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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

Posted on June 14, 2017 by davidleescher

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 →

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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

Posted on April 28, 2017 by davidleescher

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 →

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Five Essentials of a Population Management Digital Health Technology

Posted on October 3, 2016 by davidleescher

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 →

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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 davidleescher

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 Rare Diseases can Benefit from Digital Health Technology

Posted on January 11, 2016 by davidleescher

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 →

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Five Reasons Why Population Health Management Matters

Posted on November 30, 2015 by davidleescher

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 →

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Five Essentials of a Successful Digital Health Technology Initiative

Posted on October 6, 2015 by davidleescher

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 →

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Patient Satisfaction is not Patient Advocacy: How Digital Health Technology can Help

Posted on August 6, 2015 by davidleescher

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 →

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Five Mobile Health Technologies Providers Need to Implement NOW

Posted on July 20, 2015 by davidleescher

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 →

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Five Ways Analytics in Digital Health Tools Will Change Healthcare

Posted on February 8, 2015 by davidleescher

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 →

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