Why Behavior Is the Bottleneck in the Promise of Precision Health
Genomics isn’t the be all and end all for success in personalized medicine–health systems and payers need to support behavior change using AI-powered solutions.
Why behavioral science offers payers much-needed ways to meet hard-to-reach members and proactively innovate for EHO4all
CMS is retiring the Health Equity Index (HEI), introduced to incentivize plans to reduce disparities in Medicare Advantage, and proposing the Excellent Health Outcomes for All (EHO4all) reward—offering payers challenges and opportunities.
Why good design is a crucial in any health equity strategy
Furniture and clothing are two obvious examples of why a “one-size-fits-all” design approach rarely works. But perhaps the best example is healthcare, where every patient or member has their own conditions and emotions. That’s why designing for health equity is...
Promoting Health Equity in Mammography Adherence: Embracing the Dual Lens of Age and Race
During the last two decades, breast cancer rates have been decreasing in the United States (1, 2). Certain risk factors, however, have increased (e.g., older average age at first pregnancy, less breastfeeding, more alcohol consumption, higher rates of overweight, and...
Spring Health Tech Conference Season Observations
March went out like a lion in the health tech world, with ViVE 2023 in Nashville the last week of the month, and spring conference season continued with HIMSS 2023 in Chicago in April. It was a whirlwind of activity for these dueling conferences, with many of the same...