on selling individual insurance.
• Research linking obesity and dementia.
• Candidates on healthcare.
• Lack of awareness on heart failure makes it hard to be preventative.
• People can’t separate hype with weight loss.
• How people are using cell phones.
• Lots of consumerism articles.