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Changing Behavior - Examples
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On the Express Scripts Consumerology Blog, I noticed a new entry this morning from Bob Nease (Chief Scientist) about changing behavior. It points to two things - motivation and self-efficacy. (What’s in it for me and do I believe I can be successful.)
There is an interesting study from the University of Michigan that he discusses, […]
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Beating The Generic Process
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Anyone who works with drug manufacturers knows that once a drug gets closer to its patent expiring, they are going to look for creative ways of extending the patent life – new approvals (e.g., pediatric dosing), an extended release (XR) version, or a me-too drug for example. And, as a product manager, who can […]
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November Adler’s Drug Store Counter
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From this month’s publication of Adler’s Drug Store Counter by Meredith Adler from Barclays Capital, I found two telling things.
She highlights the drug trend and generic fill rate numbers from the big PBMs (as I have done before). What it made me think about is that with Medco and CVS Caremark having lower generic […]
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Who’s Going to be a General Practitioner
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I was just talking with someone yesterday about what happens as the retail clinic concept (e.g., Minute Clinic) and virtual consultations (e.g., American Well) take off. Given that primary care physicians (aka General Practitioners) have seen increased reimbursement pressure, will these trends finally make that the least desirable job coming out of medical school? […]
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Would You Pay More Taxes To Cover The Uninsured
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Here my democrat tendencies come out.
The Council for Excellence in Government did a Gallup Poll of 1,000 adults in June to see who would be willing to pay more in taxes to cover the uninsured. I was surprised by the results:
50% age 18-36 would be willing to pay more
45% age 40-64 would be willing […]
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Drug Re-importation – Real With Obama?
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This is a topic that has been around for a while. Before the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) and a significant number of drugs losing their patents, you used to hear about people driving to Canada to get their prescriptions at reduced prices.
I believe this is one of the things that Obama talked about […]
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The Nocebo Effect
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If you ever read the label on your prescription drugs (or more likely the PI (Product Insert)), you will learn about all kinds of potential side effects ranging from mild things like headaches to much more serious but rarer conditions. The WSJ had an article earlier this week called “Power of Suggestion: When Drug […]
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Ix and Health 2.0
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Yesterday, I had a brief (5 minute) opportunity to present on a webinar by the Center for Information Therapy (Ix). Similar to the Health 2.0 conferences, they talked about some trends and then asked 5 companies to talk about how they were delivering information to patients/members. The companies that presented were:
Silverlink Communications (me)
Enhanced Medical Decisions
Kranes
Healthwise
bWell-Informed
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60M Health 2.0 Users BUT…
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I think we are all still waiting on the final business models to find the profitable solutions. I think many of the tools are great. Some are even amazing in what they can do. But, ultimately most of these are businesses, so how are they making money?
In a recent report by Manhattan […]
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Reaching the Hispanic Community
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Based on different statistics I saw today, it is clear that a healthcare strategy for reaching the Hispanic community is needed. Just looking at what I see being done:
Some companies are building out a “language flag” in their databases to allow members to choose the language for communication.
This works a lot better than “guessing” […]
