The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

It is interesting to note that a 2012 report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on this topic concluded that hospital consolidation increases healthcare costs and that physician-hospital consolidation has neither improved quality of care or reduced costs.

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Health Technology Digital Health EHR Health Policy 60

LinkousThink

JANUARY 4, 2012

I have selected seven topics for brief comments and predictions as we start 2012: 1. Mobile health apps are multiplying exponentially. The Ontario Telehealth Network is a classic model of his approach. © 2012 Jonathan D. The telemedicine market is expansive, multifaceted and growing.

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mHealth Telemedicine Accountable Care Mobile Health 34

Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2021

These two apps fall into what HealthXL characterizes as mindfulness and meditation apps in the larger behavioral and mental health digital ecosystem, shown in their chart here. Thanks to GWI for sharing the 2021 trends report with me.

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Mental health Public Health Telehealth Nursing 203

Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2019

The blurring of mobile and digital into overall business process is a meta-trend for the global economy, and certainly for the health care ecosystem. I’ve covered this influential document here in Health Populi through my health economics/consumer tech lens for most years since 2011 (skipping 2012 and 2016).

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eHealth mHealth Public Health FHIR 264