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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

To be sure there exist professional and regulatory guidelines for the use of social media for providers, vendors and other healthcare stakeholders. Examples are Treatment Diaries, patientslikeme , and WEGOHEALTH. Social media open platforms in healthcare have proven successful for patients, caregivers and others.

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Review of Mobile Devices and Health by Ida Sim in the NEJM

mHealth Insight

An obvious example of how such limited thinking comprises your ability to see the opportunity is demonstrated by how Dr Sim has presented the concept that mHealth is somehow limited by adoption of smartphones. That said, integration with the electronic health record (EHR) is currently extremely challenging and costly.