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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Upcoming Events

Jun
18
2023

Jane Featured in “Learning from Voices in Healthcare on LinkedIn” - 06/18/2023

Grateful to collaborate with Christopher Caudle who asked me to share perspectives on how I use LinkedIn and social media to create impact and grow the wonderful community of diverse voices in the expanding health/care ecosystem. I'm thrilled to share this creative sandbox with several voices I consider friends in the field, and others whom I've respected along my journey -- especially Rebecca Love, John Whyte, and Dr. Stefan Buttigieg, with many others for whom I'm a fan-girl.
Jun
24
2023

Jane identified as one of the top 10 “Healthtech Exponentialists,” applying tech to purpose-driven health - 06/24/2023

The team at EHT DAO curated their list of the Top 150 Healthtech Exponentialists, as they explain, "great professionals and friends, who are leading digital health, applying exponential technologies, around the world, with the purpose Health becomes a reality!" I'm named in the Top 10, humbled!, among inspiring folks like Dr. Kevin Pho, Dr. Bertalan Mesko, Mandi Bishop, Igor Korolev, among other colleagues....
Jun
29
2023

Digital Health Wire names Jane and Health Populi Among the “Latest and Greatest” to Follow in Healthcare - 06/29/2023

Digital Health Wire curated their favorite digital health newsletters, podcasts and influencers to follow in 2023: we are grateful to be on this list which includes some of our favorite sources for staying updated and smart.

Past Events

Jun
09
2023

Jane quoted in Fidelity Investments’ employer blueprint for health benefits - 06/09/2023

Fidelity Investments healthcare industry team asked me to brainstorm the future of employer-sponsored health benefits from personalizing workers' health benefits journeys to their mental health and how to pay for health care -- including specialty drugs costs. Here's a link to the many insights the Fidelity team gleaned from me and other collaborators.
May
31
2023

Jane’s Health Populi named one of 15 best Women in Medicine blogs and websites - 05/31/2023

Thanks to Feedspot for identifying Health Populi as one of the 15 best women in medicine blogs and websites.
May
30
2023

Health Populi named one of the top 70 public health websites… - 05/30/2023

I'm grateful that Feedspot keeps track of the best public health websites and blogs, and that they named mine one of these. When you get a degree in public health, you become part of that community, so this list is especially valued by me. Thank you, Feedspot!
May
23
2023

Health Populi named a Top 30 health policy blog and news website - 05/23/2023

Thank you @Feedspot for naming Health Populi one of the top 30 health policy blogs/news websites along with some of my favorite informative sites.
May
20
2023

Worldwide Speakers Group Adds Jane to Their Speaker Line-Up - 05/20/2023

I'm delighted to join the prestigious line-up of speakers represented by Worldwide Speakers Group. Please check out my speaker site when you're planning your next meeting, conference, or webcast.
May
13
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.
May
13
2023

Enabling better health care, everywhere – my conversation with Microsoft - 05/13/2023

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.
Apr
30
2023

How non-medical services are re-shaping Medicare and Medicaid - 04/30/2023

Health plans are increasingly addressing health risks that influence our health and well-being every day. This is especially true for the public sector plans of Medicare and Medicaid, each of which is baking in social, economic, and community services to help people live their best lives and stave off downstream ill effects. My latest essay for Medecision discusses these updates and why they are so impactful for individual and public health.
Apr
29
2023

Jane joins the Healthcare Rap Podcast to brainstorm 2023 predictions - 04/29/2023

Jared Johnson hosts this podcast shepherding the discussion between design guress Amy Heymans and me in combining our 2023 crystal balls for health care.
Apr
22
2023

Join the #PinkSocks crew in London with Nick and Jane et al. on 22nd April! - 04/22/2023

If you're anywhere near London on 22nd April, come join the #PinkSocks crew at the Babel Beerhouse @Kings Cross/St Pancras neighborhood for #digitalhealth goodness, drinks and hugs! You know the great and good Nick Adkins will be there, and so will I. Cheers and joy!
Apr
12
2023

Jane will speak in a keynote on the Drivers of Health: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow at the 10th annual Virgin Pulse Thrive Summit - 04/12/2023

Jane will discuss the Drivers of Health: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow: ZIP codes, WiFi and love at Virgin Pulse's 10th Annual Thrive Summit in Salt Lake City. These factors have more in common than you think: all are social determinants that shape individuals’ health outside of medical care. Jane will reflect on the impact of these factors over the past decade – where we live, work, play, pray, learn and shop – to inform and inspire strategies for the next decade.
Apr
02
2023

Jane will be returning to the U.S. in early 2023 for client meetings and conferences to mid-April - 04/02/2023

Jane will be saying a bien tot and tot binnenkort to Brussels for 1Q 2023 to meet up with U.S.-based clients and conference-speaking from late January to mid-April 2023. Looking forward to our face-to-face conversations and brainstorming!
Mar
31
2023

How Data Can Bolster Health Equity Via HEDIS – my latest post for Medecision - 03/31/2023

Each year, NCQA updates the HEDIS data set - and for 2023, the upgrade focuses on health equity and stratifying the right data for good. In my latest essay for Medecision (February 2023), I explore the new HEDIS upgrade, weaving in an insightful conversation I had with Michael L. Millenson, health care quality and accountability expert, along with great expectations for Techquity at VIVE 2023. Please check into this content which is super-timely in our post-pandemic health care world...
Mar
19
2023

Jane will be brainstorming healthcare innovation at SXSW23 in Austin - 03/19/2023

I'm looking forward to returning, live, to the South-by-Southwest Festival health and med track, to collaborate with my friends from Real Chemistry and the entire health ecosystem attending the conference. Stay tuned to updates here on Health Populi about what I'm learning about and seeing at #SXSW23.
Feb
25
2023

Integration is the new healthcare innovation – reflections on CES 2023 and JPM 2023 in my Jan-23 Medecision column - 02/25/2023

Innovation in health care in 2023 will not be remembered for the shiny new things in digital health nor heady valuations in bullish venture capital boardrooms. In 2023, the sexy innovation thing will be integration, I explain, in my January 2023 column for Medecision which analyzes observations from #JPM2023 and #CES2023.  
Feb
15
2023

Trust is a currency for health engagement: Dr. Joe Kvedar and Jane’s podcast for the American Telemedicine Association - 02/15/2023

Dr. Joe Kvedar is a pioneer in telehealth: I first met Joe when I did research for the California Healthcare Foundation on the history of telemedicine (publishedin CHCF's paper, Right Here, Right Now: Ten Telehealth Pioneers Make it Work, published in November 2008! Fourteen years later, I was delighted to spend time brainstorming the state of telehealth post-pandemic, and future prospects.
Feb
02
2023

Pioneering UX Designer Amy Heymans & Jane Brainstorm Healthcare in 2023 - 02/02/2023

I have the best job in the world because I get to collaborate with brilliant people like Amy Heymans, pioneering UX and digital designer. Amy and I are longtime colleagues and friends, and we had to say "yes" to Jared Johnson who invited us on to his podcast the Healthcare Rap, part of Shift Forward. You'll really love hearing from Amy on our 2023 Predictions Series: Jane Sarasohn-Kahn & Amy Heymans - Shift Forward Health - Omny.fm show -- and hopefully form me, too!
Jan
29
2023

Value is the New Black in 2023 – health economics will impact all stakeholders, Jane forecasts in Medecision’s blog - 01/29/2023

All health care players -- providers, plans, pharma, patients and technology innovators and investors -- will be In Search of Value, the context for healthcare in 2023. Thanks to Medecision for publishing my 2023 forecast through the health-economics/value lens.
Jan
15
2023

Jane named #5 in Top 150 “Exponential Healthcare” Leaders - 01/15/2023

Jane was named #5 in the top 150 "Healthtech Exponentialists," representing digital health specialists applying advanced technologies to improve the health of people around the world. Honored to be part of this group of people committed to disrupting the status quote to scale health and wellbeing to all health citizens.
Jan
08
2023

Jane will cover all aspects of health/care, everywhere, at CES 2023 - 01/08/2023

For over a decade, Jane has curated the best ideas at CES, the largest consumer electronics show in the world, through here health/care, everywhere, lens. #CES2023 promises to feature even more innovations to help make healthcare, health, and well-being in our own hands, homes, and communities. Stay tuned to the Health Populi blog for my daily updates prior to, during, and following this annual meet-up chock full of digital health goodness.
Dec
31
2022

Jane featured on Gil Bashe’s Health UnaBASHEd podcast! - 12/31/2022

One of my favorite health/care gurus is Gil Bashe, FINN Partners' Chair Global Health and Purpose. I was absolutely gobsmack-thrilled to be invited to speak with him on his podcast, produced by a treasured colleague of mine from the OG Health 2.0 era, Gregg Masters, on HealthcareNow Radio. We covered so much ground, from public health (global to local), health equity, drivers of health, and health politics....so grateful to spend quality time with these guys.
Dec
18
2022

Health Populi named one of the Top 30 Health Policy Blogs for 2022 - 12/18/2022

Jane's Health Populi blog was named one of the Top 30 health policy blogs online (see #5 at the link). I'm gratified to be one of these 30 curated sites, which include some of my favorite and most-trusted sources for health services and policy research facts and evidence. Thank you, @FeedSpot!
Nov
28
2022

Catching up with health care work in London - 11/28/2022

I'm based in London for a week in late November to catch up on face-to-face meetings and brainstorms with clients in London....great to be back in-market, especially focusing on the drivers of health, mental health, and challenging home economics for health citizens.
Nov
19
2022

Get smart on the role of sensors for aging well at home from Laurie Orlov, Aging & Health Technology Watch - 11/19/2022

Read Laurie's latest report on the growing role of sensors for people who want to age well and healthfully at home. I love collaborating with Laurie and always learn so much from her insights at the convergence of aging and technology.
Nov
18
2022

In hybrid health mode, Jane will be attending #HLTH2022, virtually - 11/18/2022

Working from and living in Brussels currently, I will be participating in the 2022 HLTH conference from the Central European time zone. Stay tuned to my observations on the Health Populi blog, LinkedIn and Twitter (@healthythinker) as I touch base with attendees and innovators focused on health equity, drivers of health, and scaling public health for all health citizens.
Oct
30
2022

Jane collaborates with GoodRx’s Playbook on the Patient as Payer - 10/30/2022

I'm grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with the GoodRx team to share insights on the patient as health care consumer and medical bill payer, resulting in a "yellow paper" playbook you can download at this link. The report offers calls-to-action for pharma, life science companies, med-tech suppliers, and the health/care ecosystem to support patients-as-payers as household spending crowds out health care spending in this era of inflation and financial stress.
Oct
26
2022

Jane returns to Brussels and the EU for ongoing work in Europe for Q422 - 10/26/2022

I'll return to my EU home base in Brussels for the 4th quarter of 2023 to continue my work with European and UK-based health/care stakeholders as well as collaborations virtually with my US clients....
Oct
24
2022

Jane is back in the US for late summer/early autumn health care collaborations… - 10/24/2022

Having spent most of the first-half of 2022 living in and working from Brussels, Jane will return to the U.S. in late July to meet up with clients (and friends and family!_ until early autumn, then returning to the EU capital! You can continue to stay in touch via all the usual methods: email (via jane@think-health.com), via Twitter @Healthythinker, on my LinkedIn channel and of course, through the Health Populi blog,. You know the THINK-Health mantra: Health/care is everywhere! 
Oct
22
2022

Thinking about social determinants of prescription drugs: taking medicines in real life - 10/22/2022

There are many reasons why people don't take medicines their clinicians prescribe for them; medication non-adherence is a long-time challenge for our individual health, public health, and health spending. In my latest post on the Medecision Liberate Health blog portal, I discuss the context of drivers of health for prescription drugs and some solutions to addressing this perennial obstacle.
Oct
16
2022

Jane will be teaching “The Future of Health” course live on the Duke Corporate Education campus - 10/16/2022

The week of October 10, Jane will be in Durham on the campus of Duke University and Duke Corporate Education to teach a course on "The Future of Health" for the leadership team of a Fortune 50 company. For the past two years, I led the class via virtual/distance mode. I am grateful to be live, in person, for this year's update! Proud to be affiliated with Duke CE, one of the world's top-ranked custom education providers according to the Financial Times.
Oct
15
2022

Jane quoted in support of ATA’s Telehealth Awareness Week - 10/15/2022

Molly McCarthy, Chief Nurse Strategist and national health care leader with Microsoft, discusses the growing omni-channel, hybrid health care landscape taking off with a quote from Jane. #TelehealthIsHealth is our mantra this week and ongoing, supporting the growing concept and reality of care delivered "anywhere,"
Oct
09
2022

Are blogs still relevant? Colin Hung asks Jane, and she answers…. - 10/09/2022

"Are blogs still relevant in this era of TikTok and Instagram dominance?" Colin Hung asked Jane. Colin co-leads the #HITMC community (Healthcare and IT Marketing Community), convening the largest annual conference and social media network in the space. We brainstormed the answer which (spoiler alert) is "Yes"....provided you find your voice, speak authentically and with facts, and stay fresh along the way. Health Populi celebrated our 15 year anniversary over Labor Day 2022, so I share lessons learned in this conversation for which I'm very grateful.
Oct
08
2022

Jane explains what healthcare can learn from the journey of over-the-counter hearing aids - 10/08/2022

While the OTC Hearing Aid Act was passed in 2017, it took a long and winding road via regulatory, health advocacy and marketing workflows to launch commercially in October 2022. Read my take on what health/care industry sectors can learn from the OTC hearing aid experience in the Medecision Liberate Health blog.
Sep
30
2022

Health Populi named Blog of the Year at #HITMC Awards with Medigy - 09/30/2022

Am so very grateful to the intrepid (and kind) Colin Hung, John Lynn, Shahid Shah, team at the Healthcare Scene, and Medigy for recognizing the Health Populi blog as Blog of the Year (by an individual) at the HITMC awards ceremony on 11th May 2022. I've midwifed this site since 2007, writing over 2,600 posts in my own independent voice firmly focused on consumers and citizens, health care, and technology. This is a particularly appreciated award: my thanks.
Aug
27
2022

Your Chance to Vote on Jane’s and Walgreen’s Rina Shah’s SXSW 2023 Session on the Future of Pharmacists for Health - 08/27/2022

The future of health/care includes a greater role for the pharmacist and pharmacy in Everyday Peoples' health and wellbeing. Rina Shah, Group Vice President of Pharmacy of the Future and Segment Strategy at Walgreens, and I look forward to brainstorming "How Your Pharmacist Is Making Healthcare Easier" at SXSW 2023 in Austin. Here's a link to vote thumbs-up for our panel via SXSW PanelPicker. Thank you, and see you for the Health & MedTech Track in Austin in March 2023...
Aug
23
2022

Jane calls for Ethics-By-Design in Medecision Post - 08/23/2022

The report Tech Giants in Healthcare published by Bertelsmann Stiftung in Germany has much to teach U.S. health care -- increasingly tech- and data-driven, with risks for health disparities, inequities, algorithmic bias, and lack of inclusion. Jane's latest post for Medecision's Liberate Health blog calls for Ethics-by-Design in U.S. health care tech innovations based on eight pillars for digital health citizenship.
Aug
14
2022

Jane featured on The Combinate Podcast with Subhi Saadeh - 08/14/2022

Subhi Saadeh of Gilead Sciences and I brainstormed the state of health economics and health citizenship in the post-COVID, current inflationary era. We covered a lot of ground, reviewing the origin story of my book "HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen" written just before COVID-19 emerged, and subsequent learnings. Thanks for tuning in!
Jul
23
2022

Jane discusses the “health inequities tax” on US healthcare - 07/23/2022

Deloitte has calculated that health inequities cost the U.S. health care system $320 billion every year. Jane discusses this "tax" on American health care, a hit of $1,000 per U.S. health citizen, on the Medecision "Liberate Health" portal.
Jun
30
2022

Health Disparities Growing Among Older People – Jane in Medecision Liberate Health - 06/30/2022

    Jane discusses a new study from UnitedHealth Group on the health status of older adults -- identifying exacerbating health status including early deaths, the doubling of drug deaths, rising obesity, suicides, and depression. Long-COVID symptoms are often overlooked by the health system, and loneliness and isolation spiked in the pandemic era. While there are some promising digital health innovations to help scale support and care to older people, we must stay design-ful, person-centered, and empathy-powered.
Jun
23
2022

Jane will collaborate with Bayer’s G4A digital health summit on democratizing healthcare - 06/23/2022

I'm grateful to team up with Bayer G4A to discuss social determinants of health and Democratizing Healthcare: Closing the Equity Gap with a wonderful team of smart women from Cityblock Health, the Globe Liver Institute, and Grapevine Health. We'll discuss how digital can scale democratic access to health care for all -- as in the "4A" in Bayer's event name
Jun
22
2022

Jane will discuss the patient as the payer for prescription drugs, with GoodRx - 06/22/2022

Jane will discuss the impact of inflation and the post-COVID economy on health consumers, health care and prescription drugs on a webcast with GoodRx.
Jun
21
2022

Jane named a Health IT Influencer to Follow in 2022 - 06/21/2022

Thank you, HealthTech Magazine, for naming me one of 30 Health IT Influencers to follow in 2022. Grateful to be in such inspiring company, including many collegial friends with whom I collaborate!
May
29
2022

Jane ID’d as a health care influencer “to know and follow” - 05/29/2022

What a wonderful, health-heady party this would be in real life: as one of 75 health care influencers "to know and follow," how I'd love to get the other 74 in a room with me, life in person, to brainstorm, share Big Ideas, and catch up on professional hugs! This is one fun list if you're into health care tech, digital health, public health, and health/care futures. Grateful to be one of this crew.
May
25
2022

Jane will be featured at CarePayment’s webinar on the patient-as-payer, post-pandemic on May 25 - 05/25/2022

CarePayment will host a webinar during which Jane will brainstorm with health care stakeholders on the ongoing evolution of patients-as-consumers and -health citizens, facing greater out of pocket spending and more responsibility and opportunities to engage with consumers for financial literacy and well-being. This will be especially useful for stakeholders dealing with revenue cycle management, patient payments, and access programs. Register at this link.
May
10
2022

Jane featured in The TrustMakers Podcast on Trust and Health - 05/10/2022

Trust underpins public health and the economy, we've painfully learned (again) through the coronavirus pandemic. Jane unpacks the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer in a conversation with Lynn Hanessian, Chief Strategist for Edelman, in this edition of The TrustMakers podcast.
Apr
30
2022

Jane’s essay on Trust in the Health Economy on the Edelman Trust Barometer portal - 04/30/2022

I am grateful to the Edelman team for inviting me to explore the results of the company's 2022 Trust Barometer in light of health, health care, and well-being for the world's health citizens. Here's a link to that essay, which includes a positive, construction call-to-action for all health care industry stakeholders in how to re-build trust back with health citizens -- consumers, patients, caregivers, all.
Apr
29
2022

Jane featured on trust and the health economy with the World Economic Forum - 04/29/2022

"Much of the economic backwardness in the world can be explained by the lack of mutual confidence,” Nobel Laureate Kenneth Arrow wrote in 1972. Fifth years later (!) this phenomenon is demonstrated by the eroding trust in health citizens around the world with health care institutions, research, and public health authorities. I wrote an essay on trust and the health economy published by the World Economic Forum learning from the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer's special report on Trust and Health.
Mar
21
2022

Jane will be all-in on digital health at Austin’s SXSW 2022 Festival – TX trip cancelled - 03/21/2022

I regret needing to cancel my participation at SXSW 2022....hope to collaborate once again in 2023! I'm looking forward to spreading the digital health love at South-by-Southwest 2022 with sister panelists Dr. Geeta Nayyar, SVP and Chief Medical Officer of Salesforce and Maimah Karmo, President and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation, brainstorming health engagement and tech. We'll be shepherded by Real Chemistry, guiding our discussion in the uber-dynamic SXSW digital health track.
Mar
19
2022

Watch for key themes emerging from HIMSS 2022 - 03/19/2022

Jane will be weaving the trends coming out of the HIMSS 2022 conference content and industry announcements. Expecting important updates for patient engagement and activation, interoperability, AI and data analytics, and how tech can help address risks borne by the social determinants of health.
Mar
10
2022

Jane will be engaging with VIVE 2022 for key digital health updates and innovations - 03/10/2022

VIVE 2022 is convening digital health stakeholders to share innovations and best practices this week. Jane will be mining the insights for key updates and trends that will reshape the health care ecosystem -- especially those engaging people in self-care at home and in communities, addressing health equity, and streamlining health care experiences.
Mar
05
2022

Dr. Nick Van Terheyden brainstorms digital health, equity and innovation with Jane - 03/05/2022

Jane joined her longtime colleague and friend Nick Van Terheyden, MD on his Healthcare Upside Down podcast to discuss pandemic-inspired healthcare solutions and the need to build on them, from telehealth and virtual care to the health inequities and social determinants that people could (finally!) not look away from after the emergence of COVID-19.
Feb
28
2022

Jane named one of 25 digital health influencers to follow in 2022 - 02/28/2022

Thrilled to be one of the 25 digital health influencers named by Digital Salutem for 2022. Thank you João Bocas for curating this list, which includes two dozen knowledgeable folks I also follow!
Jan
08
2022

Jane will explore health/care, everywhere, at CES 2022 — virtually, with Las Vegas going live - 01/08/2022

Jane will explore health/care, everywhere, during #CES2022 being held in Las Vegas. I'm especially grateful to be kicking off the digital health summit's first panel, The Trend Barometer, delivering my key trends shaping health consumers in the new year.
Dec
05
2021

Jane Chosen As A Top 7 Healthcare IT Influencer - 12/05/2021

Thank you, Software Finder, for putting me in the company of colleagues and friends Dr. David Feinberg, Colin Hung, Dr. Geeta Nayyar, Sherry Reynolds, Anita Samarth, and Dr. John Whyte as one of 7 health IT influencers to follow.
Nov
27
2021

The Wearables Expert, João Bocas, Discusses Digital Health With Jane - 11/27/2021

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
07
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
31
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
30
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
08
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
02
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
30
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
29
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.
Sep
09
2021

Jane and Sonia Millsom of Maven Clinic will have a fireside chat at the Bayer G4A Health For All Forum - 09/09/2021

Jane and Sonia Milsom of the Maven Clinic with riff on the future of women's health after the pandemic as part of Bayer's G4A Health For All digital health forum on 9th September 2021.
Aug
28
2021

Jane brainstorms with Nancy White, CEO of Inagene Diagnostics, about post-pandemic health trends - 08/28/2021

I had the pleasure of chatting with Nancy White, CEO of Inagene Diagnostics, about health care in a post-pandemic world. This link will take you to the Inagene Healthy Helix podcast, covering our conversation about health economics, mental health and the new social contract, digital tech, and the future of health care...
Aug
14
2021

Jane will be participating in the annual HIMSS 2021 conference from Viva (and virtual) Las Vegas - 08/14/2021

HIMSS 2021 is postponed to August from February 2021, and Jane will be participating in the fabulous wonkiness as she has for over 20 years. It will be all health IT-all-the-time this week, and I'll be covering the innovations and learnings here on Health Populi all week long.
Aug
07
2021

Jane featured on FemTech and Women’s “Home Economics” in Techonomy - 08/07/2021

Robin Raskin brought together 3 women in health care to dish on digital health and "fem-tech," tools focused on women and self-care healthcare. Her column in Techonomy Media mined the experience and insights of two builders of women's health communities, Jill Gilbert (Hello You Collective) and Lygeia Ricciardi (Ada Rose), along with me on the She-Cession and the pandemic accelerating women's needs for more health empowerment, access, and satisfaction.
Aug
02
2021

Oh what fun! brainstorming population health & Motown music with Ed Marx - 08/02/2021

I had a blast talking healthcare and Motown on DGTL Voices with Ed Marx, long-time guru in healthcare management and engaging host of this podcast.
Jul
31
2021

Jane’s discussion of “MeCare” at #ATA2021 discussed in CDW HealthTech journal - 07/31/2021

HealthTech covered Jane's panel on "MeCare" at the 2021 American Telemedicine Association conference, noting the pandemic's acceleration of our homes as our health hubs and growing shift to self-care -- especially amenable for preventing and managing heart disease in a evolving omnichannel health care delivery system.
Jul
17
2021

Jane quoted in Consumer Reports on the best way to seek doctor’s appointments online - 07/17/2021

Adam Tanner, privacy advocate, interviewed Jane for his article on the downsides (and best practices) for consumers to book medical appointments online. Adam quotes Jane in his write-up in a June 2021 issue of Consumer Reports.
Jul
01
2021

Jane joined The Health Care Blog Gang webcast on 17th June, link to replay here - 07/01/2021

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
24
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
23
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
21
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
16
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
08
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
31
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
29
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
15
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
08
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
08
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
30
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
28
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
18
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
15
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).
Mar
20
2021

The Missouri Hospital Association once again hosts Jane to speak about health consumers, evolving post-pandemic - 03/20/2021

In June 2016, Jane delivered a keynote to the Missouri Hospital Association in Branson, MO and the beautiful Ozarks -- my first time visiting that amazing musical town and area. MHA has invited Jane back to given an update on health consumers in the wake of COVID-19 and what the transformations mean for the state's hospitals and health care providers.
Mar
18
2021

Join my W2O Group colleagues and me at the South-by-Southwest 2021 Media Lounge! - 03/18/2021

If you want a taste of the SXSW experience, please meet up with my colleagues and me at the (free) W2O Group's Media Lounge during the South-by-Southwest Festival. You can check into the schedule of events and sign up for the happenings here.
Mar
17
2021

Jane will interview Dr. Michael Osterholm of CIDRAP at SXSW 2021 talking The New Reality of COVID-19, 3/17 at 3 pm - 03/17/2021

Jane is grateful for the opportunity to interview Dr. Osterholm, a member of President Biden's COVID-19 advisory board and public health leader at CIDRAP, during South-by-Southwest 2021. We'll be one of the Featured Speakers session for this important, timely conversation on "what's next" for the coronavirus pandemic in America and the world.
Mar
02
2021

Jane brainstorms social determinants of health and cancer care with John Nosta on Cancer Expert Now - 03/02/2021

Jane had the opportunity to discuss the convergence of cancer treatment with patient-facing costs for oncology and the social determinants of health. Thanks to John Nosta of NOSTA Lab for shepherding this conversation on the Cancer Expert Now network.
Feb
07
2021

Jane’s Health Citizenship concept featured in Jim Weiss’s Forbes essay on vaccine confidence - 02/07/2021

In his Forbes essay, "The Era of Health Citizenship Starts With Vaccine Confidence," W2O Group's Founder and CEO Jim Weiss explains Jane's model and call-to-action for health citizenship, accelerated in the era of the coronavirus pandemic.
Feb
03
2021

Jane will participate on a panel at American Telemedicine Association’s EDGE policy conference - 02/03/2021

Jane will brainstorm telehealth, healthcare access and health equity at ATA's EDGE conference on 2nd February 2021.
Jan
26
2021

Jane will lead a TweetChat with Microsoft to brainstorm AI in health care in and beyond the pandemic - 01/26/2021

Jane will moderate a chat on Twitter to brainstorm artificial intelligence in health care, in and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. I'll be joined by Microsoft's Tom Lawry (@TCLawry) on the tweetchat; Tom is Microsoft's National Director for AI, Health & Life Sciences. To follow our discussion, we'll use the hashtag #MicrosoftAI.
Jan
25
2021

How WiFi Connectivity Bolsters Health Citizenship – Jane’s essay in USA Today/MediaPlanet - 01/25/2021

Without connectivity to the Internet, people have been hard-pressed to take on their full health citizenship in the pandemic era. Grateful that Media Planet placed my essay on WiFi as a social determinant of health in a USA Today insert on 29th December 2020.
Jan
23
2021

Jane’s forecast on health care consumers published in AHA’s FutureScan 2021-2026 - 01/23/2021

Every year, the American Hospital Association (AHA) publishes a health care forecast, FutureScan. The AHA asked Jane to share her read on the consumer health care tea leaves for the new 2021-2026 publication, available through the AHA.
Jan
17
2021

Jane will be brainstorming digital health at the all-digital CES 2021 - 01/17/2021

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
16
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
12
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
12
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
27
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
19
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
17
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
15
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.
Nov
13
2020

Jane will discuss the emergence of our homes as our health hubs at the Health Data Unbound conference - 11/13/2020

Jane will participate in the Health Data Unbound conference, keynoting on Day 3 about how consumers have been re-shaped by the coronavirus pandemic, gaining confidence and experience with self-care at home in the public health crisis.
Nov
11
2020

Jane will be discussing how telehealth is expanding health/care, everywhere with stakeholders at the CHPA Academy - 11/11/2020

Jane will brainstorm the future of telehealth and evolving health/care consumers with the Consumer Healthcare Products Association's stakeholders as part of the CHPA Academy.
Nov
02
2020

Jane will be discussing the post-COVID-19 health care consumer with Medecision - 11/02/2020

Jane will brainstorm the evolving health consumer toward health citizenship with the Medecision team.
Oct
28
2020

Jane will share perspectives on the evolving health care consumer at Synchrony Bank’s Envision event - 10/28/2020

The pandemic is accelerating patient-as-health-consumer trends, from personal digital transformation to seeking care at home -- the new health hub. Jane will share her evolving profile of health consumers in and beyond COVID19 with the Synchrony Bank/CareCredit stakeholders on 28th October.
Oct
23
2020

Jane will meet once again with the Illinois Health and Hospital Association to discuss the evolving health consumer - 10/23/2020

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association will welcome Jane to their annual meeting for the fourth time, to discuss the re-shaping health consumer in the age of COVID-19 and beyond.
Oct
11
2020

Jane brainstorms Health Citizenship on the PopHealth Week podcast - 10/11/2020

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
09
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
07
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
06
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
03
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
18
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
17
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
15
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
09
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
08
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
07
2020

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

What a great combustible conversation! Shawn Nason, that Man on Fire disrupting health care in his daily mission and work, interviewed Jane on his Combustion Chronicles podcast. We covered a lot of ground, from health consumers and the COVID-19 disruption of our lives, liberties, and pursuits of happiness. The upside of the Great Lockdown and pandemic has led millions of Americans to better understand what can be lost, but ultimately found, through health political engagement. In a word: let's VOTE on November 3rd for health, health care, and loving our brothers and sisters.
Aug
29
2020

“Everybody loves pharma?” – Jane’s analysis in MM&M on the pharma industry in the pandemic - 08/29/2020

As the coronavirus pandemic lengthens and economic recession continues in 2021, how will patients, consumers, and caregivers view the pharma industry? It's about trust and transparency, we discussed with Medical Marketing & Media's editor, Marc Iskowitz.
Aug
08
2020

Jane quoted in MM&M magazine on pharmaceutical pricing, informed by patient voices - 08/08/2020

Jane is quoted on the pricing of remdesivir for patients dealing with COVID-19, in the context of voices polled through the WEGO Health network of patient advocates. Jane has been a long-time collaborator with WEGO Health's network, and lauds MM&M editor Marc Iskowitz's working with them for this story.
Jul
31
2020

Jane joined an all-female team on The Health Care Blog Gang webcast, talking #SCOTUS, COVID-19 & women’s health care - 07/31/2020

It's a rare occurrence on any panel at a technology or health care conference, but Episode 17 of The Health Care Blog Gang webcast featured an all-female panel of awesome women working in health, tech and policy: Tina Park of Diagram, an innovative design consultancy; Dr. Grace Cordovano of Enlightening Results, a leader in patient advocacy; Shannon Brownlee, author of the amazing book Overtreated and senior vice president at the Lown Institute; Jessica DaMassa of the WTF Health broadcast covering health-tech developments; Zoya Khan, our moderator who is part of THCB team; and me. Listen in to our wide-ranging conversation on key topics of the day -- Supreme Court rulings impacting women's health and healthcare, the pandemic, health care costs, the growth of the Livongo stock price, among other issues on the top of our minds...
Jul
15
2020

Jane will brainstorm the post-COVID health care consumer with Relevate Health Group’s client stakeholders - 07/15/2020

Relevate Health Group is convening a virtual client conference with health care leaders where Jane will keynote the opening talk on the health consumer re-shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jul
12
2020

Jane garnered the Healthcare and IT Marketing Community Award for Health IT Advocate of the Year - 07/12/2020

@HITMarketingPR convened their 2020 Awards ceremony virtually on June 30, 2020. Jane was grateful to receive the organization's kudos for Health IT Advocate of the Year. Thanks to @TechGuy, @Colin_Hung, and @ShahidNShah for your ongoing collegiality and friendship!
Jun
27
2020

Jane quoted in FiercePharma on the promise and pitfalls for a COVID-19 vaccine - 06/27/2020

What is the current state of vaccine development for COVID-19? And what are the key pricing and adoption challenges? Journalist Beth Snyder Bulik discussed these issues with Jane, quoted in the article on U.S. health consumers' growing concerns about taking advantage of a vaccine for the coronavirus.
Jun
27
2020

Jane named one of the top 100 economist-influencers in the world - 06/27/2020

I'm honored and gobsmacked to be named to this list of the top 100 economist-influencers in the world. I'm #53 on this list, after gurus like Michael Porter, Paul Krugman, Jeff Sachs, Joseph Stiglitz, Ben Bernanke, et. al. Among the 100, there are 11 women economists of which I'm proud to be one.
Jun
26
2020

Jane will be brainstorming health consumers at the ATA, going virtual - 06/26/2020

Jane will be donvene virtually with telehealth stakeholders to bolster the health care consumer message and opportunities at the ATA annual meeting that's -- appropriately! -- going online this year in the COVID-19 era.
Jun
20
2020

CTA Looks Back at #CES2020 – CES Will Never Be the Same! - 06/20/2020

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) created a wonderful summary of CES 2020 in Las Vegas, which feels like nostalgic today in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's a link to the story, and at the bottom, a sweet reminder of my fellow authors and me, all featured in Gary's Book Club for #CES2020. Happy memory!
Jun
18
2020

Jane will collaborate with the great Venture Valkyrie & Dr. Nayyar at AHIP’s Institute - 06/18/2020

Jane will brainstorm the future of health at the intersection of health care and technology with Lisa Suennen, Venture Valkyrie and Leader of Manhattan Digital and Technology Group, and Dr. Geeta Nayyar, prominent physician and nationally recognized leader in health care and technology, at AHIP’s annual Institute and Expo - virtual, on June 18th at 9 am.
Jun
06
2020

“HealthConsuming” named one of the best family health ebooks of all time by BookAuthority - 06/06/2020

BookAuthority called Jane's book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen, one of the best family health ebooks of all time.
May
31
2020

Dr. John Whyte, WebMD’s Chief Medical Officer, Brainstorms Financial Impacts of COVID-19 on Health Consumers - 05/31/2020

Dr. John Whyte, CMO of WebMD, talk through the many fiscal impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on U.S. patients, and future prospects for health citizenship post-pandemic, featured on the "Coronavirus In Context" channel.
May
30
2020

The 2020 Microsoft Health Innovation Award Winners Have Been Announced! - 05/30/2020

I was thrilled, once again, to be a judge for the 2020 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards. We were supposed to celebrate these winners at HIMSS 2020 in Orlando in March, but that meeting was cancelled due to COVID-19. Here's a link to the announcement, lauding the following pioneering developers shown here by the category they led: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Bryan Medical Center and Ocuvera Empower Your Care Teams: PointClickCare and ThoughtWire Enable Personalized Care: Dignity Health and Perficient Reimagine Healthcare: Kaiser Permanente and BC Platforms; and, Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter (MMC) and 2bPrecise Improve Operational Outcomes: EPAM; and, Billings Clinic and Health Catalyst Protect Health Information: BehaVR and ClearDATA 
May
23
2020

Jane speaks with The Furlough Network’s Lauren and Sean about life, health and well-being during the Pandemic - 05/23/2020

Lauren Scherwin of the Disney Institute and Sean Hand of KPMG hosted Jane on The Furlough Network on 5 May 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic to brainstorm health (physical, mental and financial) and resilience  on a Zoom-cast covering a host of Everyday Life challenges -- with frequent laughter along the way.
May
22
2020

Jane quoted in FiercePharma’s analysis on how Remdesivir will be priced – Gilead in no-win situation… - 05/22/2020

"COVID-19 is uncharted territory," writes Beth Snyder Bulk in FiercePharma, "an unprecedented global public health crisis amid a global economic collapse. Consumers who already felt 'screwed' by increasing insurance deductibles and drug co-pays before COVID-19 are now under even further economic stress, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn said. From the consumers’ point of view? 'This is a public health issue and we're broke,'" I soberly noted.
May
18
2020

Jane will brainstorm health consumers in a COVID-19 world with Welltok and AHIP - 05/18/2020

Join Jane and the Welltok team during this AHIP-hosted webinar on how the Coronavirus pandemic is re-shaping consumers, with implications for health plans and health systems.
May
15
2020

Health Populi named a Top 100 Blog in Health Care for 2020 by Feedspot - 05/15/2020

FeedSpot once again named Health Populi a "Top 100" blog, website and influencer in health care.
May
09
2020

Jane featured on TouchPoint media podcast with Chris Boyer on COVID-19 impacts on health consumers - 05/09/2020

Chris Boyer of TouchPoint media interviewed Jane on how COVID-19 and other factors are re-shaping U.S. health care consumers.
May
07
2020

Jane brainstorming post-COVID-19 health care consumers with CAQH - 05/07/2020

Jane will be meeting town hall-style, virtually, with the team at CAQH to discuss early findings on health consumers re-shaping in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr
29
2020

Jane’s on The Health Care Blog Gang podcast, Episode 4 – What’s New in the COVID-19 World? - 04/29/2020

Listen in on a very engaging, informative and timely discussion with Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne (@DrElizPC), Saurabh Jha (@roguerad), Ian Morrison (@SecCurve) and me (@HealthyThinker) led by Matthew Holt (@BoltyBoy) conducted on 9th April. We brainstormed where the COVID-19 crisis is right now and what it’s going to mean both now and in the near future.
Apr
25
2020

Talking “HealthConsuming,” health consumers and digital tech live at CES 2020 in Vegas - 04/25/2020

Check out my interview with Kinsey Fabrizio, Vice President at the Consumer Technology Association, held live at CES (the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas on 7th January 2020.
Apr
23
2020

Jane will brainstorm the health consumer and economics in the COVID-19 pandemic with Carium - 04/23/2020

Carium is hosting a conversation where Jane will join long-time colleague and friend Jeanne Pinder, founder of ClearHealthCosts. We'll brainstorm patients and health economics (personal and macro-) in the COVID-19 pandemic era, led by Carium's Lygeia Riccidari and patient advocate Stacy Hunt.
Mar
31
2020

Jane will be discussing her Health Citizenship concept from “HealthConsuming” at the Horasis Global Conference in Portugal – CANCELLED - 03/31/2020

Jane will join global leaders to brainstorm big ideas, discussing her concepts on moving from health consumer to health citizen as outlined in her book, HealthConsuming. This annual meeting is held in Cascais, Portugal, convening thinkers in politics, finance, education, business, government, theology, science, and of course, health/care.
Mar
23
2020

Vertitech names Jane one of 35 social influencers “Writing the Book on Healthcare IT” - 03/23/2020

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
11
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
10
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
08
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
05
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
28
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
22
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
17
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
15
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
08
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
31
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
11
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
10
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
11
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
21
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
07
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
30
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
26
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
26
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
24
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
09
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
07
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
24
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
19
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
19
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
17
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
09
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
08
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
07
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
21
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
27
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
25
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
13
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
09
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!
Jun
13
2019

CentraForce Health will convene a webinar with Jane speaking about “HealthConsuming,” social determinants, and health/care, everywhere - 06/13/2019

Jane will brainstorm health consumers and how "place" and social factors bolsters health and well-being, convened by CentraForce Health, at 2 pm on 13th June. Please join us for this webinar!
Jun
07
2019

Jane is attending the Disney Institute Women’s Leadership Summit - 06/07/2019

Jane will be brainstorming women, health and business at the Disney Institute Women's Leadership Summit, held in Orlando at the Happiest Place on Earth.
May
20
2019

Jane will meet with Omron to discuss digital health and patient engagement - 05/20/2019

Jane will meet up with folks attending Omron's kick-off meeting for the Americas to discuss digital health and consumer engagement, in Lake Forest, IL.
May
09
2019

Jane will discuss health care consumerism and “HealthConsuming” at Welltok’s Tea Leaves Health meet-up - 05/09/2019

Jane will brainstorm health care consumerism and "Amazon Prime-ing" at the Tea Leaves Health meeting on "Optimizing the Patient Journey" with stakeholders, at the beautiful Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. I'm thrilled that attendees will be receiving a copy of my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen, thanks to Welltok and Teal Leaves Health!
Apr
29
2019

Jane will judge the Health Value Awards competition at the 16th Annual World Health Care Congress - 04/29/2019

Jane will once again be a judge for the Health Value Awards, at WHCC19 in Washington DC. The HVA are a joint project of Health Rosetta, the Validation Institute, and the Congress, recognizing health care organizations that consistently deliver higher value results, stronger health outcomes and/or lower costs than conventional approaches.
Apr
17
2019

Jane will brainstorm telehealth with Dr. Toby Cosgrove at ATA 2019 in New Orleans - 04/17/2019

It will be a real treat to interview Dr. Toby Cosgrove on the big stage at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Telemedicine Association. Dr. Cosgrove was formerly CEO of the Cleveland Clinic and continues to be a force for innovation in health care.
Apr
16
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
03
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
20
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
20
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
14
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
24
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
23
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
18
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.
Feb
18
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
17
2019

Jane will speak on consumers and digital health at HIMSS 19 - 02/17/2019

Jane will be part of a panel on consumerization of digital health at HIMSS 2019 in Orlando. She'll brainstorm with Greg Orr from Walgreens, Nick Desai of Heal, and Peter Rasmussen from Cleveland Clinic.
Jan
27
2019

Jane’s CES 2019 session with Best Buy, Great Call and smarter homes for aging featured in MedCity News - 01/27/2019

Read MedCity News' coverage of Jane's conversation with Asheesh Saksena of Best Buy and David Inns of GreatCall who discussed their alliance to support people aging independently at home. Think: Geek Squad meets smart home meets home care and connected health. And don't forget about the potential for voice-technology, Inns noted...
Jan
23
2019

Jane will be brainstorming consumers, digital health, and public payors with Medecision - 01/23/2019

The healthcare payor landscape is evolving, with public payors cover one-half of healthcare spending in the U.S. Jane will be discussing this transforming and challenging healthcare financing environment with stakeholders from Medecision, HIT innovators in Big Data, analytics, and engagement.
Jan
21
2019

Feedspot names Health Populi one of 100 Health Blogs to Follow in 2019 - 01/21/2019

Feedspot put Health Populi on its annual list of 100 health blogs to follow in 2019. Thank you, Feedspot friends! Grateful to be part of this carefully-curated list of trusted sites for all-things-health.
Jan
14
2019

Jane will be brainstorming the future of digital health at CES 2019 in Las Vegas - 01/14/2019

If you're headed to CES to consider the future of health and healthcare, please get in touch so we can meet up. I'll be there all week, kicking the tires on shiny new healthcare things along with speaking, writing, and exploring connected health on and beyond the showroom floor...
Jan
09
2019

Retail is the new black in healthcare – Jane will participate in a morning with healthcare leaders and retail health at the 2019 Digital Health Summit at CES - 01/09/2019

Patients have morphed into health consumers, so they seek care, convenience, 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
07
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
08
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
24
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
16
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
04
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
01
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
01
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
27
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
26
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
15
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
07
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
03
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
26
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
23
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
20
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
18
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
25
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
31
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
24
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
19
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
12
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
28
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
20
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
09
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
03
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
09
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
04
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
30
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.
Mar
19
2018

How the health cloud can put care into consumers’ hands – my paper for Progress is now live online - 03/19/2018

Peoples' last-best customer experience creates a new benchmark for their expectations. What's happening in retail and ecommerce is expected from the health care industry. Read how health care providers can leverage the enterprise health cloud for putting health into consumers' hands through well-designed apps in my latest paper written for Progress software.
Mar
09
2018

Jane will be a Social Media Ambassador at HIMSS 2018 in Las Vegas - 03/09/2018

For the fifth year in a row, Jane will be one of twenty Social Media Ambassadors at HIMSS annual conference in Las Vegas. Stay tuned to her tweets, LinkedIn updates, Huffington Post column, and daily Health Populi blog updates the week of 5th March 2018.
Mar
03
2018

Jane’s #Engage4Health blog on health consumerism and IT is up on HIMSS 2018 Conference website - 03/03/2018

Information technology can support peoples' engagement and empowerment in healthcare. Jane posted a blog on the HIMSS website discussing the prospects for digital health tools and patient activation as part of the upcoming annual #HIMSS18 Conference, bringing together clinicians, payors, providers, innovators and patient advocates in Las Vegas.
Feb
18
2018

Jane’s podcast with Saul Marquez on Outcomes Rocket - 02/18/2018

I brainstormed consumers and healthcare with Saul Marquez, who hosts the Outcomes Rocket podcast, and the recording is now up and ready to hear. Saul and I covered a lot of ground on health care consumerism, digital technology, the healthcare industry, and health policy. Thanks for listening in!
Feb
10
2018

Jane brainstorms digital health, value-based payment, and the post-CES/pre-HIMSS conference with @PopHealth Week podcasters - 02/10/2018

Jane joined Fred Goldstein (@fsgoldstein) and Gregg Masters (2healthguru) on their PopHealth podcast, starting with value-based payment and moving into social determinants of health, digital health tools, and the post-CES/pre-HIMSS landscape for consumers and healthcare. Delighted to end on a joyful note, highlighting My Special Aflac Duck and Sproutel's innovative work on robotics, play, and kids' health. It's a fun and packed 30 minutes of digital health goodness with 2 valued colleagues of mine...
Feb
03
2018

Jane featured in SAP eBook on the cloud opportunity for enterprises - 02/03/2018

SAP gathered insights from various tech-and-health thought leaders for this publication, including Jane's on page 9. Read her thoughts on the non-tech challenges of implementing cloud computing, especially for health/care stakeholders.
Jan
20
2018

George Washington University’s Health Cetera Picks Up Jane’s Post on Net Neutrality - 01/20/2018

Health care organizations recognize the importance of net neutrality in connecting health between providers, patients, and researchers. The George Washington School of Nursing picked up Jane's post on net neutrality written in response to the FCC's repeal of the rules.
Jan
14
2018

Jane’s paper on health clouds for consumer-pharma engagement is live at Progress - 01/14/2018

Jane's paper on the opportunity for the enterprise health cloud to enable consumer-pharma engagement is live at the Progress website.
Jan
10
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
09
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
09
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
23
2017

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

Thanks, Feedspot, for calling out Health Populi as a Top 100 health care industry blog.
Dec
08
2017

Jane named Social Media Ambassador for HIMSS 2018 - 12/08/2017

Grateful, thankful, and humbled to once again be named a Social Media Ambassador for the upcoming HIMSS 2018 Conference in Las Vegas, 5-8th March 2018.
Nov
30
2017

Health Populi named a top health blog “your body wants you to follow” - 11/30/2017

The folks at Home Remedies for Life named Health Populi one of the top blogs "your body wants you to follow." They called us, "a great read for anyone who's looking for an in-depth look and knowledgeable read on healthcare." Thanks, Home Remedies!
Nov
28
2017

Jane featured in Nation’s Best trend discussion on food and dining in 2017 - 11/28/2017

Setting the context for a discussion on trends in food and eating in 2017, Nation's Best wrote, "Americans have always been fond of food. That’s no secret. But it runs much deeper than that, and there’s evidence to suggest that nearly all Americans are now foodies in at least some capacity. As Jane Sarasohn-Kahn explains in The Huffington Post, US consumers are taking a different approach to how they spend their hard-earned money. Rather than spending it on more “stuff,” they’re spending it on experiences, with food being a top experience-spending category." Check out their summary of trends, including the closing of the historic Carnegie Deli in NYC, Junior's on Instagram, the blurring of breakfast and lunch, the importance of authenticity and provenance for food, and Millennials' major food-spending.
Nov
09
2017

Jane will keynote the TGaS Client Summit on the State of Consumers, Digital Health and Pharma - 11/09/2017

Jane will meet with the pharmaceutical and biotech clients of TGaS Advisors to discuss the growing market force of consumers in healthcare and implications for life science companies.
Nov
06
2017

20 Years Since Publication of Health Economic Research into Tibial Fracture Unions - 11/06/2017

I've covered the broad healthcare landscape in my health economics advisory work. One of my earliest papers was The Economics of Treating Tibial Fractures, co-written with Dr. James Heckman of  Dartmouth-Hitchcock. The publication celebrates its 20th year since printed in the Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Surgery in 1997. The work has since been cited in dozens of meta-analyses and research papers since published, more in the past several years as value-based and bundled payment for joint surgery is being adopted.
Oct
31
2017

Health Populi named a top 100 health blog for healthy living & better healthcare - 10/31/2017

Feedspot named Health Populi a top 100 health blog for healthy living and better healthcare among the best health blogs on the Planet - thank you, Feedspot!
Oct
17
2017

Health Populi named one of 100 best healthcare blogs “on the planet” - 10/17/2017

Feedspot named Health Populi as one of the top 100 health care blogs "on the planet." We are over the moon!
Oct
10
2017

Drug Store News Convenes Grocers on Health and Wellness - 10/10/2017

Jane will meet with grocery chain leaders in New York City to share perspectives on consumers seeking health and wellness at the grocery store in the expanding retail health landscape.
Oct
09
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
04
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
27
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.
Sep
27
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.
Aug
26
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
24
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
08
2017

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

I'm grateful to be recognized once again in the annual #HIT100 list of social influencers in the growing health IT community.
Aug
03
2017

Health Populi named one of HealthTech’s 2017 “must-read” blogs in health IT - 08/03/2017

HealthTech magazine spotlights what they call "the best of the best of bloggers and trendsetters in the health IT industry," and Health Populi  was named one of the 50. Thank you, HealthTech!
Jul
28
2017

Jane will speak on the ROI of the social determinants of health and health equity at the American Hospital Association’s Leadership Summit - 07/28/2017

Jane will attend the AHA's Leadership Summit to be the keynote speaker at the Equity of Health breakfast, addressing the social determinants of health, health disparities, and opportunities to solve the challenge in America's communities.
Jul
25
2017

Jane will lead a live webcast with Accenture on the 2017 Digital Health Technology Vision - 07/25/2017

In a live webcast, Jane will lead a panel discussion with Paul Daugherty, chief technology and innovation officer at Accenture, Kaveh Safavi, senior global managing director with Accenture Health, and Lisa Suennen, managing director for GE Ventures. We'll be brainstorming the health/care implications of Accenture's 2017 Digital Health Technology Vision -- Technology for People.
Jul
22
2017

Jane will be brainstorming evolving health/care consumer with Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Board - 07/22/2017

Jane will meet with the STRHS management and Board in lovely Captiva Island to discuss the state of health consumerism in America. 
Jul
10
2017

Onalytica ranks Jane in the Top 100 influencers in health tech - 07/10/2017

Jane was ranked one the top influencers in health by Onalytica once again.    
Jun
26
2017

Jane will be speaking about health consumers at the Western Operations Conference of Prepaid Medical Service Plans in Snowbird, UT - 06/26/2017

Jane will share perspectives on new healthcare consumers in the Post-Trump health economy at the Western Operations Conference of Prepaid Medical Service Plans, made up primarily of Blue Cross & Blue Shield plans in the Western US and Canada.
Jun
15
2017

CVS Health Innovation Summit covered in Drug Store News - 06/15/2017

Jane brainstormed healthcare consumers at the CVS Health Innovation Summit, and Drug Store News covered the event. Thanks to DSN and the Mack Elevation Forum for inviting me to speak at this great meet-up with consumer health, wearable tech, social network platforms, and CVS Health team members.
Jun
14
2017

Jane will be speaking at the CVS/Health Innovation Summit - 06/14/2017

Jane will brainstorm new health consumers in a Post-Trump healthcare America at the CVS/Health Innovation Summit in Providence, RI,
Jun
02
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
11
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
09
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
27
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
22
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
18
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
02
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
29
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
13
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
09
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
01
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
28
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
24
2017

Jane will brainstorm health care consumers in the era of President Trump with the Kansas Hospital Association - 02/24/2017

Jane will meet with attendees at Kansas Hospital Association's Critical Issues Summit in Wichita to discuss the health consumer in America under President Trump's administration.
Feb
23
2017

Jane will be speaking at HIMSS Annual Conference in Orlando - 02/23/2017

A long-time member of HIMSS, the largest health IT membership organization, Jane will be speaking about consumers and digital health, along with meeting with health IT innovators through the week of 19th February.
Feb
17
2017

Tweetchat with Jane and CAQH about administrative waste in healthcare, 2 pm on 16 Feb 2017 - 02/17/2017

Administrative waste in American healthcare eats up as much as 30% of U.S. healthcare spending. Join Jane and Raynard Washington, PhD, MPH, Senior Manager of Research & Measurement at CAQH to discuss the latest findings of the Index Report which measures the health industry's migration from paper to digital transactions.
Feb
03
2017

Jane quoted in NPR station KRCU’s article on DIY healthcare - 02/03/2017

Jane was interviewed by NPR station KRCU in Missouri about the growing trend toward consumer DIY healthcare. “There is something big going on here, according to health economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn. And it’s a lot more than a quick-y cholesterol screening. She calls it DIY – do-it-yourself – health care. Sarasohn-Kahn says we’re at the beginning stages of a big paradigm shift. New business models, phone apps and technologies like Fitbit make it cheap and easy for people to get for themselves much of what they to depend on doctors for. get for themselves much of what they to depend on doctors for."
Jan
31
2017

Jane will brainstorm healthcare consumerism under a Trump Presidency with the Louisiana Hospital Association Winter Leadership Forum, Baton Rouge - 01/31/2017

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
20
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
10
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
07
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
06
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
13
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
05
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
01
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
29
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
19
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
16
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
16
2016

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

Jane will participate in a discussion about consumers and the new health economy with a team of other thought "provocateurs," hosted by PwC.
Nov
10
2016

Jane will be brainstorming digital health at CES Unveiled in NYC - 11/10/2016

The 2017 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) will be previewing new-new things in New York City on 10th November. Jane will be meeting up with the digital health innovators and reporting out from the showroom floor, in Health Populi and The Huffington Post. 
Nov
04
2016

Jane quoted in MedCityNews on sleep apnea technology and economics - 11/04/2016

Jane is quoted in ResMed and Philips Respironics use new tools to boost sleep apnea mask adherence in MedCityNews on the growth of tracking sleep via apps, and the economic benefits of increasing adherence to CPAP use.
Nov
03
2016

Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, Hot Springs, VA - 11/03/2016

Jane will meet with members from the Virginia Hospital Association to share perspectives on the new health care consumer and implications for the state's hospitals, at the beautiful Homestead, Hot Springs, VA.
Oct
22
2016

Jane shares her perspective on women, health and technology with TopLine MD - 10/22/2016

Jane's perspectives on women's role in healthcare is shared on TopLine MD, answering the question: "How can health IT help women reduce healthcare costs and improve the health of families?"
Oct
13
2016

Health Populi named one of top 100 blogs to follow for healthy living and better healthcare - 10/13/2016

http://blog.feedspot.com/healthy_living_blogs/
Oct
08
2016

What will healthcare look like in 2030? Jane quoted in SHIFT Communications eBook - 10/08/2016

Jane is quoted in SHIFT Healthcare's eBook addressing the question, "what will healthcare look like in 2030?" Download the full eBook here on the SHIFT website. 
Oct
07
2016

Dr. Cynthia Persily discusses Jane’s message on healthcare consumerism in the Highland Hospital CEO blog following her speech to the West Virginia Hospital Association - 10/07/2016

Following Jane's talk with the West Virginia Hospital Association on 30 September 2016, Dr. Cynthia Persily, CEO of Highland Hospital in Charleston, WV, wrote her CEO blog post about Jane's healthcare consumerism discussion.
Oct
06
2016

Health Populi chosen as a top healthcare blog of 2016 by CDW for third year in a row - 10/06/2016

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
30
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
29
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
27
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
22
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
17
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
16
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
14
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
12
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.
Aug
23
2016

Jane cited in Nature magazine on the economics and value of medical technology – a blast from the past! - 08/23/2016

An article I co-wrote in 1997 with Dr. James Heckman on the economics of using a novel technology to stimulate bone healing was quoted in a research paper published in the journal Nature, Efficacy of Electrical Stimulators for Bone Healing: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Sham-Controlled Trials. The section quotes, "The socioeconomic burden associated with bone healing complications such as delayed union or nonunion is substantial and includes direct treatment costs as well as personal and societal costs, such as lost wages, decreased productivity and delays returning to work."
Aug
16
2016

Jane interviewed in MedCityNews about the growing role of social media in healthcare - 08/16/2016

Jane discussed the importance of and growing pains with patient ratings in health care with healthcare journalist Neil Versel.
Aug
08
2016

Jane is featured in Retail Health 2027 in Drug Store News - 08/08/2016

Jane was interviewed by Drug Store News to talk about the future of primary care delivered in accessible, convenient, lower-cost, high quality settings -- central of which will be the community pharmacy. Read her remarks in this supplement to DSN, Retail Health 2027.
Jul
29
2016

Texas Hospital Association Healthcare Governance Conference - 07/29/2016

Jane will meet with hospital and health provider leaders from around Texas to discuss health care consumers at the state hospital association's governance conference, being held at the JW Marriott, San Antonio, TX.
Jul
28
2016

Jane named to the #HIT100 for the 5th year in a row - 07/28/2016

For the fifth year in a row, Jane was named to the #HIT100 community, a crowdsourced list of health/tech people active in social media.
Jul
20
2016

Spirit Health Group, National Meeting, Miami, FL - 07/20/2016

Jane will meet with the clients of Spirit Health Group to brainstorm the growing role of health consumers in the new health economy.
Jul
15
2016

North Carolina Hospital Association, Summer Membership Meeting, Pinehurst, NC - 07/15/2016

Jane will address members and trustees of the North Carolina Hospital Association at the NCHA Summer Membership Meeting, Pinehurst, NC, on the topic of health consumers driving The Triple Aim.
Jul
14
2016

Georgia Hospital Association, 2016 Annual Summer Meeting, Amelia Island, FL - 07/14/2016

Jane will be addressing GHA members and trustees on consumers at the center of the new health economy.
Jul
08
2016

Tennessee Hospital Association - 07/08/2016

Jane will speak to the THA on Health, Everywhere - the New Retail Health, in beautiful Sandestin, FL
Jul
02
2016

Jane S-K Featured In MobiHealthNews Coverage of Accenture Digital Health Trends Webcast - 07/02/2016

Jonah Comstock details the Accenture webcast on 2016 digital health trends, during which Jane joined Dr. Kaveh Safavi to discuss the implications of intelligent automation, a liquid workforce, the platform economy, predictable disruption, and digital trust for healthcare providers, payers, pharma, and consumers.
Jun
28
2016

Accenture Digital Healthcare Technology Vision 2016 Webcast - 06/28/2016

On 28 June, 2016, Jane will join Accenture's Senior Managing Director Dr. Kaveh Safavi to discuss the company's Healthcare Technology Vision 2016 via live webcast from Accenture's Chicago headquarters.
Jun
21
2016

CE Week – Digital Health in NYC (“Summer CES”) - 06/21/2016

New York, NY
Jun
15
2016

Boomer Healthcare: The Revolution & Retail Impact Drug Store News Conference - 06/15/2016

Rogers, AR
Jun
10
2016

Mississippi Hospital Association 85th Leadership Conference - 06/10/2016

Point Clear, AL
Jun
09
2016

Missouri Hospital Association Leadership Forum - 06/09/2016

Branson, MO
Jun
06
2016

Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania - 06/06/2016

Harrisburg, PA
May
26
2016

Nebraska Hospital Association - 05/26/2016

Kearney, NE
May
21
2016

Jane quoted in Vericred press release on health consumers and prescription drugs - 05/21/2016

Vericred, Inc., launched a transparency tool for prescription drugs to help people more effectively manage their pharmaceutical benefit plans. Jane is quoted in the press release, saying, "With patients bearing more out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs, the new personal health economics are compelling patients to become informed health consumers. These consumers need transparent, easy-to-use, helpful information on the price of prescription drugs and therapeutic alternatives."
May
19
2016

2nd Annual Venous Thromboembolism Advocacy Summit - 05/19/2016

Philadelphia, PA
May
05
2016

Medical Marketing & Media (MM&M) Transforming Healthcare Conference - 05/05/2016

New York, NY
May
05
2016

MM&M Healthcare Transformers Award - 05/05/2016

Jane was named one of 40 Healthcare Transformers by Medical Marketing & Media magazine and will be awarded this distinction at MM&M's dinner on May 5, 2016, in NYC
May
04
2016

Battle of the Health Data Ecosystems, my latest column in the Huffington Post - 05/04/2016

Read my column about the Nokia + Withings merger and what it means for the Internet of Things era in health/care, in The Huffington Post, published May 2, 2016.
Apr
30
2016

The New Consumer, Viewpoint column by Jane, published in the April 2016 issue of Trustee Magazine - 04/30/2016

Read Jane's take on pocket issues driving patients as health care becomes more like retail in the April 2016 issue of Trustee, a monthly publication of the American Hospital Association.
Apr
21
2016

“The Online Couch” by Jane featured in World Bank/World Health Organization report on mental health, “Out of the Shadows” - 04/21/2016

Read the new report on the burden of global mental health from the World Bank and WHO, quoting Jane's report "The Online Couch" published by the California HealthCare Foundation.
Apr
12
2016

Consumer Healthcare Symposium, NYC - 04/12/2016

A discussion with David Pogue with perspectives shared by Google, Pfizer, UnderArmour, Walgreens Boots Alliance, and WebMD, at Google HQ in NYC
Mar
31
2016

Texas Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) - 03/31/2016

Dallas, TX
Mar
29
2016

Quoted in “7 Reasons to Embrace Telemedicine” in Physicians Practice - 03/29/2016

JSK quoted in this article by Gabriel Perna - telemedicine can help patients save money compared with the cost of an ER visit.
Mar
26
2016

Gatorade shares more details on its smart water bottle - 03/26/2016

MobiHealthNews covers my take on the growth of Digital Food from the March 11 2016 Health Populi post
Mar
25
2016

Telehealth Can Bring Doctors Closer to Patients - 03/25/2016

Diagnostic Imaging journal coverage of my HIMSS 2016 presentation on the growing role of telehealth in healthcare
Mar
25
2016

The Gender Disparity of Taxes: Toys, Tech and Tampons – my latest blog in The Huffington Post - 03/25/2016

Read my latest column in The Huffington Post - on how women "pay" more for goods and services until the day they die
Mar
24
2016

Developers should consider products that serve the underserved, report finds - 03/24/2016

Medical Marketing & Media coverage of my report, Digitizing the Safety Net, published by the California Healthcare Foundation
Mar
24
2016

Quoted in “Why Benefits Exchanges and American Consumers Are the True Disruptors in Health Care” - 03/24/2016

Jane and the Health Populi blog are quoted in the publication Why Benefits Exchanges and American Consumers Are the True Disruptors in Health Care, from Leavitt Partners and PEC, published March 2016
Mar
24
2016

Telehealth Can Bring Doctors Closer to Patients – review of our HIMSS 2016 session - 03/24/2016

The Robert J Waters Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law (CTeL) reviews our HIMSS 2016 session
Mar
23
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
18
2016

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

My latest blog post at the Intuit Tax & Financial Center