Jan 21, 2021Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms — The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021The coronavirus pandemic disrupted and re-shaped the annual CES across so many respects — the meeting of thousands making up the global consumer tech community “met” virtually, both keynote and education sessions were pre-recorded, and the lovely serendipity of learning and meeting new concepts and contacts wasn’t so straightforward. But for those of us working with and innovating solutions for health and health care, #CES2021 was baked with health goodness, in and beyond “digital health” categories.CES11 min read
Sep 22, 2020Member-onlyDIY Health Care and Self-Care Accelerating in the PandemicThe coronavirus pandemic has spawned many side-effects re-shaping consumers’ everyday lives. Among them, more time at home, DIY life-flows, and financial well-being are driving growth of self-care health care. An article in the latest Drug Store News talks about consumers growing more health-conscious, adopting natural, homeopathic products. “It’s about more…Healthcare4 min read
Sep 17, 2020Member-onlyOnly in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 PandemicIn terms of income, U.S. households entered 2020 in the best financial shape they’d been in years, based on new Census data released earlier this week. However, the U.S. Census Bureau found that the level of health insurance enrollment fell by 1 million people in 2019, with about 30 million…Health Disparities6 min read
Sep 17, 2020Health Citizenship in America. If Not Now, When?On February 4th, 2020, in a hospital in northern California, the first known inpatient diagnosed with COVID-19 died. On March 11th, the World Health Organization called the growing prevalence of the coronavirus a “pandemic.” On May 25th, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died at the hands of police in…Health Consumers4 min read
Published in Tincture·Dec 20, 2019The 2020 Health Populi TrendCast — HealthConsuming, TechLash, and Public Health Goes Private“Having 20/20 vision does not necessarily mean you have perfect vision. 20/20 vision only indicates the sharpness or clarity of vision at a distance,” according to the American Optometric Association. An important vision skill, the AOA tells us, is “peripheral awareness or side vision” which contributes to overall visual acuity.Healthcare7 min read
Published in Tincture·Nov 12, 2019Member-onlyWill Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills?Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal — “Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans,” the Wall Street Journal reported in today’s paper and on the WSJ.com website. The story started with the scenario that, “Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed.” Here’s Ascension’s…Healthcare5 min read
Published in Tincture·Oct 9, 2019Member-onlyWasted: $1 in Every $4 of Healthcare Spending in AmericaA study in JAMA published this week analyzed research reports that have measured waste in the U.S. health care system, calculating that 25% of medical spending in America is wasted. If spending is gauged at $3.8 trillion, waste amounts to nearly $1 trillion. If spending is 18% of the American…Healthcare4 min read
Published in Tincture·Sep 6, 2019Member-onlyWalmart’s Growing Footprint in Health, from Guns to Mental Health and GardensOver the past couple of weeks, Walmart is demonstrating its growing commitment to and leadership in healthcare and public health. …Guns5 min read
Published in Tincture·Aug 10, 2019Happy National CBD Day!How CBD Fits Into the Retail Health Ecosystem — August 8 was National CBD Day. Who knew? Well, now you do, and I’m going to explain how this three-letter-acronym is rolling into the retail health landscape, opportunities, risks, and other issues I like to cover when forecasting the future of a new-new thing in health/care. “CBD” stands for cannabidiol…Cannabis5 min read
Published in Tincture·Jul 16, 2019On Amazon Prime Day, What Could Health Care Look Like?Today is July 15, and my email in-box is flooded with all flavors of Amazon Prime’d stories in newsletters and product info from ecommerce sites — even those outside of Amazon from beauty retailers, electronics channels, and grocery stores. So I ask on what will probably be among the top…Healthcare5 min read
