Michael Thompson: Hello, and thank you for joining this The American Journal of Managed Care ® program titled, “An Overview of the Value-Based Marketplace.” Organizations have often failed faced a ...

Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in a never-ending cycle of consumerism? You’re constantly chasing after the latest trends ...

Creating a healthcare consumer is more likely than ever before thanks to innovations in information technology, but the benefits are not yet fully realized. In healthcare, consumerism is not a product ...

There was a popular, if cynical, phrase that seemed to be everywhere in the 1980s: "Whoever dies with the most toys wins." But after decades of go-go consumerism, many people around the world seem to ...

Sunday, July 31, is the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). Mass Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23; Psalm 90: 3-6, 12-14, 17; Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21 We live in a world that is ...

It’s easy to want too many things. Consumerism, right in line with capitalism, is simply what the American economy thrives on. Although material fulfillment is often an American characteristic heavily ...

Healthcare consumerism empowers patients, leading to a major healthcare system overhaul. This new reality empowers patients to become informed decision-makers, actively shaping their healthcare ...

While the U.S. is already considered a consumerist country, the holiday season exacerbates this reputation during the months of November and December. Over the past 20 years, holiday spending in the U ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how healthcare business and policy impact consumers. The long-predicted promise of consumer power in healthcare has ...

It's become a cliché to note that we in the modern world have gorged on an unprecedented abundance of stuff. Still, Frank Trentmann's new book on consumerism, The Empire of Things, begins with an ...

One of my favorite books is produced by Fendi. The Whispered is subtitled “a contemporary guide to the Italian handmaking ability” and includes the names and locations of some of Fendi’s favorite ...