“After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” declared U.S. President Barack Obama. In a press conference today, the Commander and Chief stated that all of the remaining 39,000 U.S. troops in Iraq would return home before the end of the year. Thousands of soldiers upward of 170,000 fought in Iraq. The [...]
Today, October 5, 2011, I wept as I learned of the death of Steve Jobs. For decades, the Apple Founder and Chairman of the Board inspired me. He transformed how millions of people, including myself and theStrategist team— live, work and play with the launch of his iPhone, iPod and iPad. Steve Jobs created beautiful [...]
One in three homeless adults is a Veteran. Today, women who serve in the military are four times more likely to experience homelessness than women who have not served in the military. On September 7, 2011, theStrategist partnered with the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs – Pacific Island Health Care [...]
“What’s happening? Why did someone do that?” asked my five year old nephew the morning of 9/11. I had no answers. I held him tight and rocked him in my arms. The world was forever scarred, painfully so. That morning, his little arms soothed me. Our world had irrevocably changed. Violently. Abruptly. The world he [...]
An aging population, cost restraints, government financial incentives and medical error reduction efforts are key drivers in the exploding handheld device market for health care solutions according to a report published by Kalorama Information. “Hanhelds in Healthcare: The World Market for PDAs, Tablet PCs, Handheld Monitors, & Scanners,” estimates that in 2010, the health care [...]
Two out of three U.S. physicians use a smartphone according to an April 2010 report published by the California HealthCare Foundation. Manhattan Research forecasts that this trend among physicians will spike from 64 percent in 2009 to 81 percent in 2012. Agile. Easy-to-use. Fast. Fun. Hand-held. Low-cost. Mobile. All stellar attributes of an on-the-go device [...]
In a poll of 4,000 adult Americans, 77 percent admit that they don’t understand how the U.S. health care system works. One in four healthcare consumers has no idea how much he or she pays for health insurance according to a 2010 survey conducted by Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. After a year and a [...]
The costs of war are staggering. After nearly a decade of combat on two battle fronts, the United States is now calculating its bill. According to Pentagon estimates, medical costs incurred by the 9.6 million military troops, dependents, and retirees insured through the Federal TriCare program are exploding at twice the nation’s overall health care [...]
Will health insurance premiums continue to rise? Yes. Here’s why. In the health care industry, the dirty words are “cost-shifting”. You don’t get what you pay for. With health care, you pay for what others get. Because of cost-shifting, you end up paying for the health care costs incurred by other people. In the U.S., [...]
