Voices for Smarter, Better Healthcare

How does back to school shopping impact the health care industry?

What can health care shopping mean for Utah residents with access to HealthSparq’s shopping tools? It can mean eliminating $4.4 million of unnecessary health care spending.

People in Idaho could be saving an average of $852 per person, per year on health care — just by shopping for it.

We took a look at $1.1 billion spent by HealthSparq users in Oregon to understand what health care shopping could mean for them.

Let’s face it – health care can seem cold and unfeeling. In fact, you may feel like you are going at it alone. When you call your health plan or doctor’s office, you might be greeted with an automated phone system or news that you have to pay for something ...

As you can probably tell by now, we’re obsessed with understanding our users. Why? Because it’s the best way for us to improve what we build based on what people actually need.

Done right, a hackathon can produce a wave of new energy and ideas and the ripples will continue to be felt for months to come. There isn’t a single trick to getting it right, but with these tips, you can set the stage so that no matter how your team ...

More and more people are learning that they can shop for health care. For approximately 1.1 million people in Washington state with access to our tools, we wanted to understand what health care shopping could mean to them.

Ashwini Talasila and a team of our product managers sat down to create their top 10 tips for navigating tough negotiations and ensuring we stay focused on the end goal of a successful product launch