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Keeping up with the rapid developments in mobile health technology
KevinMD
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Tech Cardiology Health ITI had the opportunity to participate in a day-long meeting sponsored by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS).
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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology
The Digital Health Corner
APRIL 28, 2017
In his testimony on healthcare market’s consolidation effects on quality, cost and access, Paul Ginsberg, Director of Public Policy at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics cites some key drivers of consolidation. The costs for EHR and other technology acquisition and maintenance are too costly for smaller hospitals, and pressures of decreased payment rates are increasing on the provider side.
Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology
The Digital Health Corner
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement of large companies heretofore not focused on healthcare. The mission of public health is to improve the public health and achieve equity in health status.
TELUS Health and Babylon to bring advanced digital health technologies to Canada
Lloyd Price
MARCH 6, 2019
A recent study by the Canadian Medical Association, found that three out of four Canadians (75 per cent) believe that new technologies could solve existing issues in our healthcare system.
Digital health technologies come with 'responsibility of imagining unintended consequences'
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Speaking today in Boston, Luminary Labs CEO Sara Holoubek urged listeners to embrace ethics-focused practices within their organizations
Digital Health Technologies for Alzheimer’s Disease
The Digital Health Corner
JANUARY 30, 2017
While it might seem incongruous on the surface to discuss digital technology and a population with significant cognitive challenges, I will illustrate how it can be beneficial at different stages of the disease’s course. In a previous post I discussed the merits of music as an ideal digital health tool. An intriguing interactive game/tool is Tovertafel , a Dutch technology which projects via suspended box visuals onto a table.
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Health Technologies To Eradicate Insects Transmitting Deadly Diseases
Healthcare Guys
DECEMBER 5, 2018
Heres the latest arsenal of digital technologies to eradicate insects and reduce deadly epidemics.Unusual suspects: mosquitos, fleas, and ticksSharks, bears, tigers, the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog in association with sharp teeth and claws represent the traditional image of deadly animals.
Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help
The Digital Health Corner
JANUARY 19, 2017
After a hiatus I am returning to my beloved Digital Health Corner. In a previous post I discussed important public health issues that digital technology can address. Digital technology use in the addiction space is not a new concept. I will touch on some potential applications of digital technologies to all relevant stakeholders. The NIDA of the NIH has a group of evidence-based screening tools for adolescents and adults to be used by health professionals.
MACRA: Medicare’s Opportunity to Finally Embrace Connected Health Technology
ConnectedHealth
MARCH 17, 2017
The $900 billion federal program provides health insurance for Americans over 65 and others who suffer from certain conditions and diseases. Further, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which administers Medicare, has been slow to incorporate advances in advanced health technology in the program.
Reducing Readmission Rates By Up To 30% With Mobile Health Technology
CareWire
JUNE 28, 2017
Improving outcomes and avoiding costly readmissions is at the top of most healthcare leaders’ agendas. The focus on these topics is of particular importance given the advent of programs such as the Hospital Readmission Reduction program. Mobile Prep and Recovery
Apple Watch Series 4: Intelligent Guardian for Your Health
33 Charts
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
But Intelligent guardian for your health is pretty damn close. It’s funny that the tech companies creating technology to replace a doctor’s traditional work are quick to reassure doctors that they won’t be replaced. Digital Health Technology Apple Watch Digital health
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Improving Health outcomes with Telemedicine
eVisit
JANUARY 9, 2019
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.
Set your Organization Apart: How Virtual Care Attracts and Delights your Market
eVisit
JANUARY 4, 2019
If there is one thing that the last decade has shown us, it’s that nothing stays the same. This is true in all aspects of healthcare. Everything from patient records, writing prescriptions, navigating reimbursement, analyzing risk, and updating treatment protocols have changed.
How To Use the Latest Discoveries for Self-Improvement
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 1, 2019
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Now that we are in 2019, its time to really take your health seriously. Editorial mental health senior health technology in healthcare
How Telehealth Makes It Harder for Seniors To Get Healthcare
VSee
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Telemedicine News Tips & Techniques community health computer mediated communication consumer health technology design digital health elderly care Pew Research Internet and American Survey telehealth for seniors telehealth technology UMichIs telehealth increasing access or creating barriers to healthcare for seniors? How can we design accessible telehealth service for seniors and the elderly?
Kardia Band for Apple Watch – 4 Lessons From the Hype Cycle
33 Charts
DECEMBER 11, 2017
Mandrola delivered the kind of balanced insight that helps non-cardiologist readers like me understand where this technology fits – and where it possibly doesn’t. Our understanding should not be left to marketeers and digital health self-promoters.
From Bathroom to Bedroom: Insights from CES 2018
The cHealth Blog
JANUARY 24, 2018
CES is always a bit of a phenomena and I, like many others, carefully follow the news and trends in consumer health technology being showcased in Vegas. But let’s explore some of the consumer health technologies to watch in 2018: Moen Smart Shower.
How Digital Technology Is Helping With Cancer Health Issues
Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 20, 2018
This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Considering how far we come through technology, it’s taking massive strides in regards to managing health and creating new solutions to major health issues.
Google Maps and the Calorie Question
33 Charts
OCTOBER 19, 2017
It raises interesting questions surrounding technology, information and the individual experience of living with disease. This fact is never more evident than in health and wellness. Developers will be unable to account for every way that their technology will impact users.
Real-time diagnosis: Changing the game for breast cancer
CiscoHealth
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Healthcare breast cancer diagnostics Health IT health IT solutions health tech health technology healthcare IT solutions healthcare tech healthcare technology telehealth telemedicine vradYour mom, your sister, your friend…maybe even you—breast cancer touches all of our lives. In the U.S. alone, approximately 1 in 8 women will develop the disease during their lifetime.[1]
Blockchain in Healthcare: A Vehicle Towards Digital Health 2.0?
The Digital Health Corner
MARCH 26, 2018
The transparency, accuracy and efficiency of blockchain technology have made it attractive for its adoption by Wall Street. Interestingly, an IBM survey of 200 healthcare executives in 16 countries focused on interest in adopting blockchain technology revealed that this is a very rapidly evolving area. One of the most obvious benefits of blockchain resides in improving privacy of electronic health records.
Five Reasons why the FDA got it Right with Digital Health
The Digital Health Corner
AUGUST 7, 2017
The FDA recently announced its Digital Health Innovation Action Plan. Digital health differs significantly from drugs and traditional medical devices around which the FDA has developed its structure and policies over decades. Digital health software technologies have far less involvement by clinicians in product development than Pharma or medical device companies. The Action Plan builds on and improves previous digital health guidances.
Ionic – Fitbit’s Expensive Step Counter
33 Charts
AUGUST 29, 2017
Health devices likely won’t stand alone. Health applications will become increasingly prescriptive and demanding and will succeed only when piggy-backed on a secure platform or space that can handle the load. I’m concerned that the Ionic won’t hold its water as a player in health.
The Cisco Approach to Telehealth
CiscoHealth
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
Neurology, behavioral health, cardiology, dermatology, post-procedure follow-up, acute care, home care, evaluation and management, and patient outreach – many are adopting remote and virtual care strategies. Healthcare cisco approach Health IT health IT solutions health solutions health tech health technology healthcare IT healthcare IT solutions healthcare solutions healthcare tech healthcare technology remote care telehealth telemedicine white paper
Digital Therapeutics – The Third Phase of Medicine
33 Charts
APRIL 8, 2017
Chrissy Farr in Technology Review ( Can Digital Therapeutics Be as Good as Drugs ?) this week pulls back the curtain on digital therapeutics , Silicon Valley’s latest angle in health. Digital Health Technology Digital health digital therapeutics
The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health
The Digital Health Corner
JUNE 14, 2017
Digital health is unquestionably becoming part of healthcare lexicon and fabric. Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal fitness trackers have helped create awareness through use. The entrepreneurial enthusiasm for the healthcare space is evident by the volume of digital health incubators , medical school innovation centers, and angel investors. I’d like to discuss what I believe are five areas of significant opportunity for quality technologies.
Behavioral health innovation two years later: Why is adoption taking so long?
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 4, 2019
An in-depth look at the market forces shaping the development and adoption (or lack thereof) of behavioral health technology
Voice Health Summit Spotlight 2018
Consumer eHealth Engagement
OCTOBER 23, 2018
During the Voice.Health Summit in Boston last week, innovators gathered to explore opportunities, discuss issues and to experience different voice technology use cases. Since the year 2000, the health technology industry has evolved from websites (e.g. Voice Health in Action.
Five VALUE Offerings of the Ideal Health Management Company
The Digital Health Corner
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
In previous posts I discussed the importance of population health management and the essentials of ideal population management digital tech. One of my tenets as a consultant in digital health is that technology itself is not a solution. A technology is a tool which only becomes a solution when it is placed in a context of healthcare needs, provider, patient and caregiver workflows, and incorporates human interactions which close the loop on significant outlying data.
Five Ways Digital Technologies can Address Cancer
The Digital Health Corner
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
Few have rivaled targeted cancer therapies based on digital health, specifically genomics in scope and breadth. I’d like to touch on a few ways in which digital technology is impacting cancer. IBM Watson Health has recently partnered with Quest Diagnostics to provide clinicians with recommended “… unbiased, evidence-based approaches based on a detailed view of the tumor’s mutations, scientific journals, and MSK’s OncoKB, a precision oncology knowledge base.”
Five Ways a Good Digital Health Registry Addresses Healthcare System Needs
The Digital Health Corner
OCTOBER 28, 2016
The expanding need for drilled down relevant data has led to the development of creative sophisticated data analytics technologies. It is also essential to all true value-based reimbursement models being discussed or implemented in health care. As one can see, registries performed with quality technologies can have profound effects on healthcare from many standpoints.
Apple, PC, HD, DM: No, we’re talking about health care
KevinMD
MARCH 4, 2019
This got me thinking: “Has technology and our products now become more important than our health?” Technology surrounds […]. Tech Cardiology Diabetes Mobile healthI was in the hospital when I heard the word “apple.” Without hesitating, I reached into my pocket to see if I had my phone. But the person speaking was referring to the fruit, not the product. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more.
Reports: Mobile health market to surpass $28B in 2018; teleradiology gaining steam
Mobi Health News
MAY 29, 2018
A pair of recently published market research reports have outlined upward trends among mobile health technologies
Singapore-based CXA group raises $25m to increase regional expansion
Mobi Health News
MARCH 13, 2019
Yesterday, Singapore-based health technology startup CXA Group, which offers an employee benefits and wellness marketplace platform, announced that it has raised $25 million in its latest round of funding.
Health 2.0 global panelist: 'Innovation happens at the edges and all around us'
Mobi Health News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Panelists at Health 2.0 in Santa Clara, California talk about the world wide innovation culture and why its important to look toward emerging markets for new health technologies.
AbleTo's digital behavioral health network brings in $8.5M
Mobi Health News
JUNE 22, 2018
Behavioral health technology company AbleTo has raised an additional $8.5 million in funding, according to an SEC filing released Wednesday
Beth Israel Deaconess launches medtech innovation center
Mobi Health News
MAY 3, 2018
Earlier this week, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center announced that it had launched an innovation research center, called the Health Technology Exploration Center
Former Cleveland Clinic CEO joins Google, AbleTo brings on new CEO, and more digital health hires
Mobi Health News
JULY 24, 2018
Behavioral health technology provider AbleTo has announced Trip Hofer as its new CEO. Hofer most recently held the title of president of accordant health services as CVS Specialty, and prior to that held senior positions at OptumHealth and Health Dialog
Survey: Health app adoption has tripled since 2014
Mobi Health News
MARCH 8, 2018
But they also have high expectations for their health technology, which the industry may not be able to meet New survey data out this week from Accenture shows that healthcare consumers are using more wearables and apps, and are more bullish on virtual care, than ever before.
Industry Voices—Do we really need more health apps and wearables? The shifting focus of digital health
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
A significant percentage of what is classified as mobile “digital health” technology is not having an impact from a medical perspective because it is not reaching the right people.
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