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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

Posted on June 14, 2017 by David Lee Scher, MD

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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Five Ways to Turn Big Data into Relevant Data

Posted on July 6, 2016 by David Lee Scher, MD

‘Big Data’ may be defined as data that is so large or complex that it cannot be processed by the usual applications. Current common uses of Big Data in healthcare include the collection of genomic data, insurance claims data, medication prescription … Continue reading →

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Five Digital Health Implications of the Most Important Report You Never Heard of

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

One of the most discussed barriers to the adoption of mobile health technologies is the Digital Divide between the elderly and the rest of society. Technology may support initiatives encouraging aging at home.  There are many reasons why older persons do not use … Continue reading →

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Five Essentials of a Successful Digital Health Technology Initiative

Posted on October 6, 2015 by David Lee Scher, MD

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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Five Ways Professional Medical Societies Can Speed the Adoption of Mobile Digital Health Tools

Posted on June 3, 2015 by David Lee Scher, MD

There have been many stated roles of professional medical societies, including standardization of care (best practice), promoting public health, and improving leadership in medicine.  All of these roles can be facilitated with digital health technologies. Most professional societies are recognizing … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why the Future of Clinical Trials Utilizing Mobile Technology is Here

Posted on April 8, 2015 by David Lee Scher, MD

In a previous post I discussed both the merits and needs for the use of mobile technologies in clinical trials. Recruiting patients via social media is now a reality and has been a topic of discussion in many forums, including … Continue reading →

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The Hospital Discharge Process: A Call for Technology’s Help?

Posted on January 25, 2015 by David Lee Scher, MD

While being discharged from the hospital even after a minor procedure is not simple (due to regulatory documentation requirements often hard for both patients and physicians to sift through), the process for a patient with co-morbidities after a prolonged stay … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why Digital Pharma Needs Physician Key Opinion Leaders

Posted on October 20, 2014 by David Lee Scher, MD

Physician key opinion leaders (KOLs) have been viewed as a valuable resource in the pharmaceutical (heretofore referred to as Pharma but included are medical device companies) industry. In one study in which 100 KOLS were surveyed, the most important characteristics … Continue reading →

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Five Ways Patient Engagement Can Start in the Office

Posted on March 3, 2014 by David Lee Scher, MD

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 →

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Why Online Patient Communities are Better than Real Life Support Groups

Posted on July 11, 2013 by David Lee Scher, MD

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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