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Five Benefits of Crowdsourced Medical Research Funding

Posted on August 7, 2024 by

Crowdsourced clinical studies have been the subject of previous posts by this author. The Wiki definition of crowdfunding is: “the collective effort of individuals who network and pool their money, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people … Continue reading →

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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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The Case for Efficacy Studies of Digital Health Technologies

Posted on January 17, 2025 by

As many readers of this blog know, I have long been a proponent of proven technology in the digital health space. Probably the most obvious reason is to dispel the generalized notion that these technologies are flimsy. The HHS Text4HealthTask … Continue reading →

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Measuring the ROI of Digital Health Technologies

Posted on January 8, 2025 by

Alere’s purchase of Medapps prompts me to discuss a question posed to me daily, “What is the ROI of digital health technologies?” Discussants in the Digital Health Linkedin Group were surprised at the purchase price of ‘no greater … Continue reading →

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Data: Comparing Healthcare and Election 2012

Posted on November 5, 2024 by

This special post is not meant to be nor stimulate a partisan discussion on the impending election. It is a piece on how we view data differently, depending upon its context. We are, one day prior to Election Day, programmed … Continue reading →

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Consumer Health and Medical Apps: Common Threads for Success

Posted on September 13, 2024 by

Health, fitness, and medical apps are flooding the market at breakneck speed. There are now over 40,000 of them. There are many obvious differences between those directed to consumers and apps developed as tools of healthcare providers, targeted at disease-specific … Continue reading →

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Five Ways to Evaluate Mobile Medical Apps via Research

Posted on August 23, 2024 by

There are many barriers to the adoption of health, fitness, and medical apps. A recent article summarizing the report from PWC’s Global Healthcare division states that adoption of mHealth technologies will lag consumer demand. I wholeheartedly agree with David Levy, … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why mHealth is Not Going Away (Despite the Hype-Haters)

Posted on June 18, 2024 by

One feels almost assaulted by financial projections of the mHealth market every day. Extrapolations from the increasing use of smartphones, the use of iPads by physicians, the adoption of patient portals by insurers, research of the Internet for medical purposes … Continue reading →

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Five Ways to get Physicians to Adopt Digital Health Technologies

Posted on June 11, 2024 by

1. Make it worth doing. Until the fee for service reimbursement model goes away, the request to adopt any new technology by physicians is met with the question, “Is this a reimbursable service?” This is a sad but true state … Continue reading →

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Crowdsource-derived Data for Post-Market Surveillance of Drugs and Medical Devices

Posted on April 5, 2024 by

Recently,Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Herb Kohl (D-WI), introduced the bipartisan Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients Act. It requires the FDA to issue a Unique Device Identifier rule by the end … Continue reading →

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