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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

The Digital Health Corner

The classification of substance abuse as a chronic condition by the ACA has implications with regards to digital health. It has spawned interest in telehealth as a treatment tool. A nice summary of the studies by the NIDA discusses the impressive positive effects on abstinence.

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Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Compared with other nations’ health citizens, Americans tend to be more bullish on using at-home tests and apps to track health, as gauged in the survey report, A consumer-centered future of health from Deloitte Insights.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

Those consumers who have adopted some form of digital health tool, whether wearable tech, telehealth visit, or mobile app, seem satisfied with their experiences, which is another key aspect of the so-called “digital transition.” A longer-term solution would be for consumers to control their own health data in secure data lockers.

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Reflecting on IT’s Transformation of Healthcare

Mobile Health Matters

As we celebrate National Health IT Week , it is incredible to realize how health technology tools are transforming every facet of patient care. From telehealth, to 3D printers to artificial intelligence, the explosion of personalized health devices redefines the dynamics of patient treatment and interactions.

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Five Reasons why the FDA got it Right with Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

Innovation and improvements in digital health occur at lightning speed in comparison to other FDA regulated industries and require different approval and oversight strategies (see below). The Action Plan is a major step in the right direction because it recognizes digital health’s unique attributes which span both IT and clinical arenas.

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Improving Health outcomes with Telemedicine

eVisit

In recent years, healthcare providers and medical professionals have turned to increasingly advanced technologies to serve their patients and maintain an advantage in the healthcare marketplace. Incorporating virtual care into a service line strategy has proven to have many benefits, not the least of which is improving patient outcomes.

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Connecting to Patients and Each Other through Technology

Mobile Health Matters

Working Together to Integrate Mobile Technology. While mobile health technology helps us be more efficient and attentive as a single healthcare professional, the possibilities only grow when it is adopted across a health system to improve clinical workflows and securely connect the care team.