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Five Things Digital Health Companies Need to do to Achieve Success

Posted on November 29, 2023 by David Lee Scher, MD

It has been a long time since my last post of 2018.  The digital health economic, clinical, regulatory, and political landscapes have changed significantly since then. The objective of my blog, which began in 2011, was and remains educating the … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons why the FDA got it Right with Digital Health

Posted on August 7, 2017 by David Lee Scher, MD

The FDA recently announced its Digital Health Innovation Action Plan.  This plan was both important and necessary.  Digital health differs significantly from drugs and traditional medical devices around which the FDA has developed its structure and policies over decades. Digital … Continue reading →

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Five VALUE Offerings of the Ideal Health Management Company

Posted on February 10, 2017 by David Lee Scher, MD

     In previous posts I discussed the importance of population health management and the essentials of ideal population management digital tech.  One of my tenets as a consultant in digital health is that technology itself is not a solution.  A … Continue reading →

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Five Ways to Turn Big Data into Relevant Data

Posted on July 6, 2016 by David Lee Scher, MD

‘Big Data’ may be defined as data that is so large or complex that it cannot be processed by the usual applications. Current common uses of Big Data in healthcare include the collection of genomic data, insurance claims data, medication prescription … Continue reading →

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Five Digital Health Implications of the Most Important Report You Never Heard of

Posted on March 28, 2016 by David Lee Scher, MD

One of the most discussed barriers to the adoption of mobile health technologies is the Digital Divide between the elderly and the rest of society. Technology may support initiatives encouraging aging at home.  There are many reasons why older persons do not use … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons why the End of Meaningful Use is the Beginning of Meaningful Digital Health Information

Posted on February 15, 2016 by David Lee Scher, MD

The end of the Meaningful Use incentive program will turn the healthcare IT focus from the regulator to the patient. Continue reading →

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Five Ways of Achieving Patient Engagement: Part 1: WITHOUT Technology

Posted on February 7, 2013 by David Lee Scher, MD

If one looks at communications revolving around healthcare these days, whether emanating from political, healthcare economics, clinical, or technology spaces, the term patient engagement is invariably found as one of the cornerstones of the conversation.  This is no more evident … Continue reading →

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Decreasing Digital and Health Divides

Posted on January 10, 2012 by David Lee Scher, MD

With the opening of the Digital Health Summit as part of the Computer Electronics Show today, I am embracing the term digital health in substitution of mHealth.  This is a term which embraces more than the portability or wireless mode … Continue reading →

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Methods of Maximizing the Utility of mHealth Apps

Posted on October 3, 2011 by David Lee Scher, MD

     Mobile health digital applications are discrete programs or platforms that are usually designed with one goal, whether it be for the maintenance of health, the utilization of a diagnostic method, or the achievement of a therapeutic goal. Ultimately, … Continue reading →

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