The Medical Billing Advocates of America and CoPatient, claims 75 - 80% of medical bills have some sort of error, which are usually in the care provider's favor. That's why I'm so excited about this bill to push transparency and fair healthcare costs forward. Imagine waking up one morning and you can't see - which is what happened to me when I was running daily, practicing a very healthy lifestyle. In the blink of an eye, I was faced with six digits of medical debt. It could happen to you. Chronic illness doesn't discriminate. Strokes and heart attacks can cause permanent damage and insane medical bills. We can do better than this. Good health shouldn't depend on how much money you have in your wallet. #inclusion #healthcare #chronicillness #invisibledisability #publicspeaker #chantelshares …see more

Want to know how to grow your brand online? From personal branding to fried chicken, jump on my Instagram Live and ask me questions on how to grow your online presence and brand. Follow and join me on my Instagram profile IG: StringStory This Friday, Instagram Live at 6pm. Lenovo Yoga and Intel Evo are proud to bring you #ForAllOfUsFridays ! #LenovoYoga #IntelEvo …see more

Use LinkedIn to pick the best talent. It's true, many of us have lost jobs. On the same coin, these talents are available. I don't see 22 million Americans as unemployed. As Brett says "a whole selection pool of genius." Before COVID19, many companies went on about the talent war. It was hard to find worthwhile candidates. Now there are heaps of talent to pick from. Still, how are you using LinkedIn to attract them? Is your CEO or COO using their profile to show the culture? Are they sharing the vision of the company? For jobseekers, how are you using LinkedIn? If you're an expert, showcase by creating content. Be on top of their mind. Either way, it comes down to personal branding. For C-levels, it's about big picture stuff. For jobseekers, it's about marketing your skills and personality. LinkedIn is a top funnel, top of a mind game. I also get it, you're not content creators nor marketers. Still, there are frameworks of content that works and thrives on LinkedIn. Interested? Join The Trusted Circle, a membership programme to help you create your brand and develop communication skills via content creation. We focus the output on LinkedIn. Now, is the time to build your brand. Agree? #thetrustedcircle #stringtheory on #job #contentmarketing #personalbranding …see more

I detailed out when you should be bidding CPC and when you should be bidding CPM on LinkedIn Ads, because the conventional wisdom is wrong and misleading.

Targeting warm audiences on #LinkedInAds is magical, so consider using Matched Audiences to target email addresses and/or Company Names for lower cost and higher conversion rates! Thanks Kelly Baader for interviewing me! …see more

The U. S. Department of Labor estimates that seven million job vacan­cies now exist in the American economy - And still business leaders say to me, “We still can’t find enough people who can do the job.” Join the conversation.... #BuyorBuild #Apprenticeship #ModernApprenticeship …see more

Myth-busting one narrative that to secure a good job you must have uni or four-year college degree #ThereAreOptions

Correct me if I'm wrong but this was performed on training sets so saying an algorithm working on pre-selected data is better than physicians is just bad journalism.

אלגוריתמאים? חוקרים? לא מצפים מכם להתארס עם רובוט אבל אם בינה מלאכותית ומערכות אוטונומיות זה לגמרי בדם שלכם יש לנו מגוון משרות שיכולות להתאים לכם באתרי :חולון, בני ברק ונתניה. אז אין צורך לשלוף טבעת אבל מי בא? 💍 Daniel.Cohen3@elbitsystems.com …see more See translation

As a product manager and leader, these are the tools I've been using to formulate product strategy, assess which area of product to invest in, and clarify which business metric to expect to move as a result of product launches. What do you think of these tools? What other tools do you use as a product manager or product leader to help you be more effective at your role and deliver the best products? #productmanagement #productmanager #productstrategy #product #productinnovation #productleadership #productteam #bestpractice …see more

Totally agreed with Eric Ries ' points on how critical it is to have an effective structure within the organization, so that Gatekeepers (Legal, HR, Finance) can partner with Non-Gatekeepers (Product, Engineering, Marketing & Sales) to help agility of the product and development teams which translates into positive business outcomes (test and fail faster, shipping products faster, generate revenue faster).  #productmanagement #firstroundreview First Round Capital …see more

Awesome short video about relationships, dating, and "options" from the thought leader, Dan Ariely !

Good News, Good People, Good Actions Finding good news can be tricky but there are many kind, decent, caring actions going on ‘out there.’ Like this story of an aspiring pianist...which plays out almost like a silly joke: ‘A guy walks into a store, and walks out with a piano!’ But it’s true due to the beauty of the music and the humanity of the owner. Listen for yourself—it’s uplifting and everyone is being ‘COVID-conscious.’ So go ahead—make your own good news and feel the joy you can bring to yourself and others...I dare you... …see more

Not All Hospitals Are Created Equally.Not By A Long-Shot. This article highlights a very sad story of a poorly run pediatric heart program at a highly prestigious children’s hospital. Many of the problems at this hospital are similar to problems found at other hospitals that have specialized programs, including perhaps the biggest issue: not treating enough patients per year (or case volume) to develop the needed medical expertise to reliably get safe patient outcomes. Reaching adequate case volumes to keep up skills is a challenge because so many hospitals are competing for patients — these programs are an important driver of profits, so hospitals want to keep them going. Some geographic regions (and many countries) have creative ‘regional hubs’ so that an area could only have as many cardiovascular surgical programs as the population could support...Unlike what we see in this country where competing programs might only be a few miles apart. What to do? Look up publicly reported data (Hospital Compare is a good source), ask doctors for their complication rates and ask how they compare to other, top-notch programs... Selected Excerpt: “When you get on an airplane, you want a pilot who does this every day. By having a dedicated (medical) team, you reduce variability.” …see more

Healthcare Deal Making: A Horse Of Another Color These days, we are seeing a lot of deal making in Healthcare but not all deals are the same kind, nor are they trying to fix the same problems... For example a merger between CVS and Aetna are trying to reduce overall spending with in their care delivery ‘supply chain.’ However, ‘employer activists’ like Amazon/JP Morgan/Berkshire Hathaway are trying to reduce total cost of Care through purchaser power... Of course the ‘technology invaders (not my term and I don’t care for it)’ understand consumer engagement and well, technology! Interesting short read... Selected Excerpt: “Healthcare dealmaking involves more players with different goals and new business models than ever. It is a disservice to refer to healthcare M&A with the same vocabulary as in decades past. “ …see more

In Health Care, Price does NOT Equal Quality, so Shop Around! Sometimes the high cost of a lab test or procedure is simply based on being able to get away with it. Historically (and still) what something costs and what you get charged for, is hidden to the patient. But because patients are increasingly responsible for a portion of their own bill and because health insurers want to manage costs and influence behavior with their members, we are seeing changes. ...perhaps this is the start of “pay to shop” in healthcare. Selected Excerpts: “At the request of Kaiser Health News, Healthcare Bluebook ran some sample numbers for a Northern Virginia ZIP code, finding the cost of a colonoscopy ranged from $670 to $6,240, while a knee arthroscopy ranged from $1,959 to $20,241. These are not crazy ideas,” said David Asch, professor of medicine, medical ethics and health policy at the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation in Philadelphia. But it’s hard to get consumers to change behavior — and curbing health care spending is an even bigger tasks.” …see more

#data #startups Aha! was recently ranked in the top 25 start-ups in America and Linked-In asked Brian to answer questions about their growth, continuous innovation and how Aha! has helped teams all over the world build great products!

As we’re building mountains of broken electronics, the French have a great initiative: repair cafes. "The French capital hosts a dozen of these so-called "repair cafes" – free, monthly initiatives that allow local residents to fix household objects and electronics with the help and advice of enthusiastic volunteers. Pioneered by journalist Martine Postma in Amsterdam in 2009, hundreds of similar workshops take place across Europe." #digitalwaste #themedicalfuturist #future #technology #innovation #volunteer …see more

TOP Medical Gadgets of 2021? Check out some of my picks from this year's virtual CES 2021 event based on the collection of our friends over at Medgadget ! The most obviously good idea: VitalSight by OMRON Group , a system that connects an Omron blood pressure monitor and weight scale to a clinical EMR via a special wireless hub. The one that sounds too good to be true: Quantum Operation is like a smartwatch that is claimed to be able to continuously monitor glucose without needles. The one that should be on the market already: Valencell announced a calibration-free, cuffless blood pressure technology that can be used in wearables on the finger, wrist, and ear. The weirdest idea: Somno, the Sleep Robot, that contains sensors to measure your breathing and helps generate its own “breathing pattern” that your body will mimic to help fall asleep faster. #CES #wearables #healthgadgets #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology …see more

Now we can do what we have always longed for: to read a lot while staying at home. If you run out of our free content on The Medical Futurist (which is hardly possible), dive deeper into how artificial intelligence and tech companies will determine our health from these ebooks: Feel free to ask for further recommendations if you've read all these! #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #book #reading #read #ebook #digitalhealth2020 …see more