November 2018 - The Health Care Blog

Exponential Medicine

By MATTHEW HOLT After only maybe 5 years when I’ve been away running a conflicting conference in some other part of the world I finally get to go to Exponential Medicine the next 4 days. I met Daniel Kraft way back before he was famous, and his...

Published Sat, Nov 03 2018 6:48 PM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Daniel Kraft, Exponential Medicine, XMed

Health Plan Innovation Gets a ‘New Look’ | AHIP’s CEO Matt Eyles

By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF Health “I don’t know that what they’re doing is going to be as transformative as maybe the potential of it is – and it’s going to take time. I don’t know that they’re going to ‘all-of-a-sudden’ leap frog over all the...

Published Wed, Nov 14 2018 6:52 AM by THCB

Filed under: Health insurance, CVS-Aetna, Jessica DaMassa, WTF Health, Matt Eyles, AHIP, health plan innovation, health plan, Aetna-CVS

Health in 2 Point 00 Episode 59

Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess interviews me all the way from London. In this episode, she asks me about Google, who hired Geisinger CEO David Feinberg to lead its health care initiatives, Driver, a startup which ran out of money just weeks after...

Published Wed, Nov 21 2018 9:47 AM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, pharmaceuticals, Google, Startups, Health Tech, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, regulatory, Geisinger, Driver, digital therapeutics

Young People Need To Turn Out For Their Health

By MERCEDES CARNETHON Last week, we saw historic turnout at the polls for midterm elections with over 114 million ballots cast. One noteworthy observation regarding voter turnout is record rates of participation by younger voters aged between 18 to 29...

Published Fri, Nov 23 2018 6:37 AM by THCB

Filed under: Research, Obesity, Politics, voter turnout, Diabetes, clinical studies, Mercedes Carnethon, young adults, heart disease

We Know We Have to Address the Social Determinants of Health. Now What?

By REBECCA FOGG In the run-up up to this month’s mid-term elections, health care appears to be just one of many burning political issues that will be influencing Americans’ votes. But delve into nearly any issue—the economy, the environment, immigration...

Published Thu, Nov 01 2018 6:37 AM by THCB

Filed under: The Business of Health Care, value-based care, fee for service model, social determinants, Business of Health Care

The Case for Open Innovation in Health | Sara Holoubek of Luminary Labs

By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF Health “Most large healthcare companies will have numerous teams – innovation teams, maybe a venture fund, business units – all doing different things,” says Sara Holoubek, CEO of Luminary Labs, a consultancy known in healthcare...

Published Mon, Nov 05 2018 4:11 AM by THCB

Filed under: Jessica DaMassa, WTF Health, health innovation, Open innovation, Sara Holoubek, Luminary Labs

Health in 2 Point 00 Episode 56

On Episode 56 of Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I report from Livongo’s new office in San Francisco. In this episode, Jess asks me about Carrot Health’s $25 million raise for their digital smoking cessation program and 98point6’s $50...

Published Fri, Nov 02 2018 8:52 AM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Livongo, health care startups, carrot health, Silence Noisy Healthcare Application, 98point6

Health in 2 Point 00 Episode 57

On Episode 57 of Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I report from Exponential Medicine. In this episode, Jess and I talk about digital surgery and how Shafi Ahmed and Stefano Bini are transforming surgical training. She also asks me about my favorite session...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2018 6:57 AM by THCB

Filed under: Matthew Holt, AI, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Exponential Medicine, XMed, digital surgery

2018 Midterms: The Year of the Female Physician

By NIRAN AL-AGBA MD While women make up more than half of the U.S. population, an imbalance remains between who we are as a nation and who represents us in Congress. The gender disparity is no different for physicians: more than one third of doctors in...

Published Mon, Nov 05 2018 6:26 AM by THCB

Filed under: Physicians, Politics, Women, Niran Al-Agba, Midterm Elections

Looking back at the RWJF Challenges

SPONSORED POST By JOHN EL-MARAGHY Catalyst is proud to stay at the top of innovation, commercialization, and impact — and that includes updating our means of communication. You all know and read about the amazing challenges the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...

Published Fri, Nov 09 2018 6:42 AM by THCB

Filed under: Health 2.0, Artificial intelligence, Health 2.0 Fall Conference, Catalyst @ Health 2.0, challenges