Tag Archives: healthcare reform

Takeaways from The #DigitalHealth Conference 2013

Posted on November 18, 2013 by davidleescher

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 →

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Five Elephants in the Medical Exam Room: Can Technology Help?

Posted on September 25, 2013 by davidleescher

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 →

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Why Online Patient Communities are Better than Real Life Support Groups

Posted on July 11, 2013 by davidleescher

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 →

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Five Reasons Why Physicians Should be in Social Media

Posted on July 8, 2013 by davidleescher

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 →

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How Government Mandates Spur Development of Digital Health Technologies

Posted on June 19, 2013 by davidleescher

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 →

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Five Things Healthcare Can Learn from Project Management

Posted on May 20, 2013 by davidleescher

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 →

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Remote Patient Monitoring will Lead Value-Based Healthcare

Posted on April 24, 2013 by davidleescher

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 →

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Five Imperatives of Patient-Centric Healthcare

Posted on April 3, 2013 by davidleescher

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 →

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#DigitalHealth: Patient Engagement Does Not Imply Patient Empowerment

Posted on February 28, 2013 by davidleescher

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 →

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Five Ways of Achieving Patient Engagement: Part 2: WITH Technology

Posted on February 12, 2013 by davidleescher

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 →

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