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The 5 minute download on the NYeC Conference 2013

American Well

While my boss probably sent me with the purpose of evangelizing the idea of telehealth at each opportunity, I spent much of my time in wonderment of the brilliant (and often bizarre) world of health information exchange. Kaiser has mountains upon mountains of longitudinal, real-world health information.

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The new Digital Health model : Disruption, Engagement, Integration and Trust

Lloyd Price

For example, in Singapore, the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system was rolled out in 2011. Singapore is now transitioning to a new digital health model. It is looking to move health information to the cloud. Emerging markets are increasingly digitising health information.

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How many tries does it take to flip a physician?

Society for Participatory Medicine

Aided by academic centers assessing data and books by respected authors such as policy expert Shannon Brownlee ( Overtreatment , 2007) and physician Gilbert Welch of Dartmouth ( Overdiagnosis , 2011) awareness grew, not just among physicians, but in the public mind. .

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Embedded in Apple’s Health app, the new feature will bring together medical data from participating hospitals and clinics, as well as from the iPhone itself, giving millions of Americans direct digital control of their own health information for the first time. But how easy will it actually be?