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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

Health Populi

Motivations for expanding digital tools for patients are to enhance access to care, empowering patients to monitor and manage their health, and deliver greater patient satisfaction. Key challenges to adopting digital health tools are first and foremost cost, following by interoperability and operational barriers.

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Shelly Palmer De-Hypes CES 2019 & Has Lessons for Health/Care

Health Populi

His message at the start of #CES2019: this year, the show is about connectivity and partnership. We need interoperability and connectivity, and that connectivity also means interpersonal connections. That resonates big for health/care, doesn’t it? You can’t do everything yourself.