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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 Essentials of a Successful Digital Health Technology Initiative
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
Posted in analytics, digital health, digital health technology, EHR, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare vendors, medical apps, medical devices, medical education, mHealth, mobile health, technology, telehealth
Tagged #digitalhealth, ACOs, government IT, hcsm, healthcare IT, HHS, hospitals, medical apps, medicine, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, technology, 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
Tagged hcsm, healthcare IT, HHS, medical apps, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, smartphone apps
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Five Reasons Why the Future of Clinical Trials Utilizing Mobile Technology is Here
In a previous post I discussed both the merits and needs for the use of mobile technologies in clinical trials. Recruiting patients via social media is now a reality and has been a topic of discussion in many forums, including … Continue reading
Posted in digital health, EHR, FDA, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, medical apps, medical devices, medical education, mHealth, mobile health, remote patient monitoring, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged cardiology, clinical trials, CRO, digital health, EHR, FDA, hcsm, healthcare economics, HHS, hospitals, medical apps, Medicare, medicine, mHealth, mobile health, pharma, S4PM
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The Hospital Discharge Process: A Call for Technology’s Help?
While being discharged from the hospital even after a minor procedure is not simple (due to regulatory documentation requirements often hard for both patients and physicians to sift through), the process for a patient with co-morbidities after a prolonged stay … Continue reading
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 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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Why Online Patient Communities are Better than Real Life Support Groups
A support group has many potential benefits, some of which include improving coping skills, reducing anxiety, depression, isolation, ignorance about the condition and others. Online patient communities (OPCs) are a recent phenomenon. Some are open (with respect to type of … Continue reading
Posted in clinical trials, digital health, Healthcare IT, mHealth, mobile health, pharma
Tagged ACOs, hcsm, healthcare IT, healthcare reform, HHS, hospitals, mHealth, S4PM, technology
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The Case for Efficacy Studies of Digital Health Technologies
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
Posted in clinical trials, digital health, healthcare economics, Healthcare IT, healthcare reform, medical apps, medical devices, mHealth, mobile health, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth, wireless health
Tagged ACOs, hcsm, healthcare, healthcare economics, healthcare IT, HHS, mHealth, mobile health, S4PM, smartphone apps, technology, telehealth, wireless health
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