KevinMD

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Health care is the lone exception. For patients, accessing medical care is. In the 21st century, all but one U.S. industry has used information technology (IT) to cut costs, increase access to products and services, and improve quality. Read more….

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KevinMD

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Stated simply, telemedicine is the process of seeking care from a medical provider using your phone or laptop. This field is exploding, and I have no doubt popularity will continue to grow as large health systems and pharmacy giants dive in.

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KevinMD

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Online dating is all the rage these days. Statistics suggest that over a third of couples now meet online. For a lot of older readers of this blog, who met their husband or wife the traditional way and are baffled by this whole new world (and don’t get me wrong, there were probably many ways in which those days were better!),

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2019

In the U.S., rural residents’ access to broadband at home continues to lag behind urban and suburban dwellers, the Pew Research Group noted in a May 2019 research note on Americans’ use of technology.

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Meaningful HIT News

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

I can’t see primary care physicians shelling out that kind of cash when the old technology is $200 or less. Meanwhile, this week we get more evidence that “connected health” may be winning the terminology battle over mobile, wireless and digital health. A new one will still set you back $7,900.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

” Trust and truth underpin health engagement, we learned in the first Edelman Health Engagement Barometer launched ten years ago. We are only just past the dawn of the second machine age, where digitization is enabling artificial intelligence.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

I just bought a new cell phone (The Google Pixel 4a for those that wonder and yes, it says a lot about me). I’m an Android user and always have been an Android user. I also use Google voice, so switching phones was easy. I logged in with my Google account and everything was ready […].

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In my new book, Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds , I track the pandemic’s role in opening patients’ hearts and minds for care at home, using DIY platforms like smartphones, tablets and computers, along with downloading and employing mobile health apps.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

Whether it is integrating Apple Watch data, shortening emergency department wait times or providing better concierge care, these interventions can be helpful, or even great. (We And many of us can’t get into our primary care doctors, either). We do need to automate data collection, who wants to sit in an ER?

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