Will Your Health Plan Tell You That It Can Save Your Life?

By MICHAEL MILLENSON At kitchen tables everywhere, ordinary Americans have been grappling with the arcane language of deductibles and co-pays as they’ve struggled to select a health insurance plan during “open enrollment” season. Unfortunately,Continue reading…

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Angels are Taking our Data

By ePatient Dave deBronkart A response to Michael Millenson’s holiday song Angels seeking Clouds to buyBut healthcare’s not like SpotifyMy health data’s here and yonMonetized by Amazon Gloria, in excessive profitsGloria, it’sContinue reading…

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Angels Have Our Health Data

A holiday song from @MLMillenson, December 2019 Angels we’ve heard from the Cloud on highOr maybe it was Spotify. Our health data’s floating hither and yonMonetized by Google and Amazon. Gloria, inContinue reading…

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Concrete Problems: Experts Caution on Construction of Digital Health Superhighway

By MICHAEL MILLENSON If you’re used to health tech meetings filled with go-go entrepreneurs and the investors who love them, a conference of academic technology experts can be jarring. Speakers repeatedly pointedContinue reading…

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Can Rah-Rah, Blah-Blah and Meh Accelerate Digital Health Innovation?

By MICHAEL MILLENSON Can combining health tech “rah-rah,” health policy “blah-blah” and the “meh” of academic research accelerate the uptake of digital health innovation? AcademyHealth, the health services research policy group, isContinue reading…

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Off the Couch, Onto the Stage: My First, Only and Not-So-Great Presidential Debate

By MICHAEL MILLENSON I could’ve been Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and Marianne Williamson all rolled into one. That’s how I might have handled my first, only, and not-so-great presidential debate.  No, IContinue reading…

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Health Care Price Tags Won’t Find You the Best Doctor

By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON  Say you want to know which baseball players provide the most value for the big dollars they’re being paid. A Google search quickly yields analytics. But suppose your primary care physician just diagnosed you with cancer. What will a search for a “high value” cancer doctor tell you? Not much. Public concern over

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Health Care Price Tags Won’t Find You the Best Doctor

By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON Say you want to know which baseball players provide the most value for the big dollars they’re being paid. A Google search quickly yields analytics. But suppose your primaryContinue reading…

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Health Care Price Tags Won’t Find You the Best Doctor

By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON Say you want to know which baseball players provide the most value for the big dollars they’re being paid. A Google search quickly yields analytics. But suppose your primaryContinue reading…

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Despite Youth On Farm, Abbott Ventures Chief Avoids Spreading Manure

By MICHAEL MILLENSON  Abbott Ventures chief Evan Norton may have spent part of his youth on a farm, but there’s no manure in his manner when speaking of the medical device and diagnostics market landscape.Continue reading…

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