Momentum Health Strategies

05 Nov Innovation Digest – November 2019 Vol. 1

Posted at 17:48h in Innovation Digest by Jennifer Bright

The power of the patient voice has been often acknowledged, and yet nearly twenty years since my first engagement in such dialogue, we continue to ponder the “how." The simple truth is that while the power actors in health care know that patient perspectives and...

23 Oct Innovation Digest – October 2019 Vol. 2

Posted at 18:19h in Innovation Digest by Jennifer Bright

It’s about the patients. Not patients as commodity, as satisfied customer, as data-rich resource, as research subject or competitive covered life. Patients as people, with goals, loved ones, hopes, fears, addictions, chronic challenges, acute needs, motivations and aspirations for recovery and a life. What would...

08 Oct Innovation Digest – October 2019 Vol. 1

Posted at 15:31h in Innovation Digest by Jennifer Bright

"Patient-centered" is just a marketing tag line unless the patient is actually involved. Whether you’re designing an app, delivering care, defining benefits and payment structures or creating new innovations to treat and cure, starting with "who’s it for" is essential. Sadly, the business of healthcare...