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SPM’s comments on important proposed CMS interoperability rules

Society for Participatory Medicine

Some observers say there are ulterior motives – for instance see these 30 seconds of Yale cardiologist Harlan Krumholz at Connected Health 2016, on how a health system CEO told him flat out: “You don’t understand – why would we want to make it easy for people to get their health data?

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Cost and Convenience Underpin Patient Demands As Health Consumers

Health Populi

We weren’t surprised to note that younger patients took advantage of retail clinics and other on-demand channels for health care, older people, too, have been willing to use sites other than doctor’s offices and hospital clinics to receive health care services. health care — and desirable.

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The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors

Health Populi

In Valencell’s recent survey of consumer wearable preferences , 55% of people said they’d like to monitor blood pressure, up from 46% in 2016 as shown in this bar chart from the study. One in two people would like to monitor stress and heart health, and 33% would like to monitor blood glucose levels. Unproven benefits.

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mHealth Insights live from #HIMSS18

mHealth Insight

Developing an interoperable infrastructure that supports these use cases is a process that has already begun. Evaluate how new approaches to improving interoperability between stakeholders to support improved approaches in caring for complex patients. Speakers include: Dan Chavez, Executive Director, San Diego Health Connect.

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