Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Department of Health and Human Services unveiled the long-anticipated ONC Cures Act Final Rule for health data interoperability. That’s a wonky phrase that translates, simply put, into how our health data will be made available to us patients, consumers, health plan members, caregivers all.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

But while the new ONC rules may make it easier for health consumers to access personal health information, the Field of Dreams phenomenon subverts the noble goal: we may “build” a system for people to access health data (like Blue Button), but patients may not “come.”

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Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2018

At #HIMSS18, we will see the usual health IT suspects in the mix this year with newer entrants who are opening up health data to better flow and liquidity across data siloes. What’s so powerful about social is that it can scale care and support from an N of 1 to an N of many. 46% of U.S.

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Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2018

(See the Hot Points , below, for how these patient life-flows are being met by innovative providers both inside and outside the healthcare system). I divulged that my favorite supermarket chain is Wegmans (who is not a client of THINK-Health).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

CAREMINDr is a health IT communications company that provides mobile-enabled remote patient monitoring systems that give physicians the ability to enroll their patients in condition-specific “journeys,” such as for diabetes and hypertension. The Loop system is intended to integrate into existing workflows.

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