Health Populi
OCTOBER 8, 2018
It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. Fast forward nine years later.
Health Populi
JANUARY 6, 2023
. “Despite breathtaking medical advancements since President Harry Truman declared war on heart disease 75 years ago, researchers have observed a disturbing trend that started in 2009: America’s death rate from heart-related conditions is climbing again,” the detailed essay explains.
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Meaningful HIT News
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
As such, the company says, Topol will “impact the design, development and delivery” of connected health products and services for the AT&T ForHealth business. Meanwhile, this week we get more evidence that “connected health” may be winning the terminology battle over mobile, wireless and digital health.
Health Populi
MARCH 14, 2018
But not when it comes to digital health…at least until 2018, as Fitbit has announced a woman-focused smartwatch called the Versa which is expected to hit the market in April 2018. Girls Rule the World, Beyoncé has told us. Life is good, life is complicated, life is difficult, sometimes all at the same time.
Health Populi
APRIL 6, 2022
Our desire for data liquidity has eluded us across the health/care ecosystem for too long, notwithstanding American taxpayers’ $35 bn investment in EHRs dating to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that embedded the HITECH Act funding EHR adoption for hospitals and physician practices.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Five Offerings from the Boston Connected Health Conference 2018. The Connected Health Conference is still a Health IT conference, owned by HIMSS, spruced up by the pre-conference Voice Health summit , task forces , and even onstage singing by health tech folk that may wish they were in show business.
Health Populi
JULY 13, 2020
” The implementation of electronic health records, spurred on by the HITECH Act which was embedded in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka the Stimulus Bill) resulted in lots of EHRs deployed in hospitals and doctor’s offices, with huge gaps in interoperability and data liquidity.
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