This blogpost was first published on May 26th, 2010.

It is probably not an exaggeration to state that the recent passage of the healthcare reform bill and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) by the current administration will have profound and far reaching changes on the US healthcare system – more than we have seen in the last 30-50 years. (more…)

This blogpost was first published on September 27th, 2007.

Milestone: This blogpost was referenced and the author quoted by the Washington Post in an article entitled, ‘New Ways to Manage Health Data’, March 2008.

In my previous blogpost (“Can Life Sciences and Healthcare enable my evolution from “Passive Patient” to “Enlightened Prosumer”?), I have articulated my vision for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and the incumbent benefits that would potentially enhance both quality and span of life, predicated on a paradigm shift – proactive, intervention based healthcare that would be far more cost-effective to deliver and yet assure timely and superior therapeutic outcomes. (more…)

This blogpost was first published on the 27th of February, 2007.

Most of the population across the Western world, especially North-America and Europe is aging, without significant replenishment, as reflected in the declining birth rates in those continents. This is both a significant challenge and an enormous opportunity. The challenge comes by way of trying to provide Medicare and Social Security for these aging baby boomers with the financial responsibility of doing so, spread over a more modestly sized young and working population. (more…)

This blogpost was first published on February 14th, 2007.

Most industry segments are focused on empowering consumers with information for buying decision making and in turn, receive customer insights that is deployed for better packaging, personalization, demand forecasting and product development. This is well aligned with the notion of the “demanding prosumer” who has radically evolved from the “passive consumer” of yesterday. (more…)