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Comment on Five Questions About Digital Technology to Ask Your Doctor by Five Imperatives for Better Patient Outcomes: Implications for Digital Health Technology

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:53:15 +0000

[…] educated patient is a better patient. Patients who ask the right questions are better patients. Those who take the initiative in both evaluating their providers well […]

Comment on Mobile Health Technology: Solution to Medication non-Adherence by Bringing the Horse to Water: Patient Engagement and mHealth

Bringing the Horse to Water: Patient Engagement and mHealth — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:51:48 +0000

[…] Non-adherence to medications is estimated at 50% in patients with chronic diseases (http://davidleescher.com/2011/10/12/mobile-health-technology-solution-to-medication-non-adherence/). There is a physician shortage now, especially specialists. This shortage will […]

Comment on Methods of Maximizing the Utility of mHealth Apps by MHealth: Connectivity is Key to Success

MHealth: Connectivity is Key to Success — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:51:22 +0000

[…] screen. It is the most important piece of the puzzle, whether it is for inpatients or outpatients. Mobile health apps have huge potential in healthcare. Champions of EHR adoption as well as mHealth technologies have the same laudable goals; to help […]

Comment on What is the Most Important $10M Digital Health Contest? by The Healthcare Cliff

The Healthcare Cliff — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:32:00 +0000

[...] the Tricorder X prize. There are plenty of small and big prize competitions out there. In my opinion, the biggest prize should go to the technology that increases any X Prize type [...]

Comment on Healthcare and Education: Crises with Common Solutions by The Healthcare Cliff

The Healthcare Cliff — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:31:49 +0000

[...] stroke.] This brings to mind the comparison I’ve made in the past between healthcare and education systems and costs. Throwing money at a problem is not the answer. Bigger newer technology isn’t the [...]

Comment on Caregiver: The Key to mHealth by Five Ways of Achieving Patient Engagement: Part 2: WITH Technology

Five Ways of Achieving Patient Engagement: Part 2: WITH Technology — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:30:05 +0000

[...] the Family Caregiver Alliance. The role of technology and the caregiver has also been discussed in aprevious post by [...]

Comment on Remote Patient Monitoring will Lead Value-Based Healthcare by Remote Patient Monitoring will Lead Value-Based Healthcare | The ... | DbtMobile, le blogDbtMobile, le blog

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:20:41 +0000

[...] See on davidleescher.com [...]

Comment on Remote Patient Monitoring will Lead Value-Based Healthcare by SPulim MD

SPulim MD — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:40:37 +0000

Reblogged this on Between The Charts.

Comment on Measuring the ROI of Digital Health Technologies by Remote Patient Monitoring will Lead Value-Based Healthcare | The Digital Health Corner

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:01:58 +0000

[...] RPM now are those who already have value-based or bundled payment systems or who realize that determining the ROI of technology in healthcare can be complex and that the predictable prevention of penalties is a good starting place. Improving longer term [...]

Comment on Five Imperatives of Patient-Centric Healthcare by davidleescher

davidleescher — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:20:28 +0000

Jonathan,
I agree with many of your points. You might like to look at an older post addressing portals: http://davidleescher.com/2012/12/14/patient-portal-adoption/
Patient advocacy is paramount to any good technology.