Summaries of Speeches on mHealth, ROI Analysis, and Pharma Alliances Now Available
BOSTON– December 16, 2013: Summaries of three of Dr. Adam Powell’s recent speeches are now available online. Over the past three months, Dr. Powell gave speeches on the current challenges that mHealth apps face, the role that design plays in determining the return on investment of mHealth apps and behavioral change efforts, and the impact of the Affordable Care Act on pharmaceutical company alliance managers. Two of the three speeches were subsequently documented by members of the press. On October 2nd, […]
Provider Web Presence Index Released
BOSTON-October 1, 2013: Following on the heels of the well-received release of the Payer Web Presence Index, Payer+Provider Syndicate has released a similar index ranking the web presence of hospitals and health systems. Announced today at CareFWD, the Provider Web Presence Index enables health systems and hospitals to benchmark the quality of their web presence against competitors by providing a single indicator which incorporates measures of web traffic, inbound linking, and site relevance. As hospitals consolidate and fight for patients […]
Payer Web Presence Index Released
2013 Payer Web Presence Index Released by Payer+Provider Syndicate BOSTON-September 12, 2013: Once Health Insurance Exchanges open on October 1st, 2013, it will be essential for health plans to maintain a high level of consumer awareness. To assess how major health plans have prepared for the transition, Payer+Provider Syndicate assessed their web traffic, number of inbound links, and Google PageRank, and combined the numbers into an index. Payer+Provider Syndicate’s Payer Web Presence Index combines data on traffic, inbound links, and […]
John Halamka and Adam Powell Discuss mHealth
BOSTON– September 10, 2013: On October 2nd, Dr. John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Dr. Adam Powell, President of Payer+Provider Syndicate, will discuss mobile healthcare technologies at an open lecture held at Northeastern University. Each year, Northeastern hosts an Open Classroom course, which is free for the public to attend. The name of this year’s course is Policy for a Healthy America. Drs. Halamka and Powell will speak in a session titled, The Doctor is In (Your Pocket): When […]
Payer+Provider in the News – Q2 2013
BOSTON– July 17, 2013: Payer+Provider Syndicate experts were featured in numerous articles during the second quarter of 2013. The continued wave of provider acquisitions and partnerships served as fodder for commentary. Adam Powell, Ph.D. commented on the hospital consolidation within the Mayo Clinic, the HCA / First Choice ER alliance, SSM Health Care’s acquisition Dean Health Systems, Highmark’s Acquisition of West Penn Allegheny Health System, Montefiore Medical Center’s acquisition of Sound Shore Health System, Catholic Health Initiatives’s acquisition of St. […]