Better Health: Smart Health Commentary Better Health (TM): smart health commentary

Latest Posts

Healthcare Engagement: Most Companies Are Not Meeting Employee Expectations

nancyturettEdelman has been a leader in surveying and analyzing consumer health opinion on a global scale. In 2008 they released the results of a Health Engagement Barometer, confirming the public’s strong desire for personal engagement with health experts and peers online and beyond. I clearly remember Edelman’s revelation that medical bloggers (particularly healthcare professional bloggers) are one of the most trusted sources of health information online. That made me feel good.

This time around, Edelman created a new survey (The Health Engagement Pulse) focused on consumer expectations of their employers. The results reflect a further shift away from traditional siloed roles and relationships (where employers have nothing directly to do with healthcare) and a new era of blended responsibility. To understand this shift, I interviewed Nancy Turett, Edelman’s Global President of Health. Please listen to the audio interview or enjoy the synopsis below.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Read more »

Latest Interviews

Why You Should Still See Your Doctor When You’re Not Sick

Experts say over lives a year could be saved in the United States if patients focused more on preventive medicine. What is preventive medicine What can you do in your everyday life that may make a long-term difference On this Patient Power program you will hear from two board certified…

Read more »

Smokeless Tobacco And The U.S. Launch Of Snus

This week the respected CBS documentary news show Minutes included a feature on smokeless tobacco focusing on the recent launch of snus in the United States. The show was relatively balanced in focusing on the main potential risks and benefits of snus. It started by featuring a young man who…

Read more »

See all interviews »

Latest Cartoon

cardiaccath

Here’s a cartoon I created a few years back. Enjoy!

- Dr. Val

*This blog post was originally published at Science-Based Medicine*

See all cartoons »

Latest Book Reviews

Will Science Succeed With An Anti-Aging Revolution?

Wouldn’t it be great if we could find a way to prolong our lives and to keep us healthy right up to the end Ponce de León never found that Fountain of Youth but science is still looking. What are the chances science will succeed How’s it doing so far…

Read more »

For Moms And Moms-To-Be With Diabetes

For anyone who has been reading my blog since my engagement three years ago you know that motherhood has been on my radar for a long time. Longer than marriage. That quest for a decent A C that desire for a normal pregnancy and that hope for a happy and…

Read more »

How Doctors Think Vs. How Patients Think

If you want to see the difference between how doctors and patients think read Jerome Groopman’s How Doctors Think and Thomas Goetz’s The Decision Tree. The contrast is striking. How Doctors Think while offering a comprehensive review of the cognitive missteps made by physicians is terminally physician-centric in its analysis…

Read more »

See all book reviews »