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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health
Digital health is unquestionably becoming part of healthcare lexicon and fabric. Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal fitness trackers have helped create awareness through use. The entrepreneurial enthusiasm for the healthcare space is evident by the volume of digital health … Continue reading
Posted in #digitalhealth, clinical trials, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, informatics, mHealth, mobile health, patient engagement, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
Tagged #digitalhealth, ACOs, EHR, government IT, healthcare, healthcare IT, HHS, hospitals, Medicare, medicine, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, technology, telehealth
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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology
Healthcare consolidation in the form of mergers and acquisitions has been taking place for a number of years. It is seen on both the provider and payer sides. In his testimony on healthcare market’s consolidation effects on quality, cost and … Continue reading
Posted in #digitalhealth, communications, digital health, digital health technology, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, healthcare vendors, informatics, medical apps, medical devices, medical education, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
Tagged #digitalhealth, #hcldr, ACOs, caregiver, digital health, EHR, government IT, healthcare, healthcare finance, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, hospitals, medicine, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
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Five Essentials of a Population Management Digital Health Technology
Population health management (PHM) means different things to different people. It is a term which is in vogue now because of its injection into healthcare provider payment models and describes a strategy in which individual and patient subgroups are cared … Continue reading
Posted in #digitalhealth, analytics, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, medical apps, mHealth, mobile health, remote patient monitoring, technology, telehealth
Tagged #digitalhealth, #hcldr, digital health, EHR, EMR, government IT, healthcare, healthcare IT, hospitals, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, technology
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Five Reasons why the End of Meaningful Use is the Beginning of Meaningful Digital Health Information
The end of the Meaningful Use incentive program will turn the healthcare IT focus from the regulator to the patient. Continue reading
Posted in #digitalhealth, analytics, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, patient engagement, smartphone apps, Uncategorized
Tagged digital health, EHR, government IT, healthcare, healthcare IT, hospitals, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, technology
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Five Ways Rare Diseases can Benefit from Digital Health Technology
Rare diseases present special challenges for patients, families and clinicians alike. Symptoms may be mistaken or assumed to be more common ailments. There is not enough searchable material online for lay people, as most of the data and information might be … Continue reading
Posted in #digitalhealth, analytics, clinical trials, communications, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, FDA, Healthcare IT, informatics
Tagged #digitalhealth, #hcldr, ACOs, caregiver, digital health, EHR, government IT, hcsm, Medicare, mobile health, rare diseases, technology
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Five Reasons Why Population Health Management Matters
The term Population Health has replaced patient engagement as the latest buzzwords in healthcare. There are a few reasons for this. It is a necessary evolutionary strategy born out of the worsening epidemic of chronic diseases (obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and … Continue reading
Posted in analytics, communications, digital health, digital health technology, Healthcare IT, medical apps, medical devices, mobile health, patient advocacy, remote patient monitoring
Tagged #digitalhealth, #hcldr, ACOs, digital health, EHR, government IT, healthcare, healthcare economics, healthcare IT, medicine, mobile health, technology, telehealth
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Five Essentials of a Successful Digital Health Technology Initiative
In previous posts I have discussed imperatives of patient-centric healthcare, creating patient engagement, and potential value of various digital health technologies. Apart from these considerations are those involving roles of stakeholders and barriers they face in adopting technologies and optimal … Continue reading
Posted in analytics, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare vendors, medical apps, medical devices, medical education, mHealth, mobile health, technology, telehealth
Tagged #digitalhealth, ACOs, government IT, hcsm, healthcare IT, HHS, hospitals, medical apps, medicine, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, technology, telehealth
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Patient Satisfaction is not Patient Advocacy: How Digital Health Technology can Help
Editor’s note: While the format of this piece is doesn’t conform to the ‘five points’ you normally see, the ties to clinical and digital remain. We will return to the usual format in the next offering. Patient advocacy and patient … Continue reading
Posted in communications, digital health, digital health technology, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, medical apps, mHealth, mobile health, politics, technology
Tagged #digitalhealth, #hcldr, caregiver, digital health, EHR, government IT, hcsm, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, technology
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Five Mobile Health Technologies Providers Need to Implement NOW
This marks my first post since the sudden death of my chronically ill mother last month. The journey as her caregiver solidified what I believe should be priorities for the adoption of digital health technologies. There are currently many mobile … Continue reading
Posted in clinical trials, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, FDA, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, healthcare vendors, informatics, medical apps, mHealth, mobile health, patient engagement, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology
Tagged caregiver, clinical trials, EHR, government IT, hcsm, Internet, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
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Five Ways Analytics in Digital Health Tools Will Change Healthcare
There are many reasons cited why digital technologies hope to improve of patient care as well as the state of healthcare itself. They include improving efficiencies, patient safety, and cost. However, as has been seen with the most ubiquitous face … Continue reading
Posted in analytics, digital health, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, patient engagement, pharma, remote patient monitoring, sudden cardiac arrest, technology
Tagged #digitalhealth, ACOs, clinical trials, EHR, FDA, government IT, hcsm, healthcare economics, healthcare finance, healthcareIT, mHealth, mobile health, pharma, S4PM
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