Category Archives: mHealth

Five Reasons Why Digital Health Needs Patient Reported Outcomes

Posted on September 1, 2016 by

According to the National Quality Forum, patient reported outcomes or patient reported outcomes measures (PROs) can be defined as “any report of the status of a patient’s health condition that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient’s … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons We Must Untrap Digital Health’s Big Data

Posted on July 28, 2016 by

We tend to think of Big Data as a Land of Oz where we can find any information we need. What is not appreciated by most in healthcare is that there is a lot of Big Data collected but most … Continue reading →

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Five Ways to Turn Big Data into Relevant Data

Posted on July 6, 2016 by

‘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 →

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My Five Asks of Digital Health

Posted on April 29, 2016 by

Digital health is experiencing what I would characterize as its adolescence.  The rudimentary pieces are in place for adoption; Awareness of the technologies, the progressing maturation of mobile technologies, realization of its critical need in the marketplace, interest by large … Continue reading →

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Five Digital Health Implications of the Most Important Report You Never Heard of

Posted on March 28, 2016 by

One of the most discussed barriers to the adoption of mobile health technologies is the Digital Divide between the elderly and the rest of society. Technology may support initiatives encouraging aging at home.  There are many reasons why older persons do not use … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons why the End of Meaningful Use is the Beginning of Meaningful Digital Health Information

Posted on February 15, 2016 by

The end of the Meaningful Use incentive program will turn the healthcare IT focus from the regulator to the patient. Continue reading →

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Five Requirements for the Adoption of Genomics as a Digital Health Tool

Posted on October 16, 2015 by

That digital health technologies will be adopted to address the ills of healthcare systems around the world is a foregone conclusion. The challenges of the cost of chronic disease burden, physician and patient dissatisfaction While awareness of digital health is … Continue reading →

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Five Essentials of a Successful Digital Health Technology Initiative

Posted on October 6, 2015 by

In previous posts I have discussed imperatives of patient-centric healthcare, creating patient engagement, and potential value of various digital health technologies. Apart from these considerations are those involving roles of stakeholders and barriers they face in adopting technologies and optimal … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons why Patient Engagement Means Consumer Engagement

Posted on September 28, 2015 by

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 →

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Five Imperatives of the Ideal Digital Patient Education Tool

Posted on August 10, 2015 by

I’ve previously discussed what I consider the five imperatives of patient-centric care.  One of them was quality patient education and monitoring tools. Tools must reflect health literacy. Health literacy is defined by the Department of Health and Human Services as … Continue reading →

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