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Five Essentials of a Population Management Digital Health Technology
Population health management (PHM) means different things to different people. It is a term which is in vogue now because of its injection into healthcare provider payment models and describes a strategy in which individual and patient subgroups are cared … Continue reading
Posted in #digitalhealth, analytics, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, medical apps, mHealth, mobile health, remote patient monitoring, technology, telehealth
Tagged #digitalhealth, #hcldr, digital health, EHR, EMR, government IT, healthcare, healthcare IT, hospitals, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, technology
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Five Ways to Turn Big Data into Relevant Data
‘Big Data’ may be defined as data that is so large or complex that it cannot be processed by the usual applications. Current common uses of Big Data in healthcare include the collection of genomic data, insurance claims data, medication prescription … Continue reading
Posted in #digitalhealth, analytics, clinical trials, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, informatics, mHealth, mobile health, patient engagement, remote patient monitoring, Uncategorized
Tagged EHR, healthcare IT, HHS, Medicare, mHealth, pharma, technology
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Five Reasons why Patient Engagement Means Consumer Engagement
In previous posts I have discussed differences between patient empowerment and patient engagement and differences between patient and consumer sensor technologies. Nevertheless, there are clear threads between consumer and healthcare delivery with regards to adoption of digital technologies. Many of … Continue reading
Posted in clinical trials, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, health insurance, healthcare economics, healthcare vendors, informatics, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, remote patient monitoring
Tagged #digitalhealth, ACOs, digital health, hcsm, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, smartphone apps, telehealth
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Patient Satisfaction is not Patient Advocacy: How Digital Health Technology can Help
Editor’s note: While the format of this piece is doesn’t conform to the ‘five points’ you normally see, the ties to clinical and digital remain. We will return to the usual format in the next offering. Patient advocacy and patient … Continue reading
Posted in communications, digital health, digital health technology, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, medical apps, mHealth, mobile health, politics, technology
Tagged #digitalhealth, #hcldr, caregiver, digital health, EHR, government IT, hcsm, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, technology
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Five Mobile Health Technologies Providers Need to Implement NOW
This marks my first post since the sudden death of my chronically ill mother last month. The journey as her caregiver solidified what I believe should be priorities for the adoption of digital health technologies. There are currently many mobile … Continue reading
Posted in clinical trials, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, FDA, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, healthcare vendors, informatics, medical apps, mHealth, mobile health, patient engagement, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology
Tagged caregiver, clinical trials, EHR, government IT, hcsm, Internet, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
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Aging at Home: A Necessary Synergy with Digital Health Technology
References to new healthcare delivery models today generally refer to systematic changes which reflect reimbursement strategy shifts. Some even go so far as to refer to them as innovations in healthcare design. I would take issue with labeling these new … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, FDA, health insurance, Healthcare IT, medical apps, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
Tagged ACOs, caregiver, digital health, EHR, government IT, hcsm, healthcare, healthcare economics, healthcare finance, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
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Five Differences between Consumer and Patient Sensor Technologies
The technology industry has been buzzing of late because of the big players entering the wearable sensor market. We are very familiar with Misfit and Fitbit for some time. Others investing into the sector include Intel, Microsoft, Apple and Samsung. … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, health insurance, healthcare economics, healthcare reform, informatics, medical apps, medical devices, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, pharma, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged ACOs, digital health, EHR, hcsm, healthcare economics, healthcare reform, Medicare, medicine, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, technology, wireless health
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Five Ways Patient Engagement Can Start in the Office
There are over 58 million references to ‘patient engagement’ if one conducts a Google search. The term has been diluted and changed in the past couple of years and has become a buzz phrase, used more from a business than … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, health insurance, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, healthcare vendors, medical apps, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged caregiver, digital health, EHR, healthcare reform, healthcare vendor, HHS, medical apps, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, nurses, patient engagement, S4PM, telehealth
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