Succinct (sək-sĭngkt’) adj. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse. Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen The other day I was having a conversation with our Director of Membership Experience Stephen Gaines regarding how ineffective and inadequate the current health care experience is for patients. As [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Advisory Services’
April 11, 2010
Day 80: My take on “meaningful use”
Meaningful (mē’nĭng-fəl)adj. Having meaning, function, or purpose. Fraught with meaning; significant: I grow exceptionally tired of the entire “meaningful use” conversation. I see multiple definitions, serious scholarly work, conferences, and an entire industry built up around or attempting to knock down this obnoxious term. Its wearisome . . .particularly when I think the term is [...]
March 2, 2009
Health Care Moonshot: The Health Care X PRIZE Development Project
Moonshot (mūn shŏt) n. Description of the audacious attempt and the subsequent race to place a man on the moon Used as an analogy to describe similarly gigantic challenges under competitive influence The best health care book I have ever read, is ironically the first one I was fortunate to pick up. “Redefining Health: Creating [...]
February 12, 2009
Personal Health Advisor: The Perfect Care Coordinator
Coordinator (kō-ôr‘dn-ā’shən) n. The act of coordinating The state of being coordinated; harmonious adjustment or interaction. I am finishing up some more of my postings related to the Innovators Prescription, but prior to do so I wanted to highlight a key insight mentioned when evaluating the disruptions required to help the Primary Care system to [...]
January 15, 2009
Launch: Personal Health Advisory Services
Crossover (krôs’ō‘vər) n. The adaptation of a musical style, as by blending elements of two or more styles or categories, to appeal to a wider audience. A recording designed to appeal to wide or diverse audience I have been blogging for just over two years at Crossover Health while also working as a strategic consultant [...]
November 11, 2008
Twittering Scott Shreeve, MD: What are you doing?
Tweet (twēt) n. 1. A weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird. 2. A “Tweet” is an individual message (or “update”) posted from Twitter. Twitter is an interesting application with a very simple premise – your friends and associates are actually interested in knowing “What are you doing”. These “tweets” are constrained [...]
June 25, 2008
Cease and Desist? How about Understand and Resist!
Desist (dĭ-sĭst‘) v. 1. To cease doing something; forbear. 2. To abandon, break off, discontinue, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, remit, or stop. I have been following health care consumerism for several years now. Particularly, the “Direct Access” or “Direct To Consumer” laboratory testing market. While analytic lab testing has led out in this [...]
August 10, 2007
High Deductible? Try Low Premium!
Deductible (dĭ-dŭk’tə-bəl) n. 1. Something, such as an expense, that can be deducted, as for income-tax purposes. 2. A clause in an insurance policy that exempts the insurer from paying an initial specified amount in the event that the insured sustains a loss. I didn’t really realize that I was such a stickler for words [...]
May 9, 2007
Physician Heal Thyself – Enhanced Role for Physicians as Trusted Advisors
Healing (hēl ng) v. To restore to health or soundness; cure. To set right; repair. To restore (a person) to wholeness. I previously highlighted a recent study by Booz Allen Hamilton regarding the Consumer Empowered movement and physician responses to it. I thought the physician responses were very both unfortunate and very telling: Positive Impact [...]
