Consumer Driven Health Care

Nearly half of employees dont go for all the incentives offered by their company wellness program. Here's why.

Out-of-pocket costs for patients rose 11 percent last year, according to a TransUnion Healthcare report.

While data behemoths Google, Apple and Amazon are driving much of the innovation, private companies are also making significant contributions.

Driven by the developmental and retail costs of specialty drugs and a less-than-robust generic drug market, pharmaceutical price increases will move into the double-digit range by 2016.

Consumers will soon be able to bypass their doctors by going online to order cholesterol readings, thyroid tests and other blood work from the biggest diagnostics company in the United States.

Should we all just post our most personal health data on our Facebook pages? Seems like keeping it confidential gets more difficult for the health care industry every day.