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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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Digital Health Technologies for Alzheimer’s Disease
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
Posted in #digitalhealth, Alzheimer's disease, digital health, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, medical apps, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, music, palliative care, patient advocacy, patient engagement, psychology, smartphone apps, technology
Tagged #digitalhealth, #hcldr, ACOs, Alzheimer's disease, caregiver, digital health, healthcare, healthcare economics, healthcare reform, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology
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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help
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
Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology
Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement … Continue reading
Posted in #digitalhealth, digital health, digital health technology, education, FDA, fitness, healthcare economics, healthcare reform, medical apps, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, pharma, remote patient monitoring, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged digital health, hcsm, healthcare finance, healthcare reform, hospitals, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
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Aging at Home: A Necessary Synergy with Digital Health Technology
References to new healthcare delivery models today generally refer to systematic changes which reflect reimbursement strategy shifts. Some even go so far as to refer to them as innovations in healthcare design. I would take issue with labeling these new … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, FDA, health insurance, Healthcare IT, medical apps, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
Tagged ACOs, caregiver, digital health, EHR, government IT, hcsm, healthcare, healthcare economics, healthcare finance, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
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Five Differences between Consumer and Patient Sensor Technologies
The technology industry has been buzzing of late because of the big players entering the wearable sensor market. We are very familiar with Misfit and Fitbit for some time. Others investing into the sector include Intel, Microsoft, Apple and Samsung. … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, health insurance, healthcare economics, healthcare reform, informatics, medical apps, medical devices, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, pharma, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged ACOs, digital health, EHR, hcsm, healthcare economics, healthcare reform, Medicare, medicine, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, technology, wireless health
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Five Ways Patient Engagement Can Start in the Office
There are over 58 million references to ‘patient engagement’ if one conducts a Google search. The term has been diluted and changed in the past couple of years and has become a buzz phrase, used more from a business than … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, healthcare vendors, medical apps, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged caregiver, digital health, EHR, healthcare reform, healthcare vendor, HHS, medical apps, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, nurses, patient engagement, S4PM, telehealth
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Introduction vs Adoption of #mHealth Technology
Before the adoption of new technologies which will undoubtedly improve healthcare (as it has the retail and finance sectors), it must be introduced in ways which are digestible, scalable, and subject to rapid iteration. Is mobile technology different from the … Continue reading
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Tagged ACOs, cardiology, EHR, hcsm, healthcare, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, wireless health
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