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Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology

Posted on November 28, 2016 by

  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 →

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Five Essentials of a Population Management Digital Health Technology

Posted on October 3, 2016 by

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 →

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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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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 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 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 the Future of Clinical Trials Utilizing Mobile Technology is Here

Posted on April 8, 2015 by

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 →

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Five Reasons Why Physician IT Champions are Needed

Posted on October 15, 2014 by

It has been 5 years since the passage of the HITECH Act portion of the Affordable Care Act. The purpose of HITECH was “…to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.” While the result of this legislation … Continue reading →

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Five Ways Digital Health Technology Can Impact Risk Management

Posted on September 9, 2014 by

There has been a significant amount of well-deserved publicity regarding HIPAA violations arising from security breaches of electronic health records (EHRs). Even a well-intentioned company which developed a certification process (which included privacy and security) for mobile medical apps encountered … Continue reading →

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Transforming a Digital Health Technology Tool into a Solution

Posted on March 17, 2014 by

I always pay attention to the reaction I receive from an audience at a talk or individual I encounter when I discuss the difference between a tool and a solution. Marketing a technology as a solution before it has been … Continue reading →

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