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Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology
Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement … Continue reading
Posted in #digitalhealth, digital health, digital health technology, education, FDA, fitness, healthcare economics, healthcare reform, medical apps, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, pharma, remote patient monitoring, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged digital health, hcsm, healthcare finance, healthcare reform, hospitals, Medicare, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
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My Five Asks of Digital Health
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
Posted in #digitalhealth, analytics, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, fitness, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, healthcare vendors, informatics, medical apps, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, pharma, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth
Tagged #digitalhealth, ACOs, digital health, EHR, healthcare, healthcare economics, healthcare IT, hospitals, Medicare, medicine, mHealth, mobile health, technology, telehealth
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Five Reasons Why Population Health Management Matters
The term Population Health has replaced patient engagement as the latest buzzwords in healthcare. There are a few reasons for this. It is a necessary evolutionary strategy born out of the worsening epidemic of chronic diseases (obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and … Continue reading
Posted in analytics, communications, digital health, digital health technology, Healthcare IT, medical apps, medical devices, mobile health, patient advocacy, remote patient monitoring
Tagged #digitalhealth, #hcldr, ACOs, digital health, EHR, government IT, healthcare, healthcare economics, healthcare IT, medicine, mobile health, technology, telehealth
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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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Five Ways Professional Medical Societies Can Speed the Adoption of Mobile Digital Health Tools
There have been many stated roles of professional medical societies, including standardization of care (best practice), promoting public health, and improving leadership in medicine. All of these roles can be facilitated with digital health technologies. Most professional societies are recognizing … Continue reading
Posted in clinical trials, digital health, digital health technology, Healthcare IT, medical apps, medical devices, medical education, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, telehealth
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Five Reasons Why Digital Pharma Needs Physician Key Opinion Leaders
Physician key opinion leaders (KOLs) have been viewed as a valuable resource in the pharmaceutical (heretofore referred to as Pharma but included are medical device companies) industry. In one study in which 100 KOLS were surveyed, the most important characteristics … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, FDA, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, informatics, medical apps, mHealth, mobile health, patient advocacy, patient engagement, remote patient monitoring, technology
Tagged ACOs, digital health, EHR, government IT, hcsm, healthcare, healthcare economics, HHS, Medicare, mHealth, pharma, S4PM, smartphone apps
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Five Imperatives for Pharma’s Digital Health Strategy
Few would argue that today digital technology represents a critical part of marketing in any business sector. Though all healthcare stakeholders are usually late to the technology table, market and customer pressure are rapidly accelerating this adoption. It needs to … Continue reading
Posted in clinical trials, digital health, FDA, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, medical apps, mHealth, patient advocacy, patient engagement, pharma, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged digital health, hcsm, healthcare IT, medical apps, medicine, mHealth, mobile health, pharma, S4PM, smartphone apps
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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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