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Oh, The Problems Connectivity Can Solve!

  This is the sixth entry in a series of blogs for ePharma Summit 2016 to explore ways the pharmaceutical industry can maximize the promise of digital health. How many times have you heard the term “silo” in reference to your organization? … Continue reading

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Health Wonk Review 10th Anniversary Edition!

    Reposted from Joe Paduda, Managed Care Matters Well, that didn’t take very long… Hard as it is to believe, Health Wonk Review has been around for a decade.  Yup, since way back in the DSL days, before the birth … Continue reading

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Why a Ban on Rx DTC Advertising Makes Me Uncomfortable

And why digital health will eventually make the ban irrelevant By Peggy Salvatore This is the fourth in a series of blogs for ePharma Summit 2016 to explore ways the pharmaceutical industry can maximize the promise of digital health. I vaguely … Continue reading

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Meaningful Use Demise Opens Door to Truly Meaningful Health Tech Advances

By Peggy Salvatore MBA   This is the third in a series of blogs for ePharma Summit 2016 to explore ways the pharmaceutical industry can maximize the promise of digital health. Ding. Dong. MU is dead. The pivot by CMS … Continue reading

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Happy New Year to HWR Readers and Happy Blogiversary to Hank Stern

As he begins he 11th year of blogging, Health Wonk Review wishes Hank Stern of InsureBlog a Happy Blogiversary. He’s been a HWR staple since its inception 10 years ago, and a rock to the effort. All the best, Hank. … Continue reading

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How a Digital Strategy can Help Healthcare Solve the Triple Aim

By Peggy Salvatore MBA I am writing this in possibly the biggest week for health tech junkies all year. Last week, the Consumer Electronics Show (now simply known as CES) rolled out acres of new tech toys, many of them … Continue reading

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Join us at ePharma Summit 2016 in New York City Next Month

By Peggy Salvatore MBA For the next two months, Health System Ed will be blogging about the ePharma Summit 2016 that will be held in NYC from February 29 to March2. Check out the conference details here. With my background … Continue reading

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Holiday 2015 Edition of Health Wonk Review

                      Happy Holidays from Health Wonk Review, as we celebrate another year of news and commentary…okay, mostly commentary. Here’s our last blast for 2015. Many thanks to Julie Ferguson of … Continue reading

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Challenge: Consumer Healthware and the Glut of Unstructured Patient Data

By Peggy Salvatore Remember the good old days, when times were simpler, and health technology was all about electronic patient records? Not today. The world of health technology is about telemedicine, wearables, data collection and privacy. The vast amount of … Continue reading

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HWR Healthcare on Parade Edition: It’s beginning to look a lot like…chaos!

                        The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is traditionally the official kickoff to the holiday season. Here at Health Wonk Review, a representative selection of healthcare issues is on parade this … Continue reading

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