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Takeaways from The #DigitalHealth Conference 2013
I recently attended and moderated at my first Digital Health Conference in New York, hosted by the New York e Health Collaborative. I was impressed with the quality of the speakers but more impressed with how this year, in my … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, healthcare vendors, IT security, medical devices, medical education, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged ACOs, caregiver, digital health, EHR, EMR, FDA, government IT, hcsm, healthcare economics, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, medical apps, mHealth, S4PM
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Five Elephants in the Medical Exam Room: Can Technology Help?
There is nothing more critical to the success of the doctor-patient relationship than good communication. Suggestions on improving communication have been the subject of discussions by the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, and medical specialty societies (AAOS, ACOG). … Continue reading
Why Online Patient Communities are Better than Real Life Support Groups
A support group has many potential benefits, some of which include improving coping skills, reducing anxiety, depression, isolation, ignorance about the condition and others. Online patient communities (OPCs) are a recent phenomenon. Some are open (with respect to type of … Continue reading
Posted in clinical trials, digital health, Healthcare IT, mHealth, mobile health, pharma
Tagged ACOs, hcsm, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, HHS, hospitals, mHealth, S4PM, technology
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Five Reasons Why Physicians Should be in Social Media
In November, 2011 the AMA published a report on Professionalism in the use of Social Media. A brief summary of the paper was published in June, 2010. The issues addressed by the AMA are reasonable and practical in my view. … Continue reading
Posted in clinical trials, digital health, healthcare reform, informatics, media coverage, mHealth, mobile health, pharma, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged government IT, hcsm, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, hospitals, Medicare, mHealth, S4PM, social media, technology, wireless health
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How Government Mandates Spur Development of Digital Health Technologies
Both WWII and the race to the moon were events which pushed commercial development of technologies. I would submit that the ACA and HITECH have had the same effect on the development of many sectors of the digital health technology … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, Healthcare IT, medical apps, mHealth, mobile health, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged ACOs, EHR, government IT, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, medical apps, Medicare, medicine, mHealth, technology, telehealth
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Five Things Healthcare Can Learn from Project Management
Physicians have traditionally been individual thinkers and doers. Healthcare in general has been generally slow to adopt proven successful methods of processes and technologies employed with success in other sectors of society. Medical training from medical school through post-graduate education … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, medical apps, remote patient monitoring, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged ACOs, digital health, EHR, healthcare economics, healthcare finance, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, mHealth, technology
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Remote Patient Monitoring will Lead Value-Based Healthcare
Traditional health insurance reimbursement to providers (though payment is a more appropriate word) for healthcare services and products is at the root of our healthcare crisis. Our traditional fee for service system in the USA rewards hospitals and providers for … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, mobile health, remote patient monitoring, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged ACOs, digital health, EHR, EMR, hcsm, healthcare, healthcare economics, healthcare finance, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, telehealth, wireless health
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Five Imperatives of Patient-Centric Healthcare
In previous posts I discuss how patient-centric care differs from patent-centered care and how patient empowerment must precede patient engagement. I would like now to delve into what I consider critical elements of patient-centric care. They all involve technology to … Continue reading
Posted in education, healthcare reform, healthcare vendors, informatics, medical apps, mHealth, mobile health, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
Tagged caregiver, digital health, EHR, hcsm, healthcare reform, healthcare vendor, medical apps, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth, wireless health
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#DigitalHealth: Patient Engagement Does Not Imply Patient Empowerment
Patient engagement is a phrase that is everywhere now. It is part of the vernacular in advocacy circles, government, health technology companies, and payers. It used to signal a new healthcare ecosystem in which the patient is more of a … Continue reading
Five Ways of Achieving Patient Engagement: Part 2: WITH Technology
In my previous post I discussed what I believe to be the most important paths to patient engagement without technology. I would like to now follow-up and discuss how technology can promote patient engagement. This technology might be in the … Continue reading