Donald W. Kemper Chairman and CEO Healthwise, Boise, ID

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Donald W. KemperChairman and CEOHealthwise,
Boise, ID
Harnessing the Power of the Web for Consumers
The Average Person
Ix Conference Park City, Utah September 26, 2006
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Average People
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Health Heroes
Steve Schneider 2006 Idaho Physician Health
Care Hero
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Health Heroes
Dr. William Budd, 1853 Cowbridge, Wales
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Health Heroes Ralph Nader
1966 Unsafe at any speed
Health Heroes .
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Whats in Common?
Its the LAW!
Infrastructure
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Twenty-first CenturyWhats the Healthcare
Infrastructure Breakthrough?
Where are the needless deaths? What
infrastructure could stop them?
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Information Therapy Right informationRight
PersonRight Time
The Health Information Infrastructure
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Average People
Ix Vision for the Average Person
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Ix Vision for the Average Person
People with asthma have little notion of how
their medications work
Life isnt always easy. We could all use a little
help staying healthy.
Aspirin BetaBlocker use drops way off 6 months
after major heart event
Lives Lost Tens of thousands of kids not fully
immunized
Geographic Variance in Surgical Care 9 of
Decisions Informed Decisions
Healthwise Coach
An Asthma Action Plan for Every Person with Asthma
Persistent Immunization Reminders for Every Child
Decision Support Tools for Every Person with Back
Pain
A Personalized Wellness, Prevention and Screening
Plan
An Appreciative Approach to the End of Life
Medication Adherence Support for High Risk
Patients
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Health Heroes of the 21st Century?
All of us!
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Ix is our Infrastructure
Health care without an Ix.
Ix Its the LAW?
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We all have a common challenge
Employer-focusedlike HPN Clinic-focusedlike
Geisinger Consumer Portallike WebMD Hospitallike
Mass General Health Planlike Kaiser P4P
Planlike MedEncentive
To Help Every Consumerbe Above Average
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The Greatest Untapped Resource in Health Care is
the Consumer -----
---- the Average Consumer
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We all have a common challenge
Employer-focusedlike HPN Clinic-focusedlike
Geisinger Consumer Portallike WebMD Hospitallike
Mass General Health Planlike Kaiser P4P
Planlike MedEncentive
To Help Every Consumerbe Above Average
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Thank you