Your personal health data is becoming digital, interoperable, and the power source behind new healthtech innovation The US healthcare system is wildly siloed and complex. Every interaction a patient has generates many data points that touch different data repositories, few of which are integrated. Every doctor visit requires you to…

Employer-sponsored benefits have evolved from a mandated, cost reduction initiative to a proactive source of healthcare innovation. — I was raised by two physician parents, a cardiologist and a general surgeon, and it’s one of the things I feel most grateful for in my whole life. When I got Covid, I called my dad; when I fell off my mountain bike, I hobbled to my mom and she…

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As online shopping booms and Amazon sets the precedent for instant delivery, new fulfillment players are building the tech-enabled operations for small brands to keep up. Preface: my colleague Wendy wrote a great article on shifts we’re seeing with Commerce 3.0 here. Covid catalyzed a market grab from the new generation of fulfillment players 2020 saw a booming e-commerce market and a…

One of the slowest sectors to digitize is in fact coming online, driven by more advanced and operational corporate legal departments. — The Growing Power and Prestige of Inside Counsel The 20th century saw the standing of inside counsel — lawyers employed by private business corporations — elevated from “kept counsel” or “house counsel” in the early-1900s to “corporate counsel” in the mid-1900s to “general counsel” in the late-1900s (Miami School of Law), and today many GC have even adopted…

The opinionist in me is fascinated by how various leaders responded to the Covid crisis, and I asked myself what might I have done. See part 1 here. Below are some long-form thoughts on the evolving Covid crisis; these views do not represent anyone other than my own. I like…

The amateur scientist and economist in me wanted to explore how emerging scientific information impacts public policy. Below are some long-form thoughts on the evolving Covid crisis; these views do not represent anyone other than my own. I like to start any Covid discussion by (a) thanking all crisis-agnostic workers…

Collection and explanation of U.S. resources and new policies for small business founders/owners and their employees affected by COVID-19. While there were rumblings of a market correction and economic downturn, no one was expecting the extent of deceleration that Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) brought upon the global economy. And as…

Move aside Generations XYZ, the demographic with the deepest pockets and least marketing competition is much older. U.S. Baby Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 in the post-World War II era, making them ages 55 to 73 today. This group controls 70% of disposable income (U.S. …