It seems astounding, yet true, that the internet is even bigger than I can imagine. Case in point: After spending many hours reviewing and thinking about doctor rating and physician search sites, I still learned about a new doctor rating site in my interview with healthcare economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn. The site, of course, is Vitals. [...]
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Insurance Companies Holding Back on Data
November 14th, 2007 · Comments Off · Healthcare Markets
For anyone who has worked with a health insurance company, this report should come as no surprise. Health Populi summarizes: A new survey published by the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) finds that only 31% of health plans collect and publish patient experience data. And, like the readers of the National Inquirer, health care [...]
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Interview with Mona Lori, Principle, OutOfPocket.com
August 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Healthcare Markets, Interviews
In the healthcare services market change comes slowly. An incredible amount of innovative thinking, and technical blood, sweat and tears, have been put into improving our healthcare experience over the past two decades, yet in many ways very little has changed. Still, after all these years, getting accurate prices for basic procedures is like climbing [...]
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eSwarm (Updated August 31, 2009)
July 30th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Other Markets
Two years later it appears that eSwarm has changed their business model. Here’s a press release from the company describing their new site. BOULDER, COLO – August 25, 2009 – eSwarm.com just released the simplest and most organized technology on the Internet that allows friends and like-minded people everywhere to have conversations that matter to [...]
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