Category Archives: media coverage

Adoption of mHealth: Can we see the Forest through the Trees?

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

In previous posts, I have highlighted many drivers and stakeholders (patient advocates, healthcare providers, insurers, hospitals, Pharma, and others) as key to the success of the adoption of digital health technologies (. There was a recently proposed amendment to the … Continue reading →

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Is Telemedicine Good or Bad For Us?

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

Telemedicine, as defined by the American Telemedicine Association is: “the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients’ health status.”   Multiple factors are driving the attraction of telemedicine.  The ACA paving the … Continue reading →

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Decreasing Digital and Health Divides

Posted on January 10, 2012 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, 2011 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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Do Physicians Love or Hate mHealth?

Posted on November 23, 2011 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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