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Jane is a frequent speaker at conferences and meetings, some of which are previewed and archived here in “What’s New.”

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Thank you FeedSpot for including Health Populi on your list of the 50 best public health sites for 2025. This is especially gratifying to me in the current environment of health/care mis-information, mis-trust, and social health erosion. I'm grateful to be part of the solution for #publichealth and #healthcitizenship for all.

I'm so grateful to Aaron Strout and the Real Chemistry team for inviting me to discuss health citizenship, technology and health care at this moment approaching the inflection-point health care and social issues for the U.S. 2024 elections. Here's a link to our session, where Aaron and I cover a lot of ground -- where we always end up on love as a driver of health : )

Oct

2024

Jane will be in the UK, Spain and Italy for work-flows in September 2024…. - 10/02/2024

As you may know, I have been splitting work- and living-time between the U.S. and the E.U., most recently living in and working from Brussels. In the month of September 2024, I'll be splitting time between London and other parts of the U.K., Spain and Italy where I'll be working with clients on consumer health, self-care and home care focused on food-as-medicine, digital health, business and scenario planning for the future...

Sep

2024

Health Populi Named a Top Health and Healthy Living RSS Feed - 09/15/2024

Thank you, FeedSpot, for naming the Health Populi blog a Top 100 Health and Healthy Living RSS Feed for folks to follow in 2024. FeedSpot curated this list from thousands of RSS feeds on the web and ranked by relevancy, authority, social media followers and freshness.

Aug

2024

The Health Populi Blog named one of the best medical blogs and websites of 2024 - 08/25/2024

Thank you, Feedspot, for citing the Health Populi blog as one of the best in the field this year! Very grateful to be among the company of some of my own go-to's such as Everyday Health, NPR Health Shots, Health Affairs, and Kaiser Health News, among others...

Jun

2024

Jane is collaborating with AHIP 2024, the annual conference of the health insurance industry in Las Vegas - 06/14/2024

Join Jane at AHIP's annual meeting in Las Vegas: I'll be speaking, moderating two panels (on Trust and the Future of the Health Consumer in 2030), signing my book HealthConsuming, and providing thought leadership on health consumers and bolstering equity, empowerment, and self-care.

Jun

2024

Jane appointed to the AHIP 2024 Advisory Board - 06/14/2024

Jane was named as a member of the AHIP 2024 Advisory Board, joining some valued colleagues to prepare for the challenges and opportunities facing health plans, systems, and other industry stakeholders. Looking forward to AHIP 2024 in Las Vegas come June 11-13, 2024.

Jun

2024

Health Populi a must-read Health blog for 2024 - 06/03/2024

Grateful to be identified as a top blog site for public health content by Feedspot!

Nov

2023

Jane will be brainstorming The New Healthcare Consumerism with the Healthcare Technology Network of Greater Washington - 11/18/2023

Thinking Amazon, Costco, CVS Health, and dollar stores....Jane will discuss emerging trends in consumer-facing health care and the evolving retail health landscape with the Health TechNet community in the Washington DC metro.

I am grateful for the opportunity to brainstorm omnichannel health care for people to enable better health care for all, anywhere and everywhere, with Team Microsoft. Key opinion leader Molly McCarthy and I covered a lot of ground in this webcast conversation, linked here. This is part of Microsoft's video series on the "Top Trends in Healthcare and Life Sciences," exploring advancements with experts in the industry. In addition to my conversation with Molly, check out two other insightful discussions featuring Dr. Bonnie Clipper and Gil Bashe.

May

2023

Jane returns to Europe in mid-April through mid-July 2023 collaborating with EU and UK health/care stakeholders - 05/13/2023

Jane continues to cross the Atlantic every few months to work with health/care stakeholders in the US, the EU and the UK. From mid-April to mid-July, I'll be spending most of the time on the Euro-side of the Pond collaborating with clients across the health/care ecosystem.

I had the pleasure brainstorming digital health and health citizenship with João Bocas, the Wearables Expert, on his podcast. We covered a lot of issues in a short time -- from the proliferation of new digital health services to social determinants of health, access, design, and why health citizenship is so important especially in the wake of the pandemic.

Nov

2021

Jane will once again collaborate on the Nurse Hack 4 Health hackathon - 11/07/2021

Looking forward to participating once again as a panelist for the fantastic Nurse Hack 4 Health hackathon on November 7th. This round, we'll focus on building a sustainable nurse workforce -- and what could be more important in this moment? Thanks to Microsoft, Sonsiel and J&J for their leadership and support of this event.

Oct

2021

Jane cited in Pharmaceutical Technology on citizens’ growing use of digital health - 10/31/2021

Thrilled to be cited by Pharmaceutical Technology in sharing insights on the Pew Research Center's work on health citizens' use of digital health technologies -- and especially peoples' interest in accessing their personal health data.

Oct

2021

Jane is heading to Brussels to collaborate with European health/care/tech for 4Q2021 - 10/30/2021

I'll be spending most of the fourth quarter of 2021 based in Brussels, working with health/care ecosystem folks throughout the EU and UK. This is a chapter of my life that was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, now ready to roll! You can reach me via all the usual methods: email and mobile phone and through the Health Populi blog, of course. You know the THINK-Health mantra: Health/care is everywhere!

Oct

2021

Jane will be speaking at the UCSF Health Awards 2021 - 10/08/2021

I'm delighted to share my digital-consumer-health perspective with attendees at the 2021 UCSF Health Awards, the live grand finale being held on October 7 at the Mission Bay Conference Center.

Oct

2021

Sophie Park of Bayer G4A talks women’s health and She-Cession with Jane - 10/02/2021

I had a wonderful discussion with Sophie Park, one of my long-time sister mischief-makers in health care, on Digital Heath Today. We focused this time on women's health in the COVID-19 pandemic and the different layers of inequities impacting women in the public health crisis -- in particular, the economic downturn as a "She-Cession" and how those pesky social determinants of health continue to keep too many people from achieving their civil right to wellbeing.

Sep

2021

Jane named to list of top 25 healthcare influencers to follow by Loving Homecare - 09/30/2021

Some of my favorite health care colleagues and friends are on this list of 25 health care influencers, named by the company Loving Homecare. So glad to be sharing this social network space with my buds Dr. Geeta Nayyar, Susanna Fox, Lygeia Ricciardi, Nick Adkins, Dave DeBronkart, Halle Tecco, Jen Horonjeff, Joe Babaian, among many other individuals working to improve health outcomes around the globe.

Sep

2021

Jane and Stacy Hurt brainstorm the state of patients, digital health & health citizenship - 09/29/2021

Stacy Hurt, patient activist and social media guress for OSP Labs, invited Jane on her webcast to explore the state of patients and the health economy post-pandemic.

I was so happy to re-join my pals on another webcast of The Health Care Blog Gang, featuring our fab host, Matthew Holt, along with Lygeia Ricciardi, Rosemarie Day, and Jeff Goldsmith. What a fortuitous day to meet up, with the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act -- the focus of most of our hour-long conversation.

Jun

2021

Jane will brainstorm the post-pandemic economy at the ARF DATAxSCIENCE meeting on June 23 - 06/24/2021

I'm excited to be part of the Advertising Research Foundation's meeting forecasting the post-pandemic economic recovery on June 23-24th.

Jun

2021

Jane will be on a Google Roundtable discussing health equity and the Black+ population - 06/23/2021

I'm looking forward to participating on a Roundtable discussing data generated on Google that shines a bright light on health disparities in the U.S. Black+ population -- a challenge that's exacerbated in the pandemic. We'll discuss that challenge and the opportunities for digital tools, broadband and health equity-by-design to make health/care better for All.

Jun

2021

Jane will participate in Accenture’s 2021 Digital Health Tech Vision discussion - 06/21/2021

I'll be brainstorming Accenture's 2021 Digital Health Tech Vision with Dr. Kaveh Safavi, Accenture's Senior Managing Director of Global Health and Dr. Shez Partovi, Philips' Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer. The session will be live on 23rd June, and you'll be able to replay later. Sign up for the live webcast here.

Jun

2021

Jane will explore “MeCare” with Karsten Russell-Wood of Philips at ATA 2021 - 06/16/2021

At the annual conference of the ATA (aka the American Telemedicine Association), Jane will brainstorm the concept of “MeCare” where personalized medicine meets health citizens across the care continuum, underpinned by information, digital health tools, and joyful health engagement.

Jun

2021

Jane will join global health leaders to brainstorm public health, technology and citizenship at the annual Horasis conference - 06/08/2021

Between 5-8 June 2021 Jane will join with others keen to collaborate globally (virtually) on big issues -- especially public health, social factors, a civil society, and health citizenship. We will all miss meeting in person in beautiful Cascais, Portugal....onward to collective health in 2021!

May

2021

Dr. Michael Osterholm discusses the New COVID-19 Reality with Jane at SXSW 2021 – video link here! - 05/31/2021

Those generous folks at the South-by-Southwest Festival for 2021 have shared access to keynotes and featured conversations, including the one between Jane and Dr. Michael Osterholm of CIDRAP, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. Dr. O is one of the go-to scientists in our challenging era of credible information on COVID-19, vaccines and vaccinations, and consumer behavior for good health citizenship.

May

2021

Jane brainstorms the power of nurses, hackathons, and health care innovation on the See You Now podcast - 05/29/2021

Shawna Butler, nurse economist and innovation guru, engages with Jane in a wide-ranging conversation starting with the history of healthcare hackathons to the wisdom of nurses-baked into health care innovation, part of the See You Now podcast sponsored by Johnson & Johnson and the American Nurses Association (ANA).

May

2021

Jane on the Medecision Liberation Podcast discussing the impact of COVID-19 on consumers - 05/15/2021

Jane brainstorms how consumers, patients, and health citizens have been re-shaped by the coronavirus pandemic and what will persist after the long-tail of the public health crisis...

May

2021

Jane will discuss growing digital health tools empowering health citizens for self-care and shared-care with EXPO.Health - 05/08/2021

The coronavirus pandemic accelerated the role of and innovations in digital health, from smartphone apps for mental health to hospital-to-home developments. Jane will brainstorm these trends with EXPO-Health's community and what this means for the health/care ecosystem and especially for health citizens.

May

2021

Jane will participate in the 5th International Vatican Conference to #UniteToPrevent, Exploring Mind, Body & Soul - 05/08/2021

Jane will take part in the fifth International Vatican Conference to Unite to Prevent and Unite to Cure, bridging science and faith. We'll be informed by the COVID-19 pandemic, weaving in themes of spirituality, caregiving, innovation, digital and loving-they-neighbors, globally.

Apr

2021

Jane named to list of top 10 leading women influencers in health care - 04/30/2021

On International Women's Day 2021, Jane was name as one of the ten leading women influencers in the health care industry.

Apr

2021

Jane will keynote the upcoming conference of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) - 04/28/2021

Jane will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Alliance of Community Health Plans, addressing attendees on providing equitable, quality health care across populations.

Apr

2021

Jane featured in the Withings blog on the future of connected health - 04/18/2021

Jane's perspectives on "addressing the limits of connected health -- and breaking them" are featured in Withings' blog site. In the great write-up by Antonio Iaccarino, Jane explains the beginnings of the Quantified Self and early era of wearable tech evolving to the broader health/care and data ecosystem powered by consumers' growing health engagement and access to broadband. The COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated these trends.

Apr

2021

Jane will discuss U.S. health care “after” the pandemic with CAQH - 04/15/2021

Jane will meet virtually with the CAQH team to brainstorm what health care looks like as the U.S. emerges from the Year of COVID (2020) through the Year of Vaccines and beyond (2021 onward).

Las Vegas will be "everywhere" we are for #CES2021, the annual Consumer Electronics Show that convenes in LAS. I'll be brainstorming digital health with innovators, presenting my take on the evolving COVID-era health consumer, and covering the conference here on Health Populi throughout the event.

Jan

2021

Jane brainstorms pharma, digital, empathy and trust with Verywell and MM+M - 01/16/2021

Verywell and MM+M convened a group of stakeholders in pharma, marketing, and digital health to brainstorm opportunities for bolstering trust and empathy in health care communications and marketing. Jane was glad to be part of this conversation, sharing insights into post-COVID health consumers.

Jan

2021

Jane re-imagines telehealth at #CES2021 with leaders from Teladoc, Northwell Health & Nurx - 01/12/2021

If it's January, it's time for the annual CES, the consumer electronics show, and updates and innovations on digital health. Jane leads a panel of three telehealth leaders -- Jason Gorevic, CEO of Teladoc; Iris Berman, VP of Telehealth at Northwell Health; and, Varsha Rao, CEO of Nurx -- to brainstorm how COVID-19 accelerated virtual care and what the future for virtual care looks like after the pandemic. Join Jane and the telehealth-trio on 12th January 2021 at 145 pm Eastern time to learn from this engaging and important conversation at #CES2021. You can follow Jane on Twitter @HealthyThinker throughout CES2021 to track her findings all week long, 10th-14th January 2021.

Jan

2021

Jane will brainstorm Primary Care 2.0 with Dr. Scott Shreeve, Crossover Health, at the JP Morgan 2021/Digital Health Event - 01/12/2021

You're invited to attend the upcoming digital health event hosted by the W2O Group, convening as part of the annual (virtual) JP Morgan health care conference held each January. On 12th Jan., I'll be meeting up with an old friend and health care innovator, Dr. Scott Shreeve, to discuss the state and future of Primary Care. Scott is the CEO and Founder of Crossover Health, which among other collaborations is "inside" Amazon's health care delivery system for employees and other organizations. You can register for the event at the link.

Dec

2020

Accelerating Health Citizenship, Jane’s podcast with Kerry Amato of HIMSS Innovation - 12/27/2020

Jane brainstormed the concept of health citizenship, and how the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated it in the U.S. with Kerry Amato, Executive Director of Innovation at HIMSS. This is now live on the Accelerate Health podcast.

Dec

2020

Jane featured on Mighty Casey Quinlan’s “Healthcare Is HILARIOUS” podcast - 12/19/2020

The Mighty Casey Quinlan, author of "Cancer for Christmas" and founder of Mighty Casey Media, interviewed me on her unapologetically real podcast, Healthcare is HILARIOUS. We went deep into Health Citizenship, brainstorming the best case scenario is for getting America back on track in the pandemic, and beyond.

Dec

2020

Jane will discuss the home as the health hub with CHPA’s Consumer Medical Device stakeholders - 12/17/2020

Jane will meet with the Consumer Healthcare Products Association's Consumer Medical Device stakeholders to discuss the home as the health hub. In the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers have pivoted to doing all-things-at-home, when possible, from tele-work to distance schooling and home cooking...along with self-care and medical care. Jane will discuss implications for retailers and manufacturers of consuming-facing digital health tech to enable more self-care at home.

Nov

2020

Jane will be a panelist for the NurseHack4Health Hackathon sponsored by J&J, Microsoft, and SONSIEL - 11/15/2020

Jane will join fellow panelists to participate in the NurseHack4Health Hackathon to harness the innovative power of nurses and the global response to COVID-19.

I had a delightful conversation with Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters on the PopHealth Week podcast about my book, Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds.

Oct

2020

Jane is brainstorming the evolving health care consumer with Novartis’s global leadership - 10/09/2020

Jane will discuss the health care consumer -- Amazon-Primed, digitally-transforming, value-conscious and DIY'ing health at home -- with the Novartis global leadership team.

Oct

2020

Jane will be brainstorming health care innovation in the Age of the Coronavirus at Surescripts Network Alliance Forum - 10/07/2020

Jane will convene with Surescripts Network Alliance stakeholders to discuss innovation in the context of the coronavirus and the pandemic's disruption which sets a table for opportunities to make health care better.

Oct

2020

Jane will be brainstorming health consumers in and beyond #COVID19 at the Vision Monday Global Leadership Summit - 10/06/2020

On 30th September, Jane will share insights into re-shaping health consumers at the annual Vision Monday Global Leadership Summit. She will be joined by Robin Raskin, Founder and CEO of Living in Digital Times, for a Q&A session following her talk about how the pandemic is impacting consumers as health care, self-care, digitally transforming people...with implications for the vision industry.

Oct

2020

Jim Weiss, W2O Group Founder and CEO, convening a Town Hall with Jane on discuss Health Citizenship - 10/03/2020

Jane will share perspectives on health citizenship and U.S. health consumers with Jim Weiss, Founder and CEO of W2O Group.

Sep

2020

Jane will be brainstorming the state of health insurance in COVID-19 America with Civis Analytics, Finn Partners and other health care stakeholders - 09/18/2020

Today, Jane will be in conversation discussing new data form Civis Analytics on the state of health insurance in the time of the coronavirus at noon eastern time.

Sep

2020

Jane will join Gil Bashe of Finn Partners and a stellar team of analysts to brainstorm health insurance in wake of the pandemic - 09/17/2020

The coronavirus pandemic resulted in over 5 million Americans losing health-insurance coverage, with 20 million expected to lose coverage by year’s end. Civis Analytics has polled consumers on their health insurance perspectives, and we will discuss the findings and implications as the nation approaches the annual insurance open-enrollment season. I look forward to the brainstorm led by Gil Bashe, Managing Partner, Global Health at Finn Partners, with John Nosta of NOSTA Lab; Chris Sloan, Associate Principal, Avalere Health; Crystal Son, MPH, Director of Applied Data Science and Healthcare Analytics at Civis Analytics; and, Dr. John Whyte, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, WebMD.

Sep

2020

Jane appointed to the W2O Group Advisory Board - 09/15/2020

Jane has joined the Advisory Board of the W2O Group, leader in health care analytics-driven marketing and communications. Looking forward to help informing and growing the company in amazing directions to benefit patients, consumers, caregivers, clinicians and the entire health ecosystem!

Sep

2020

Jane will brainstorm the re-shaping health consumer in the COVID-19 pandemic with Novartis leadership - 09/09/2020

The pharma industry is fast-evolving in the pandemic era, and along with life science industries, so are consumers. Jane will discuss the re-shaping health care consumer in the Age of Corona with the leadership team from Novartis.

Sep

2020

Matthew Zachary and Jane enter the digital health Wayback Machine to re-visit Health 1.0, 2.0, and right now - 09/08/2020

Matthew Zachary, founder of Stupid Cancer and I'm Too Young for This Foundation, and my non-DNA-linked brother, is on his next journey podcasting and building a health media enterprise. In this podcast, we go way, way back, flipping the script with me interviewing him (well, when he let go of the reins), revisiting the early days of online patient communities, digital health, and our evolving friendship -- still crazy and loving after all these years. Hearkening back to the earliest Wisdom of Patients era evoking the names of Matthew Holt, Scott Shreeve, Amy Tenderich, Indu Subaiya, Adam Bosworth, Roni Zeiger, Susannah Fox, Amir Lewkowicz, Jack Barrette, Jamie Heywood, Benjamin Heywood, Halle Tecco, Jean-Luc Neptune, et al...

Sep

2020

“Man of Fire” Shawn Nason brainstorms health citizenship and health care disruption with Jane - 09/07/2020

Gratified to be part of this list of 35 social media influencers in health IT which includes some of my favorite collaborators and fellow/sister mischief-makers!

Mar

2020

Jane will attend her 20-somethingth HIMSS to explore digital health and consumers - 03/11/2020

As a member of HIMSS for nearly her entire career, Jane will once again attend HIMSS in Orlando for updates and brainstorms on new health tech for patients, consumers, and caregivers that bolsters self-care and the IoT of health for the home.

Mar

2020

Jane will be a judge for the 2020 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards - 03/10/2020

Once again, Jane is delighted to be a judge for the 2020 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards, to be held at HIMSS Annual Conference in Orlando.

Mar

2020

Carium’s Chief Transformation Officer Lygeia Ricciardi Interviews Jane at #CES2020 - 03/08/2020

Jane brainstormed the growing role of health care consumers at #CES2020 with Lygeia Ricciardi -- who's not only Carium's Chief Transformation Officer, but a long-time and cherished collaborator of Jane's. Here's a link to the video...

Mar

2020

Jane featured in MM&M’s “The Health Media Campaign 2020 Report Card, V.1.0” - 03/05/2020

MM&M's Larry Dobrow interviewed Jane about her perspectives on how media is covering health politics, reform and industry issues in light of the upcoming 2020 elections.

Feb

2020

Jane will be addressing the Sharp HealthCare Academy - 02/28/2020

Jane will meet with physicians and executives with Sharp HealthCare to brainstorm healthcare consumers and the future of health care delivery.

Feb

2020

Jane will discuss evolving health care consumerism and brainstorm with consumers at HealthSparq’s client summit - 02/22/2020

Jane will brainstorm health consumers and lead a consumer panel to spark live conversations about people-centered care at HealthSparq's client summit in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Feb

2020

USA Today published Jane’s column on Americans claiming their health and data rights - 02/17/2020

On 7th February 2020, USA Today published a special health care section which featured Jane's essay titled, "Americans, let's claim our health care rights."

Feb

2020

Jane Named A Top 10 Global Health-Tech Influencer by GlobalData - 02/15/2020

GlobalData named the top 10 influencers in health-tech including Jane along with nine other valued colleagues in the field. So gratified to be part of this great group of friends who influence me, too.

Feb

2020

“Is consumerism good for business but bad for health?” HealthConsuming featured on Healthcare IT Today podcast - 02/08/2020

John Lynn (@TechGuy) and Colin Hung (@Colin_Hung) brainstorm what John learned at #CES2020 seeking digital heatlh goodness -- pros, cons, and wild cards. My book, HealthConsuming, was featured in the discussion, as John and I met up at the Consumer Electronics Show for our annual face-to-face at the big show.

Jan

2020

For health care in America in 2020, the only certainty is uncertainty – Jane featured in the Medecision blog - 01/31/2020

The tea leaves aren't at all clear for health care in America for the next year....so I look at the tectonic forces of politics, society, technology and economics to sort out certainties, uncertainties and wild cards in this month's Medecision Liberation blog.

Jan

2020

Jane’s book “HealthConsuming” will be featured in Gary’s Book Club at CES 2020 in Vegas - 01/11/2020

HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen will be featured in Gary's Book Club at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA.tech), will interview Jane on-stage, host a book signing, and sell the book in the CES bookstore throughout the conference of 170,000 global attendees.

Jan

2020

Jane will make her annual pilgrimage to CES to explore new-new digital health technologies and the IoT for health/care - 01/10/2020

Once again, Jane will spend the week in Las Vegas at CES, the annual gathering of 100,000+ tech-loving folks, to focus on digital health and the growing IoT for health/care. Follow Jane on Twitter, in Health Populi, and speaking at the event and the Digital Health Summit.

Dec

2019

Jane will co-present the results of HealthMine’s Medicare Advantage consumer survey at AHIP, Chicago - 12/11/2019

At the AHIP Consumer Experience and Digital Health Forum, Jane will co-present the results of HealthMine's 2019 Medicare Advantage survey of beneficiaries covering how older people look at their health care, health plans, digital health tools, social determinants and financial wellness. Jane collaborated with HealthMine on this important study into the perspectives of older health consumers with a call-to-action for more personal, social and connected health.

Nov

2019

Jane will discuss the many lenses of patients on value and affordability at Health XL’s global gathering - 11/21/2019

Health XL will convene global health ecosystem stakeholders in Lake Nona, FL, to brainstorm health care financing, social determinants, and consumers. I'll weave these together with a view on the many patient lenses on health care value and affordability.

Nov

2019

Jane will address Microsoft’s Envision Forum Healthcare on 7 November - 11/07/2019

Jane will provide a keynote address, From Health Consumer to Health Citizen - How Tech Can Scale Humanity for health, with Microsoft's stakeholders in health care at their meeting in NYC. Jane will also participate in a lunch-time panel discussing results from McKinsey's 2019 study, Women in the Workplace.

Oct

2019

Jane will brainstorm health consumers, pharma and digital tech with TGaS stakeholders - 10/30/2019

Jane will meet with TGaS stakeholders to discuss health consumers, digital transformation and commercial operations challenges and opportunities for pharma, biotech and other life science companies.

Oct

2019

Collaboration is the new black for mental health and trust – my post on Medecision’s Liberation page - 10/26/2019

It takes a village to address mental and behavioral health. Anxiety and depression are widespread co-morbidities with chronic conditions and new acute care diagnoses. How to deal? Get up-close-and-highly-personal with people via social determinants that matter to them, and make sure to bake trust into the process.

Oct

2019

Jane ID’d as a top health-tech influencer by Scality - 10/26/2019

What a great list to be among these 19 health-tech influencers. They make for an engaging dinner party list! I have the best job in the world being able to collaborate with folks like these. Thanks, Scality!

Oct

2019

Jane will emcee, trend-weave and speak at Medecision 2019 in Frisco, TX - 10/24/2019

Following an amazing 2018 Liberation, Jane will return to emcee, trend-weave and speak at the annual client meeting of Medecision.

Oct

2019

Jane will address Cerner’s Now/Next Conference on the patient-as-the-payor - 10/09/2019

As part of Cerner's annual client meeting "Now/Next" in Kansas City, Jane will brainstorm the patient-as-the-payor and implications for health care providers at the meeting's Revenue Management Forum.

Oct

2019

Jane will speak about health care consumers and patients-as-payors at GMDC’s Self-Care Summit in Indianapolis - 10/07/2019

The GMDC Selfcare Summit is convening stakeholders in health, beauty and wellness, and Jane will be addressing attendees on 4th October on the patient-as-payor where Self-Care is the new Health Care.

Sep

2019

Jane quoted in Healthcare IT News on cloud computing for health care and social determinants - 09/24/2019

Journalist Nathan Eddy interviewed Jane on her views into health clouds and how they can help manage social determinants of health data.

Sep

2019

Jane will be brainstorming the new wave of patient consumers at Health 2.0, talking about her book, HealthConsuming on 9-18 - 09/19/2019

Jane will be on the main stage talking about her book, HealthConsuming, in the context of the new wave of patient consumers. After her talk, she’ll join developers Rohan Dixit of Lief Therapeutics, Rachel Blank of Rory, Erin Trimble of 23andMe, and Amy Tenderich of Diabetes Mine, along with Health 2.0 Co-Founder and HIMSS Senior Advisor, Indu Subaiya.

Sep

2019

Jane will interview Josh Stevens, President of DayTwo, on the main stage at Health 2.0 on 9-18 - 09/19/2019

One of three CEO "fireside chats" at Health 2.0 2019, Jane will interview Josh Stevens, President of DayTwo, an Israel-HQ'd company involved in nutrition, gut microbiomes, and chronic health management. The company is in expansion mode in the U.S., channeling through payors and employers.

Sep

2019

Jane will be a judge for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation “Pitch” Health Innovation Meet-Up at Health 2.0 on 9-16 - 09/17/2019

RWJF will convene an Innovation Challenge focused on Home & Community Based Care and Social Determinants of Health, and Jane is grateful to be one of the judges of this exciting meet-up.

Sep

2019

Jane will discuss health consumers and “HealthConsuming” with Wellframe stakeholders in digital health - 09/09/2019

Jane will address Wellframe's Advisory Board, discussing digital transformation in health care with the patient, consumer and caregiver at the center.

Sep

2019

Jane named one of 20 healthcare professionals changing the future of medicine - 09/08/2019

The Doctors Answer curated a list to "get inspired" by 20 healthcare professionals changing the future of medicine. I'm gratified to be included with colleagues and friends like Dr. Eric Topol, David Harlow (one of my go-to health care lawyers), Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh, the inspiring Regina Holliday, and Dr. Bob Wachter, among others.

Sep

2019

HealthConsuming Named A Top Medicine eBook of All Time by BookAuthority - 09/07/2019

Jane's book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen, was named a top medicine eBook "of all time" by BookAuthority. We're in good company here with Dr. Atul Gawande, Dr. Ronald Epstein and others on this humbling list.

Aug

2019

MM&M’s podcast with Jane on “HealthConsuming,” Amazon Prime-ing, and health care costs - 08/21/2019

Marc Iskowitz, the Executive Editor of MM&M, invited Jane to the Haymarket Media studio in NYC on 6 August 2019 to do a live podcast on Twitter to discuss her book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. The wide-ranging conversation included Jane sharing why she re-tooled as a health economist, what she learned from advising a biotech on social determinants of health, and how Amazon has primed health consumers.

Jul

2019

Jane named one of the ten top health tech influencers in 2019 - 07/27/2019

Grateful to GlobalData analysts for including me on this list of top health tech influencers, with many valued colleagues and collaborators: Sherry Reynolds (@Cascadia), Alicia Staley (@Stales), Eric Topol (@EricTopol), Joe Babaian (@JoeBabaian), Evan Kirstel (@EvanKirstel), and John Nosta (@JohnNosta), among others I greatly admire and hope to work with.

Jul

2019

Jane will speak about “HealthConsuming” and Amazon-Primed health consumers at CHPA’s annual marketing conference - 07/25/2019

Jane is delighted to be invited to speak at the Consumer Healthcare Products Association's (CHPA) annual conference with health care marketers, convening at the historic Hotel du Pont in Wilmington. We'll cover the growing retail health ecosystem and opportunities for self-care, health engagement, and digital health in the expanding IoT for health/care at home.

Jul

2019

Jane quoted on the prospects prescription drug cost transparency in PharmaLive - 07/13/2019

Josh Slatko interviewed Jane for an article in PharmaLive on a final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that will require direct-to-consumer TV ads for prescription pharmaceuticals covered by Medicare or Medicaid to include the list price. A snippet of Jane's response: "HHS’ price disclosure plans don’t speak to personalized health or healthcare costs, given the fact that a retail list price for a prescription drug is not what the health consumer actually pays.“

Jul

2019

Health Populi named one of Feedspots’s Top 100 Healthcare Blogs to Follow in 2019 - 07/09/2019

We are grateful to be named a Top 100 blog and website to follow in 2019 by Feedspot - thanks team!

Apr

2019

Jane brainstorming health/care, everywhere, at #ATA19 in New Orleans - 04/16/2019

Jane is addressing the 2019 American Telemedicine Association meeting today on retail health's potential to transform the future of healthcare.

Apr

2019

Jane will discuss evolving health care consumers at the VisitPay client summit, held at Becker’s Hospital Review 10th Annual Meeting in Chicago - 04/03/2019

Jane will brainstorm the patient-as-payer with VisitPay's provider clients during Becker's meeting in Chicago.

Mar

2019

Jane will brainstorm consumers’ growing self-care options in retail health at CHPA’s Executive Conference - 03/20/2019

More consumers are taking on DIY self-care tasks to stay well and lower medical costs. Jane will address these trends and their implications for the attendees of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association Annual Conference in Boca Raton, FL.

Mar

2019

Jane will be Decoding the Consumer, discussing retail health with leaders in the vision industry - 03/20/2019

Jane will address WebMD's Vision 20/20 stakeholder community on the growing retail health ecosystem and the critical role of and opportunity for vision care for consumers. We'll also be discussing the growing role of data empowering health consumers with folks from Mad*Pow, Klick Health, UnitedHealthcare, Satisfi Labs, and Advent Health's Nicholson Center.

Mar

2019

Jane will discuss the convergence of beauty & health for global health consumers at CosmoProf in Bologna, Italy - 03/14/2019

Jane will profile consumers' approaches to beauty, health and technology at CosmoProf, the annual global convention of the cosmetics industry meeting in Bologna, Italy. This international beauty fair attracts over 260,000 attendees and features the world's premier companies serving the health-beauty-wellness continuum.

Feb

2019

Jane’s podcast with Cerner’s Brooke Chonko on the “now & the next” at HIMSS19 - 02/24/2019

Jane spoke with Brooke Chonko of Cerner on the patient- and consumer-facing innovations at HIMSS....and the importance of person-centered data and social determinants of health to fulfill the promise of technology for the home-as-health-hub. You can hear the beginning of Jane's podcast at the 8:05 minute mark if you want to skip to her segment.

Feb

2019

My interview with KB Home Projekt – Buy The Right Home, Lower Health Care Costs - 02/23/2019

Home is a low-cost site for health care and will be our health/care hubs in the not-too-distant future, I explain in this video of a conversation I had with the KB Home Projekt team in Henderson, Nevada, the week of CES 2019. I toured this new build concept home, baked with wellness in every room of the house, envisioned for aging-in-place and social communing. Watch the short video to hear my take on this emerging concept that can help lower medical costs while supporting people where they want to live and age well.

Feb

2019

Jane will be exploring health consumers and health IT at HIMSS 2019 - 02/18/2019

If you'll be at HIMSS, the premier annual conference on all-things-health-IT, let's meet up as I dive into new applications and implications for health consumers, patients, caregivers, and providers at Orlando's convention center.

Feb

2019

Jane will be a judge for the Microsoft Health Innovation Awards once again, held at HIMSS 2019 - 02/18/2019

I'm looking forward to collaborating with Microsoft on taking part in their annual Health Innovation Awards. This year, we'll be looking at developers in categories to engage patients, empower care teams and employees, optimize clinical operational effectiveness, transform the care continuum, and use artificial intelligence and machine learning. I'm always inspired by the many creative and innovative entries in this competition, who come from all over the world to participate.

and value in healthcare. That's why giants like Philips and J&J, and new entrants like Great Call and Best Buy, are all designing and positioning to meet that new health consumer's lengthening list of demands. Jane will participate on two panels at the Digital Health Summit in Vegas, baby, on Wednesday 9th January, to brainstorm this fast-evolving phenomenon.

Jan

2019

Listen to Jane and friends on one of 2018’s most popular podcasts on digital health innovation and new entrants, hosted by Healthcare Analytics News - 01/07/2019

Great to be part of one of Healthcare Analytics News' most popular podcasts of 2018. Even more grateful to have collaborated with Colin Hung, Dr. Geeta Nayyar, and John Nosta, with Dr. Kevin Campbell at the helm. We brainstormed (and often arm-wrestled) how healthcare providers must advance digital transformation, challenged by new entrants like Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft and a host of smart, hungry developers keen to participate in the dynamic health ecosystem. Link to our discussion on this page.

Dec

2018

Are privacy and healthcare on a collision course? Listen to Jane’s point-of-view on the DataPoint podcast - 12/08/2018

Greg Mathews, founder of the DataPoint podcast, invited Jane on the line to brainstorm the healthcare landscape in the context of Facebook, Google, Amazon and other data aggregators. HINT: HIPAA doesn't cut it, and other themes, discussed on the link. Come listen!

Nov

2018

The new Open Source Healthcare Journal launched by Juhan Sonin and Goinvo features Dr. Eric Topol and Jane in the inaugural issue - 11/24/2018

Juhan Sonin of Goinvo, a leading health-tech design firm, launched the Open Source Healthcare journal. The first issue includes features by Juhan, Dr. Eric Topol, and Jane. I'm honored and grateful to be part of Juhan's network, and share his vision of Open Source Health/care -- that "we must set healthcare free."

Nov

2018

Jane is quoted in MM&M’s “The new influencers” on social media bringing fresh voices to the forefront of healthcare - 11/16/2018

In my interview with Larry Dobrow, I discuss a return to "trusted nodes” where scientific fact trumps fake medical news. Larry writes: "[Jane] recalls a recent lunch with the head of Italy’s minister of health. 'There are algorithms in social media in Italy misinforming people about vaccines. So now you’ve got what amounts to the head of Italy’s NIH tweeting pro-vaccine messages, which can’t be a bad thing. In healthcare at least, we still live in a fact-based world.'"

Nov

2018

Jane will share perspectives on consumers’ use of mobile and digital health tools at the 9th Annual Obesity Conference - 11/04/2018

Jane will discuss consumers' growing embrace of "mobile first" platforms and how people are engaging in health, nutrition and weight loss via digital and mobile tools at the 9th Annual Obesity Conference in Philadelphia.

Nov

2018

Jane will be brainstorming food-as-medicine at GroceryShop in Las Vegas - 11/01/2018

Jane will be brainstorming food-as-medicine at the GroceryShop conference in Las Vegas.

Nov

2018

CDW names Health Populi one of the top 30 health IT blogs - 11/01/2018

Health Populi was named a top 30 health IT blog by CDW, Thanks, CDW, for this great recognition!

Oct

2018

Jane will be on a European healthcare advisory-and-speaking journey in October - 10/27/2018

Jane will be convening in Bologna, Brussels, London and Dublin with health/care industry stakeholders to advise and speak about health consumers, health policy and food-as-medicine. Stay tuned to Health Populi for updates on learnings and insights gleaned through the journey.

Oct

2018

Jane will be one of eight judges for the CHXD Commonwealth Design Challenge - 10/26/2018

Jane will be one of eight judges for the CHXD Commonwealth Design Challenge, vetting solutions to improve — even delight — consumers dealing with healthcare expenses, health savings accounts, and high-deductibles.

Oct

2018

PwC quotes Jane in “The New Health Economy in the Age of Disruption,” seeing patients “beyond the bed or the pill” - 10/15/2018

PwC's Health Research Institute interviewed Jane for research into their report on The New Health Economy in the Age of Disruption. “In a value-based environment, the more pieces of the supply chain that you can influence, the more you can impact utilization and cost, driving a win-win across providers, payers and patients,” I told the PwC team, among other learnings.

Oct

2018

Jane will be keynoting the launch of EIR Healthcare’s MedModular hospital room in Greater Philadelphia - 10/07/2018

Jane will be talking about how EIR Healthcare's MedModular hospital room can help bend the healthcare cost curve and exceed health consumers' expectations at the project launch in Boothwyn, PA, the evening of 2nd October 2018.

Oct

2018

Jane will be talking about Slow Food and Slow Medicine in Philadelphia with leaders of Italy’s medical community - 10/03/2018

Jane's post on Slow Food and Slow Medicine celebrates her meeting with Walter Ricciardi of Italy's National Institute of Health and Dr. Cesare Galdini, President of the Institute Rizzoli in Bologna, Italy, visiting medical colleagues in Philadelphia. The meeting is hosted by the Consul General of Italy based in Philadelphia.

Sep

2018

Jane will brainstorm health consumers in a post-Trump healthcare America with the Illinois Health and Hospital Association - 09/26/2018

Jane will be brainstorming Healthcare, Everywhere, for hospitals and health systems, with stakeholders meeting at the IHHA's 2018 Leadership Summit being held in greater Chicago.

Sep

2018

Jane will brainstorm healthcare consumers with the Qualis HealthInsight team in San Diego - 09/23/2018

Following their merger, Jane will meet with the Board and key stakeholders of the combined Qualis and HealthInsight organization in San Diego to share insights about new healthcare consumers.

Sep

2018

Jane again named a Top 100 Influential Economist - 09/20/2018

Richtopia's list of the top 100 most influential economists is out, naming me one of them once again. I'm humbled to be on a list with the likes of Stiglitz, Porter, Krugman, Frakt, and Sachs, among other mentors and gurus to whom I look for wisdom and knowledge.

Sep

2018

Jane will explore healthcare consumers at the GMDC Health-Beauty-Wellness conference - 09/18/2018

Healthcare consumers are taking on more self-care tasks, engaging in retail health opportunities. Jane will brainstorm these at the GMDC conference on Health, Beauty and Wellness trends collaborating with suppliers to the industry.

Aug

2018

Feedspot names Health Populi one of the top health blogs “on the planet” - 08/25/2018

Thank you, Feedspot, for naming Health Populi one of the top 100 blogs on the planet! I'm in good company with my dear friends at The Health Care Blog, WEGO Health, NPR Shots, among many other go-to sources for health and wellness.

Jul

2018

Jane quoted in Royal Society of Chemistry journal on President Trump’s prescription drug pricing policy - 07/31/2018

In an article called, "Trump coaxes big promises from big pharma," Jane is quoted on the recent announcements from pharma companies who are reducing certain prescription drug prices through the end of 2018. ‘This is not a policy, this is self-regulation – these are ad hoc agreements that are verbal and can change,’ Jane explained. Check out the in-depth analysis by Rebecca Trager.

Jul

2018

Jane will brainstorm the future of healthcare and Amazon-primed consumers with Kaiser Permanente in LA - 07/24/2018

Jane will meet with leaders from the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center to discuss future healthcare scenarios and the evolving digital, always-on, demanding consumer/patient in the health ecosystem.

Jul

2018

Jane will participate in Accenture’s live 2018 Health-Tech Vision Webcast - 07/19/2018

Join Jane, Accenture's Dr. Kaveh Safavi and Brian Kalis, and Lisa Suennen of GE Ventures, to brainstorm Accenture's 2018 Health-Tech Vision. This will be the third year Jane has worked with this team to identify key trends and futures for digital health, and it's always an engaging, spirited session.

Jul

2018

Can Outside Disruption Save Healthcare? Jane will participate in a video responding to this question with Healthcare Analytics News - 07/12/2018

Jane will brainstorm the question, "Can Outside Disruption Save Healthcare?" on an expert panel sponsored by Healthcare Analytics News.

Jun

2018

Jane will share her perspectives at Mad*Pow’s Health Experience Design Conference - 06/28/2018

I am grateful to be doing a keynote at Mad*Pow’s amazing Health Experience Design Conference, sharing my perspectives on the ever-morphing health consumer - sharing new data on the empowered patient and the endangered wallet.

May

2018

Jane will participate in the Aetna Foundation/US News Facebook Live Chat on Healthiest Communities - 05/20/2018

Jane will participate in the Aetna Foundation/US News Healthiest Communities Facebook Live meet-up to discuss the role of social determinants of health in our towns and families, live from New York City on Friday 18th May.

May

2018

Jane will once again participate in the PwC 180° Health Forum - 05/09/2018

PwC will re-convene its exciting 180° Health Forum, bringing together innovators, investors, new entrants and thought leaders in health, enabling conversations in an intimate "salon"-style environment. Jane is grateful to be included once again in the mix, to discuss how to leverage digital business models and platforms to build better consumer experiences.

May

2018

Jane is a judge for the World Healthcare Congress Health Value Awards - 05/03/2018

Jane will serve as a judge for the Health Value Awards, a competition help during the World Health Care Congress 2018 in Washington DC. The Awards recognize health care purchasers, brokers and suppliers who deliver higher value for the continuum of clinical and financial risk management. Categories for the Awards include lifetime achievers (featuring luminaries like the Leapfrog Group, Warren Buffett, et. al.), outstanding benefit professionals, employers by size, payers and providers, among others.

Apr

2018

Jane named a top Twitter account to follow by Digital Health Today - 04/09/2018

Digital Health Today named Jane one of 40 top Twitter accounts to follow for digital health.

Apr

2018

Jane’s post on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica’s Impact on Patient Social Networks and Data Sharing published by the Society for Participatory Medicine - 04/04/2018

One 20th March 2018, Jane addressed the potential (negative) impact of patient data sharing and trust in light of the revelations about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica's misuse of Americans' personal information. The Society for Participatory Medicine has re-published the essay, to ensure that Society members stay mindful of the news in light of the group's commitment to full-on patient engagement.

Mar

2018

Re-Imagining Healthcare with Medecision - 03/30/2018

Jane will be collaborating with Medecision at their client summit in Dallas to brainstorm what's possible for making healthcare better.

Jane's paper on the opportunity for the enterprise health cloud to enable consumer-pharma engagement is live at the Progress website.

Jan

2018

Jane will convene a panel on consumers and digital health tech at the 2018 CES Digital Health Summit in Las Vegas - 01/10/2018

Jane will brainstorm digital health and "power to the people" (that is, patients, consumers, and caregivers) with representatives from J&J, Nokia, and Teladoc at the 2018 CES Digital Health Summit.

Jan

2018

Jane will explore the Internet of Things for health and wellness at the 2018 CES - 01/09/2018

Meet up with Jane at CES in Las Vegas if you're attending. She'll be all-health, all-the-time at this conference, where digital and connected health grows bigger every year.

Jan

2018

Jane will be a judge at the CES 2018 Showstoppers Event for Fitness, Wearables and Health Devices - 01/09/2018

At CES 2018, I'm gratified to be judging the Fitness, Wearables and Health Devices category at Showstoppers. Stay tuned to new-new innovations I think will be empowering, enchanting and useful for health consumers, caregivers, and patients coming out of the show.

Dec

2017

Health Populi named a Top 100 Healthcare Blog by Feedspot - 12/23/2017

Oct

2017

Jane’s interview with David Vivero, CEO of Amino Health, featured in MobiHealthNews - 10/09/2017

Jane interviewed David Vivero, CEO of Amino Health, on the main stage at the Health 2.0 Conference on 3rd October 2017. Here's MobiHealthNews coverage of the conversation.

Oct

2017

Jane will interview consumer health guru David Vivero, CEO of Amino, on the big stage at Health 2.0 - 10/04/2017

Jane will meet, fireside-chat style, with Amino CEO David Vivero, at the 11th annual Health 2.0 conference in Santa Clara, CA. This will be a déjà vu for us as we first met up at Health 2.0 early in Amino's start-up phase on a demo panel!

Sep

2017

Jane will brainstorm the health/care ecosystem with Microsoft’s Dr. Simon Kos at ENVISION in Orlando - 09/27/2017

Jane will have a conversation with Microsoft's Chief Medical Office Dr. Simon Kos at the company's ENVISION meeting in Orlando, speaking about healthcare consumers and technology's role in health engagement.

Sep

2017

Jane will discuss IT’s role in bolstering the social determinants of health during an upcoming HIMSS webinar - 09/27/2017

Join Jane on a HIMSS-sponsored webinar on social health information technology and how digital tech can boost the social determinants of health.

Aug

2017

Jane’s interview with Onalytica is online - 08/26/2017

I'm gratified and grateful that Onalytica named me a top digital health influencer, Here's the fun interview we did, exploring who influences me in and beyond health tech - from Dr. Atul Gawande to Pope Francis.

Aug

2017

Jane interviewed in Drug Store News’ forecast on the future of the pharmacy - 08/24/2017

The Drug Store News feature on the future of the pharmacy features Jane's perspectives on health consumers taking on greater self-care at home and outside of the traditional healthcare system, supported by retail health -- in this case, the pharmacy and pharmacist who can support a patient managing chronic conditions in an integrated, continuous way.

Aug

2017

Health Populi and Jane once again one of the #HIT100 - 08/08/2017

Jun

2017

Jane will be brainstorming social determinants of health and technology with 211 San Diego - 06/02/2017

Jane will visit with 211 San Diego to explore social care in the county and how this pioneering organization is using IT to integrate dozens of agency touch-points together for the benefit of San Diegans.

May

2017

Jane will be speaking about healthcare at the Castlight Health/Jiff Employer Summit in Michigan - 05/11/2017

Jane will brainstorm the new healthcare consumer with Michigan employers, on behalf of Castlight Health/Jiff.

May

2017

Jane will attend the kickoff of the National Advisory Council for the new Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at the George Washington University School of Nursing - 05/09/2017

Jane is joining the National Advisory Council for the new Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at GWU, the first meeting of which will be 4-5th May 2017 in Washington DC. The mission of the new Center is to advance policy and health of the public through education, research, media and public forums.

Apr

2017

Jane will be a keynote speaker at HealthIntegrated’s EMPOWER conference, St. Petersburg - 04/27/2017

Jane will brainstorm health care consumers with health plans and stakeholder clients at the HealthIntegrated EMPOWER meeting in St. Petersburg, FL's, historic Vinoy Renaissance Resort & Golf Club.

Apr

2017

Health Populi Named a Top 50 Blog for Living a Healthy, Meaningful Life - 04/22/2017

Jane's Health Populi blog was named one of the top 50 blogs for leading a healthy, meaningful life, by BicomUK.

Apr

2017

Jane will be exploring Slow Food and health in Italy - 04/18/2017

Jane will be researching the role of food as medicine for health in the world capital of Slow Food, Italy, and the growing evidence for food-as-medicine. Along the way, she'll explore the zero kilometre food movement, the Ospedale degli Innocenti hospital, those enterprising nuns who make aroma therapies, and take a few days of Easter and Passover holiday-days along the journey for some spiritual nourishment.

Apr

2017

Jane talks about population health, healthcare, and the social determinants of health with the Kansas Hospital Association in this video clip. - 04/02/2017

Jane spoke about health care consumerism with the trustees and hospital CxOs at the Kansas Hospital Association Critical Issues Summit. Here's a video clip summarizing the discussion.

Mar

2017

Insights and trends from #HIMSS17 – Spectrum Health asked Jane - 03/29/2017

The HIMSS 2017 conference held in February 2017 was like Disneyworld for over 43,000 health IT wonks (like me). Spectrum Enterprises interviewed Colin Hung, Maxwell Stroud, and me for our perspectives on the meet-up. Read what Colin, Max and I said (hint: patients, AI, risk management, and data security rank high).

Mar

2017

Jane will lead a panel on “the end of experts – crowdsourcing your wellness” at adidas Future/Fit, SXSW 2017 in Austin - 03/13/2017

Jane will lead a panel on the end of experts/crowdsourcing wellness at the adidas Future/Fit meet-up during the South-by-Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival over the weekend of 10-13 March 2017.

Mar

2017

IBM Watson Health interviews Jane on the benefits of cognitive computing in health - 03/09/2017

Jane shared her perspectives during the #HIMSS17 health IT conference with the IBM Watson Health team, discussing the benefits of cognitive computing for personal and public health and healthcare. https://youtu.be/zrTm0xBB1wI

Mar

2017

Feedspot names Health Populi a Top 100 Health Blog for Healthy Living & Better Healthcare - 03/01/2017

Feedspot combed through thousands of health blogs and selected Health Populi among the best of them. Thank you, Feedspot!

Feb

2017

Jane will participate in the Financial Times Future of Healthcare Forum, NYC - 02/28/2017

Jane will participate in the Financial Times' Future of Healthcare Forum in NYC on 28th February 2017 at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Feb

2017

Jane will meet with Louisiana's hospital stakeholders to brainstorm the growing role of consumers in the state's healthcare landscape and opportunities for hospitals and health systems in a post-Trump healthcare environment.

Jan

2017

Jane will discuss health consumers and healthcare in Wilmington, NC - 01/20/2017

Jane will brainstorm the role of new health care consumers -- patients, caregivers, payors -- with the executive team of NHRMC in Wilmington, NC.

Jan

2017

Jane will be speaking about new health consumers at CAQH in Washington, DC - 01/10/2017

Jane will share perspectives on the new healthcare consumer in America at CAQH in Washington, DC.

Jan

2017

Jane will be at CES 2017 in Vegas 2-7 January (aka Consumer Electronics Show) - 01/07/2017

Jane will be kicking the tires on all of the new digital health devices and spotting trends and themes through the first week of 2017, spending time with suppliers, experts, and thought leaders on all-things-health. Stay tuned for her tweets @healthythinker, posts on Health Populi, and Huffington Post columns throughout the event.

Jan

2017

Jane will speak on digital health at CES 2017 - 01/06/2017

Jane will participate on a panel at the Digital Health Summit at CES 2017 on "Digital Health Delivers Personalized Power to the People" on 6 January 2017. She'll collaborate with Dr. Bettina Experton, the CEO of Humetrix; Dr. David Fabry, the VP of GN Hearing and the ReSound digital hearing device; and, Dr. Shai Gozani, CEO of Neurometrix, making of the Quell pain relief device.

Dec

2016

Jane will be a social media evangelist at the Connected Health Conference, Washington DC - 12/13/2016

The digital health community will convene at the Gaylord Hotel in greater Washington DC to brainstorm innovations for consumers, clinicians, and the health care ecosystem. Jane will participate as a social media contributor and participant.

Dec

2016

Jane quoted in the Korean Journal of Medical Education - 12/05/2016

Jane's seminal research paper, The Wisdom of Patients, was cited in the article, Use of social media in education among medical students in Saudi Arabia, in the December 2016 issue of the Korean Journal of Medical Education.

Dec

2016

Jane weighs in on trends in personal connected health - 12/01/2016

In advance of the Connected Health Conference in Washington DC, Jane weighed in on trends in personal connected health as a social media expert. My money quote: "We aren't yet at a tipping point for chronic disease management [via digital health tools]. We're still stuck in 'Fitbit mode' for wellness."

Nov

2016

Jane named one of the 100 Most Influential Economists in the World - 11/29/2016

Paul Krugman of the New York Times is #1. I'm humbled to have been named #47 of the top 100 influential economists in the world. I'm quite certain that Thomas Piketty (#53) and Robert Shiller (#54) are more influential than I am. But as it's Thanksgiving, I'm grateful for the recognition!

Nov

2016

Jane Is Honored to Be a Judge for the WEGO Health Hero Awards - 11/19/2016

Jane will be judging the WEGO Health Hero awards. Health activist members of the WEGO Health community are all heroes: this event identifies some of the most influential, creative and inspirational members across many categories.

Nov

2016

AMIA, Population Health Panel, Chicago - 11/16/2016

Dr. Harm Scherpbier (of Jefferson College of Population Health), Mark Scrimshire (of CMS, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), Vincent Emanuele (of Wellcentive) and I will be on a panel addressing Population Health Informatics: Connecting Consumers to Care at the AMIA 2016 Annual Symposium in Chicago.

Nov

2016

Guest Provocateur at the PwC 180° Health Forum – Chicago - 11/16/2016

For the third year in a row, CDW Healthcare chose Health Populi as one of the top healthcare blogs for 2016. See the complete list at the CDW website.

Sep

2016

West Virginia Hospital Association, Greenbrier, W Va - 09/30/2016

Jane will address the WV Hospital Association on health consumers, digital health, and the growing retail health landscape, at the lovely Greenbrier resort.

Sep

2016

Vizient Mid-American Annual Trustee/Physician/CEO Leadership Conference, Dallas, TX - 09/29/2016

Jane will meet with Vizient's hospital and health system members from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mid-America to brainstorm the growing role of consumers in the new retail health economy.

Sep

2016

Health 2.0 Conference, Santa Clara, CA - 09/27/2016

I've participated in the annual Health 2.0 Conference every year since its inception in 2007, and I'll do the same this year. Looking forward to learning about the latest digital health innovations, and moderating a panel or two.

Sep

2016

Minnesota Hospital Association 2016 Annual Meeting - 09/22/2016

Jane's talk with the Minnesota Hospital Association will be "Health Is Everywhere: Consumers and the New Retail Health," meeting at Madden's on Gull Lake, Brainerd, MN.

Sep

2016

Walmart Retail Health Summit – Jane’s keynote featured in Drug Store News - 09/17/2016

Walmart recently convened a Retail Health Summit in Bentonville, Arkansas, bringing together representatives from the broad landscape of retail health stakeholders. Jane keynoted the event, and her speech is summarized in this special report from Drug Store News.

Sep

2016

Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) Leadership Summit - 09/16/2016

Jane will be addressing CxOs at the Illinois Health and Hospital Association 2016 Leadership Summit in Lombard, IL, discussing The New Health Economy - Consumers at the Center.

Sep

2016

Jane featured in Healthcare Finance News on Retail Clinics’ Growing Role in Healthcare - 09/14/2016

Hear how clinics at CVS, Walmart, and other retail storefronts are compelling hospitals to re-think business models in the September 7, 2016, issue of Healthcare Finance News, featuring Jeff Lagasse's interview with Jane.

Sep

2016

Jane featured in 7 Signs of the Retail Health Revolution from Drug Store News - 09/12/2016

Food and exercise are the new medicine; loneliness is the new smoking; prevention is the new sustainability. Read seven pillars re-shaping health and healthcare, informed by my research and advisory work, in this informative supplement from Drug Store News.

Jane will meet with the clients of Spirit Health Group to brainstorm the growing role of health consumers in the new health economy.

The Robert J Waters Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law (CTeL) reviews our HIMSS 2016 session

Mar

2016

Health Populi and Jane S-K Named One of Five Women Healthcare Bloggers for 2016 - 03/23/2016

LiveClinic cites Health Populi along with four other women-written healthcare blogs for 2016

Mar

2016

Financial Health and Food – Connecting the Dots - 03/18/2016

My latest blog post at the Intuit Tax & Financial Center