Voices for smarter, better health care

HealthSparq recently sponsored the inaugural Society for Participatory Medicine conference (S4PM) in Boston. The speakers were incredible. We learned about the OpenNotes movement, heard from a breast cancer surgeon who became a breast cancer patient, listened to people who are reinventing primary care, and heard a number of interesting conversations among ...

Finding a primary care doctor can be a bit like online dating. You have to look at all the information available to find a match that’s best for you. Factors like location, education, interests and friend/family referrals can all play a part in your selection. But it can still feel ...

We are so honored to have won Best HealthCare Collaborator: Company, in this year’s WEGO Health Awards.  What makes these awards so special, is that people (and companies) are nominated by regular people and patients. There isn’t a small team picking winners and there isn’t a formal entry process beyond ...

No matter which engagement and transparency tools your plan offers, I’ll bet you are always looking for ways to get ...

Throwing shade = not good. Savage = good. While millennials may use language that goes right over most of our older heads, what we learned from a panel of 20-somethings discussing health insurance last week at the Health Care Consumer Engagement Congress in Boston was simple: They want fast, clear, ...

Consumers want and need to better understand the costs of the care they receive and value of care—including medications. Recently, HealthSparq hosted industry experts Sean Karbowicz of MedSavvy, Helen Leis of Oliver Wyman, and Dan Tomaszewski of Chapman University for a webinar discussing how medication knowledge and cost transparency build ...

Can mobile apps boost cost and quality outcomes for consumers navigating the health care system? I think so and I’m not alone. More than 259,000 mobile health (mHealth) apps are now available to consumers, nearly double the number from just two years ago. [1]

Engaging health plan members may feel like a constant battle for your health plan. Helping increase health literacy, highlighting plan options, guiding and informing members about the tools and resources you offer…the list is endless.

Join us on September 12 to learn more about MedSavvy, where we believe there is a better way to understand and manage medications, and we believe health plans can play an important role in improving their members’ experiences in this important area of health care.