3 costly healthcare megatrends to watch in 2016

Posted on April 4, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health System, Hospital, MACRA, Mega Trends, Physician, Prescription Drug Prices, Telemedicine • Leave a comment

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/3-costly-healthcare-megatrends-to-watch-in-2016.html

The Payment Reform Landscape: How Does Telehealth Fit Into A High-Value Purchasing Strategy?

Posted on February 12, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health Policy, Health System, Hospital, Reform, Telehealth Strategy, Telemedicine, Value Based Health Care • Leave a comment

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/02/12/the-payment-reform-landscape-how-does-telehealth-fit-into-a-high-value-purchasing-strategy-2/

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3 Payer-Driven Strategies to Transform Care Models

Posted on February 11, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Chronic Care, Elderly Care, Home Care, Telemedicine, Value Based Health Care • Leave a comment

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=HEP&content_id=325299

Spectrum Health, a not-for-profit, integrated, managed care healthcare organization, is focused on redesigning care models to increase value. Its insurance arm has been key.

Here’s how millennials could change health care

Posted on February 8, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Convenience, Customer Service, Millenials, Nurse Practitioner, Personal Physician, Physician, Physician Assistant, Retail Clinic, Telemedicine, Urgent Care • 1 Comment

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/02/07/heres-how-millennials-could-change-health-care/79818756/?utm_campaign=CHL%3A+Daily+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26011566&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_9YYmSBm-afsLKmI4KNbJVS8dRt-5A9-eengcRv6EnpGeMvVQWb_qbOcrRFwNFuuj6NvHgPoGYIr-2sD6PHl9dTzfmGg&_hsmi=26011566

A shopper walks past a Minute Clinic at a CVS Pharmacy

Millennials may give the healthcare industry more impetus to improve customer service

Walgreens announces expansion of MDLive access and its Connect app launch

Posted on November 15, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Digital Health Applications, Retail Health Clinics, Telemedicine, Telemedicine Strategy, User Centric • Leave a comment

Walgreens announces expansion of MDLive access and its Connect app launch

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Digital health initiatives continue to emerge from Walgreens. This morning, vice president of digital health Adam Pellegrini said its collaboration with MDLive for its telehealth apphad added 20 states for a total of 25 as of today.

What’s happening with trust in consumer healthcare

Posted on October 27, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Consumerism, Health Insurance, Health System, Healthcare, Hospital, Telemedicine, Trust • Leave a comment

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/whats-happening-with-trust-in-consumer-healthcare/407924/

Top Five Industry Challenges of 2015

Posted on October 24, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Bundle Payments, CMS, Health Policy, Health System, Healthcare, Hospital, Medicaid, Medicare, Reform, Telemedicine, Value Based Health Care • Leave a comment

http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/top-five-industry-challenges-2015

What to watch and what’s being done about them

USC: Virtual clinic, holograms are ‘next frontier of digital health’

Posted on October 11, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Digital Health, Healthcare, Telemedicine, Virtual Clinic, Virtual Physician • Leave a comment

USC: Virtual clinic, holograms are ‘next frontier of digital health’

Shift – or get out of the way of the patient toward better healthcare

Posted on September 13, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Consumerism, Digital Health Innovation, Market Disruption, Mobile Health, Retail Health, Telemedicine • Leave a comment

https://sparkblog.emc.com/2015/06/shift-get-way-patient-toward-better-healthcare/

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Free video visits with doctors? UC Health gives it a shot

Posted on September 2, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health System, Hospital, Primary Care Video Visits, Telemedicine, Urgent Care Video Visits • 1 Comment

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2015/09/01/exclusive-free-video-visits-with-doctors-uc-health.html?ana=e_cinci_hc&s=newsletter&ed=2015-09-01&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1441220513

Dr. Anya Sanchez stands in front of a display of the app that UC Health patients will be able to use for free video consultations with doctors.