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Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?

Posted on March 26, 2018 by David Lee Scher, MD

I would like to apologize to the readers of this site for the long hiatus. I have been spending time as cardiologist, consultant, and caregiver for a seriously ill family member.  My goal is to continue writing as it is … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

Posted on April 28, 2017 by David Lee Scher, MD

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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Digital Health Technologies for Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on January 30, 2017 by David Lee Scher, MD

The statistics related to Alzheimer’s disease (Ad) are astonishing. According to The Alzheimer’s Association there are over 5 million Americans with Ad. It is the sixth leading cause of death. More than 15 million caregivers provided an estimated 18.1 billion … Continue reading →

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

Posted on January 19, 2017 by David Lee Scher, MD

After a hiatus I am returning to my beloved Digital Health Corner.  I appreciate all my loyal followers and have attempted to bridge my absence with posts in other social media. In a previous post I discussed important public health … Continue reading →

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Five Ways a Good Digital Health Registry Addresses Healthcare System Needs

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

Registries have traditionally been viewed as static repositories of data to be reviewed in a summary fashion after a predetermined time period.  The expanding need for drilled down relevant data has led to the development of creative sophisticated data analytics … Continue reading →

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Five Essentials of a Population Management Digital Health Technology

Posted on October 3, 2016 by David Lee Scher, MD

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 Digital Health Needs Patient Reported Outcomes

Posted on September 1, 2016 by David Lee Scher, MD

According to the National Quality Forum, patient reported outcomes or patient reported outcomes measures (PROs) can be defined as “any report of the status of a patient’s health condition that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient’s … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons We Must Untrap Digital Health’s Big Data

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

We tend to think of Big Data as a Land of Oz where we can find any information we need. What is not appreciated by most in healthcare is that there is a lot of Big Data collected but most … Continue reading →

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Five Ways Rare Diseases can Benefit from Digital Health Technology

Posted on January 11, 2016 by David Lee Scher, MD

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 David Lee Scher, MD

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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