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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

First, some of the backstory: PLM was way ahead of its time, recognizing the power of peer-to-peer connections and the importance of data as currency long before many others in health care figured that out. The Internet cloud was not yet in the sky; data as a service was a business model barely in diapers.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

In a 2004 study by the Health Disparities Collaborative to improve diabetes care in Midwest community health centers, 19 health centers initiated a diabetes quality improvement effort based on a model that included rapid Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles from the continuous quality improvement field. DrKumo Inc.,