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.

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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

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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]

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 29, 2018

A pair of recently published market research reports have outlined upward trends among mobile health technologies

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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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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.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 2, 2018

From syringes to workflow management systems, healthcare is no stranger to adopting new technologies into standard care.

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Healthcare Informatics

JUNE 14, 2018

Joseph Health, technology leaders and their digital innovation teams are keenly focused on leveraging technology to provide patients and consumers better access, convenience and personalization to drive ongoing engagement At Providence St.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 25, 2018

Telemedicine company American Well and health technology company Royal Philips anounced back in January that they would partner to integrate American Well's virtual care capabilites into Philips' consumer and professional digital health products.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 7, 2018

The Department of Veterans Affairs has joined the bandwagon of government agencies looking for outside innovators to help update its health technology systems.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 12, 2018

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its new proposed Physician Fee Schedule and Qualified Payment Program updates for 2019, and the announcement includes some big strides forward in promoting digital health technology, including widened telemedicine coverage, an overhaul of documentation requirements, and a new focus on interoperability

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Mobi Health News

MAY 2, 2018

Almost exactly two years after Nokia acquired French health technology company Withings, it has announced that it is in negations to sell its digital health division back to Withings cofounder Éric Carreel. The deal is expected to close in late Q2

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33 Charts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Through most of history, data like EKGs were collected by hospitals and health professionals. As wearable technology evolves we can anticipate a type of data confrontation between tech-empowered individuals and health systems. Health systems: Creating boundaries for what’s safe.

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Healthcare Informatics

MAY 14, 2018

ACT | The App Association's Connected Health Initiative (CHI) recently submitted a letter to the White House outlining a number of recommendations for telehealth and connected health technologies

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

“Seeing is not believing” when it comes to people seeing health information on social networks. consumers believe that health-related information on the internet is as reliable as information from medical professionals.

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33 Charts

AUGUST 21, 2018

In medicine there’s an endemic mindset that if medical technology doesn’t work it will never work. The EHR, of course, is the poster child for technology’s failure in health care. Reasons for the apparent failure of technology in medicine. Technology is not static.

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Mobile Health Matters

AUGUST 1, 2017

As part of this, improving a patient’s health record – and our access to it – by using effective mobile technology is an important step to providing holistic care. Working Together to Integrate Mobile Technology.

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Healthcare Guys

OCTOBER 8, 2018

We strongly believe that only digital health can bring healthcare into the 21st century and make patients the point-of-care. The Medical Futurist team has been working for months to compile a curated list of digital health companies, but we can finally present you our findings in our latest database.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Ron Popeil couldn’t incorporate this many features into a contraption – yes, she slices and dices healthcare and technology, places bets on the best of them, and she deploys a whole lot more tools in her Mary Poppins-rich toolbox.

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Telehealth Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

Episode 20 features Matt Quinn, Senior Advisor of Health Technology, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Listen as Mr. Quinn discusses resources for advancing health IT and Quality through HRSA. HRSA’s involvement with health IT and quality.

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