Health System

Another note on Steve Case’s Revolution Health Group as he releases more information on his plans. This week he posted a news release on Business Wire that says the RHG has reached preliminary or final agreements with seven companies, with initial areas of focus including: Convenient Care. RHG will bring affordable, convenient, nurse-provided care to retail locations all across the ...

There’s an interesting article in the July 2005 Business 2.0 entitled "Helping Doctors Go Digital." It talks about an application that runs on Palm and Pocket PC devices call Epocrates Essentials (1 in every 4 docs subscribes to it). It is free for basic drug data and starts at $60 a year for information like disease profiles and diagnostics.    ...

Two policy-focused groups are looking at health care spending this week, so be sure to check out The Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation. First, on June 20 the Brookings held "Health Policy Initiative Public Forum: Biting the Bullet on Health Care Costs." According to the Brookings web site statement, "Brookings Senior Fellow Isabel Sawhill moderated the first of a ...

There are high-profile business leaders who take an interest in big health issues affecting Americans and people all around the world. For example, Bill Gates (and his wife Melinda) started the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to bring innovations in health and learning to the global community. Now, Steve Case (formerly of AOL fame), has started a new company called ...