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41% of Adults are “Activated Patients”

41% of Adults are “Activated Patients”

by | Oct 21, 2008

The Center for Studying Health System Change has released another information-packed report, How Engaged Are Consumers in Their Health and Health Care, and Why Does It Matter.   The researchers created a “Patient Activation Measure” and apparently 41% of...

Health Care Consumerism

by | Apr 14, 2008

The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions released a very interesting report on “Health Care Consumerism” which looks at five “zones” of activity: traditional health services, self-directed care, alternative and non-conventional health services,...

Health 2.0 and Privacy Lost

by | Dec 3, 2007

In all the hype surrounding the latest Internet bubble, we’re faced with user-generated content and meaningless marketing terms like “Health 2.0” which are used to suggest everything and nothing all at once. Whatever definition of Health 2.0 you can...

My Idea of Great: Health Data Geeks Convention

by | May 22, 2007

I was lucky enough to be invited to a “Data Users Conference” sponsored by the Health Information National Trends Survey/National Cancer Institute, which really should have been called Health Data Geeks Unite! If you have a moment, I highly recommend...

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