HSI Technology Watch

Advances in information technology revolutionize health care analysis on
nearly a daily basis. The purpose the HSI Technology Watch is to
describe a vision of how new technologies can enhance the quality and
efficiency of health care analysis.
Our principals and associates are consistently providing looking for the next big innovation that will change the industry. Several of our most prominant presentations in the last few years are available as a sample of our work.
National Marketplace for Health Insurance, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC, July 31, 2008.
Health Reform & the 2008 Elections: What's Ahead for Health Care Access, Delivery and Financing?, A.K.A. “An Open PowerPoint Deck to Policy Makers: Questions, hope, anxieties from a health economist in the US Midwestern tundra.” July 10 - 11, 2008, Washington, DC.
"Is Consumerism at Odds with Prevention? The indirect effects of consumer-directed health plans on preventive service utilization.” American Society for Health Economics, June 25, 2008.
“Health Care IT and Financing’s Next Frontier: The Potential of Medical Banking.” National Association of Business Economics, Washington, DC, March, 2008. Encore – streaming online.
“Consumer Driven Health Plans: Does Theory Follow Practice?” University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, October, 2007
“The Impact of Recent Republican Health Insurance Reform Proposals.” American Enterprise Institute, September 20, 2007
“Do HSA Choices Interact with Retirement Savings Decisions?” National Bureau of Economic Research, Washington, DC, September 27, 2007.
Medical Banking at a Plan B for Interoperability. University of Minnesota, Academic Health Center, October 2, 2007
Parente, S. Towards Consumer Empowerment: What has been learned from Consumer Driven Health Plans? Value Based Insurance Design Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 1, 2007.
What is the Impact of the Internet on Medical Care Use and Cost? Implications of Value Based Benefit Design from a Consumer Driven Health Plan, ERISA Industry Council, Washington DC, March 14, 2007.
Roerig, C. and Cromwell-Hughes, P., Parente, S. Expected Costs of Consumer Driven Health Plans, National Consumer Driven Healthcare Summit, Washington, DC, September 15, 2006.
The Economics of Health Insurance: Past, Present and Future . U.S. Congress and the Mercatus Center, George Mason University, Washington, DC, July 25, 2006.
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