Category Archives: healthcare economics

Can mHealth Eliminate Geographical Inequalities in Healthcare?

Posted on December 3, 2024 by

It is an indisputable fact that healthcare is extremely variable in volume and cost on a geographical basis. One need only look at the map below from a 2008 government study. The darkest areas represents Medicare spending per beneficiary range … 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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mHealth and Globalization of Healthcare

Posted on November 17, 2024 by

The term globalization loosely refers to the increasing unification of order. It has been traditionally applied to the economic sector. As the world is progressively intertwined from financial and cultural perspectives, it is not surprising that it is occurring in … Continue reading →

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What Does Ideal mHealth Look Like?

Posted on November 14, 2024 by

The ideal mHealth may many meanings from different perspectives. For the provider taking care of patients with multiple chronic diseases, it may be a platform that incorporates multiple system sensor and monitoring capabilities which transmit only actionable alerts, with minimal … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Hospitals Need mHealth

Posted on November 10, 2024 by

Mobile health technologies are most utilized now in the outpatient setting either for health and wellness by consumers or by providers primarily for the purpose of informational resources. The reasons for this are multiple, primarily related to marketing business models … Continue reading →

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Occupy Healthcare: a Lost Opportunity?

Posted on November 8, 2024 by

There has been enough publicity about the Occupy Wall Street movement that it is already part of the lexicon, and no longer makes daily headlines. Not hidden among the concerns of the country these days are healthcare, and to be … Continue reading →

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Healthcare and Education: Crises with Common Solutions

Posted on November 7, 2024 by

There are two crises in America, both of which have a profound effect on the economy. The cost of healthcare is eating away at our ability to finance other needy areas. Poor performance of our educational system is weakening our … Continue reading →

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mHealth and Healthcare IT

Posted on October 27, 2024 by

Wireless health technologies and healthcare IT (with electronic health records or EHRs as the most visible component) are both burgeoning sectors of healthcare business. They have similarities and differences which I would like to explore. The market for … Continue reading →

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How Outcomes-Based Reimbursement Will Change Healthcare

Posted on October 25, 2024 by

The government recently released its final revision to the proposed rules governing accountable care organizations (ACOs) http://www.cms.gov/aco/downloads/Appendix-ACO-Table.pdf. These organizations will herald the beginning of outcomes based reimbursement which will replace volume-based payment systems. Three sub-agencies will be coordinating Medicare and … Continue reading →

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Caregiver: The Key to mHealth

Posted on October 24, 2024 by

The caregiver is an individual who attends to the needs of a child or dependent adult. There is an estimated ten million caregivers over the age of 50 caring for their parents in the USA. Caregivers attend to people who are … Continue reading →

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