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Part One: A Look Back on Health IT in 2017

Mobile Health Matters

2017 was a roller-coaster ride for healthcare, marked by exciting innovation, damaging cyberattacks, periods of lulls and disruptive change. The biggest thing to happen to healthcare IT in 2017 was the advancement of the consumerization of healthcare, and the changing discourse around the patient as a consumer.

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Telemedicine and access: Leave no patient behind

KevinMD

To best frame telehealth and its use cases, the National Quality Forum published a report in 2017, outlining the following four buckets which I find especially useful with evaluating programs and interventions: access […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

Health Populi

This is an actual intersection of the Internet of Things for Health — a new riff on mobile health/care, literally! As cars grow more connected via Bluetooth like our TVs, autos morph into a third space for health, which I’ve considered here in Health Populi and in some of my futures work with clients.

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Why CES 2022 Will Be Keynoted by a Health Care Executive

Health Populi

This is an actual intersection of the Internet of Things for Health — a new riff on mobile health/care, literally! As cars grow more connected via Bluetooth like our TVs, autos morph into a third space for health, which I’ve considered here in Health Populi and in some of my futures work with clients.

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Revolutionizing Healthcare: The power of Digital Health in dietary education for chronic conditions

Digital Health Global

In 2017 alone, dietary risk factors were responsible for close to 11 million deaths and 255 million disability-adjusted life years across the globe. In this context, digital health emerges as a catalyst for revolutionizing healthcare delivery. billion in 2016 to a staggering 6.3 billion in 2021.

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Most Consumers Are Interested in Using a Voice Assistant for Some Type of Health Care

Health Populi

For more on the connected car as a third-space for health care, see my post from CES 2017, Your car as a mobile health platform.

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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Populi

As a WEGO Health poll of patient activists found in April 2019, patients continue to share this very intimate data, even in the wake of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica story, growing cybersecurity breaches of medical data, and a challenging environment for trust and “fake news” for health care. mobile consumers.