The Digital Health Corner

JANUARY 19, 2017

After a hiatus I am returning to my beloved Digital Health Corner. In a previous post I discussed important public health issues that digital technology can address. The classification of substance abuse as a chronic condition by the ACA has implications with regards to digital health.

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Digital Health Health Technology Mental health Pharmaceuticals 60

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: This 21-year low for the tech industry has implications for health care as digital health technology blurs into everyday healthcare the way “e-business” and the Internet melted into our daily work and personal life-flows.

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Public Health Digital Health Health Technology Mobile Health 413

BHM Healthcare Solutions

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Foley’s 2017 Telemedicine and Digital Health Survey reflects a surging demand for telemedicine services among providers and patients, and a broader acceptance of the technology by other major players in the health care industry. Click HERE to discuss how BHM helps payers. Telemedicine spurring expansion.

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Telemedicine Digital Health Mobile Health Medicare 40

Mobile Health Matters

APRIL 26, 2018

This shift had two serious consequences: Health systems had to reorganize their workflows to support this foreign technology, rather than the technology advancing care team coordination and improving efficiencies as promised. Keep in mind that many ACOs and IDNs have numerous EMRs throughout their systems.

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EMR Meaningful Use Nursing Interoperability 129

mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

“Mobile health — the application of sensors, mobile apps, social media, and location-tracking technology to obtain data pertinent to wellness and disease diagnosis, prevention, and management — makes it theoretically possible to monitor and intervene whenever and wherever acute and chronic medical conditions occur.

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