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McKinsey’s Six Shifts To Add Life to Years — and One More to Consider

Jane Sarashon

People spend one-half of their lives in “less-than-good health,” we learn early in the paper, Adding years to life and life to years from the McKinsey Health Institute. health care treatments), and environment (such as climate and clean air and water, digitization, among other external factors).

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NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Population Health Telehealth The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is funding new efforts to help counties and municipalities build high-speed broadband networks. As the pandemic graphically revealed, there are many hundreds of miles of homes without broadband.

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COVID-19 and the future of care delivery

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Discussion on the definitions for telehealth, telecare, telemedicine and other terms under the digital health and care umbrella is always required, and will be discussed in greater detail during the HIMSS & Health 2.0 Shifting the perception of digital health and care. Scaling up technology tools.

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What the 2019 Nobel Prize Winners in Economics Teach Us About Health

Health Populi

The three winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics — Banerjee and Duflo (both of MIT) and Kremer (working at Harvard) — were recognized for their work on alleviating global poverty.” An example is a key input of health, such as providing free vaccinations and mobile clinic visits.

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The Most Relevant Companies in Health Care – Learning From the W2O Group

Health Populi

” That year the firm began to study the relevance of, well, relevance for organizations especially operating in the health/care ecosystem. Those issues were COVID-19, the 2020 Election, health care policy, racial divides, and equity and access. This includes health care. The top ten were: AstraZeneca.

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“Beyond the Bubble Bath,” Self-Care Must Be Rooted in Science To Build Trust Among Consumers

Jane Sarashon

The goal of self-care for health-making is to improve lives by scaling health-and-wellness accessible to all, Bayer believes, giving people more control over their personal health. The Global Self-Care Federation developed a Readiness Index that assesses an individual’s willingness and inclination to adopt self-care.

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Chewing on Raley’s Social Impact Report: Re-Imagining the Future of Food, Health and Community

Health Populi

In today’s post, I explore — or chew on, if you will — Raley’s Report through the lens of health, wellness, and social factors key to citizens living full and resilient lives. The company is working with a third-party firm to help develop programs for training, policies and procedures.

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