Category Archives: education

Crowdsourced Clinical Studies: A New Paradigm in Health Care?

Posted on March 30, 2024 by

The Miriam-Webster defines crowdsourcing as: “the practice of obtaining participants, services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, especially via the Internet.” Clinical studies using patient recruitment and data collected via crowdsourcing is surely an … Continue reading →

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Can Digital Health Technologies Improve Health Literacy?

Posted on March 27, 2024 by

A recent article in the AMA News cites a 2003 health literacy study by the US Department of Education which surveyed more than 19,000 Americans. It found that over one-third had trouble reading and understanding basic medical information. Not surprisingly, … Continue reading →

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Adoption of mHealth: Chicken or Egg?

Posted on March 21, 2024 by

There seems to be universal agreement among all stakeholders in health care that mHealth technologies will play a significant role in the future. The questions are how far into the future and how will they find their way to patients. … Continue reading →

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Five Ways in Which mHealth is like the Senior Prom

Posted on March 9, 2025 by

I thought I would write a fun piece on a lovely Friday afternoon. While my children are now grown, I had the experience of seeing all three off to the senior prom when their times came. It is prom time … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why Patients with Implantable Defibrillators Deserve Their Data

Posted on January 26, 2025 by

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was signed into law on February 17, 2009. The objective of Measure 12/15 of Meaningful Use regulations … Continue reading →

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Decreasing Digital and Health Divides

Posted on January 10, 2025 by

With the opening of the Digital Health Summit as part of the Computer Electronics Show today, I am embracing the term digital health in substitution of mHealth. This is a term which embraces more than the portability or wireless mode … Continue reading →

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Five Pathways to mHealth Education

Posted on December 28, 2024 by

1. Points of Contact. The most effective ways to educate patients about wellness and health is during a face to face encounter. It applies to mHealth as well. They have your (the provider’s) attention and vice versa (this is not … Continue reading →

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Five Ways That mHealth Makes for a Better Holiday

Posted on December 23, 2024 by

1. Information on the Go mHealth tools that enable you to have your personal health information on your cell phone exist. There are a multitude of apps which allow you to enter your health history, caregiver/medical POA information, medications, and … Continue reading →

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Medical Schools in the Healthcare IT Age

Posted on December 13, 2024 by

The American Board of Medical Specialties recently announced a new board certification in bioinformatics. Medical students are exposed to medical statistics as it pertains to critiquing a study in a medical journal. SOme are using medical apps to … Continue reading →

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Do Physicians Love or Hate mHealth?

Posted on November 23, 2024 by

I have noticed some seemingly opposite interpretations (at first glance) about the enthusiasm for mHealth technologies by physicians. One article appearing in Informationweek.com on November 21st “Doctors Slow To Embrace Telemedicine, Cloud Computing”(http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/mobile-wireless/231903483?queryText=nicole+lewis) . Another article appearing on November … Continue reading →

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