The Secret Hospitals Are Keeping Too Well
I recently started using the mobile health application MyFitnessPal. It allows me to enter the foods I eat and track my exercise, and it calculates my fitness and future weight. Its database includes...
View ArticleA Different Spin On Mobile Health
Get ready for some big numbers. According to research from RAND, the number of Americans living with chronic disease is expected to climb to 157 million by 2020. What seems to be growing just as...
View ArticleMichael Skvarenina, VP & CIO, Holy Name Medical Center, Chapter 2
MicroHIS mobile app — “It’s one of those low-hanging fruits.” CPOE — “the next big leap” The biggest MU 2 hurdle Off-the-shelf vs self-developed solutions “When we talk about strategy, that’s what...
View ArticleMichele Zeigler, VP of IS & CIO, Summit Health, Chapter 3
ICD-10 governance Hitting the restart button — “There are a lot of unknowns.” 600-record audit with Nuance Comparing historical data in ICD-9 & ICD-10 – “It’s going to be challenging.” Summit’s app...
View ArticleEd McCallister, SVP & CIO, UPMC, Chapter 1
About UPMC Growing trend of consumerism “We’re attempting to break down barriers and have a smooth consumer experience.” 3 areas of patient engagement Applying advanced analytics to leverage data...
View ArticleConfessions Of A Late Adopter
I’ve come to accept the fact that I’m what some people call ‘old school.’ By that, I mean I’m not as quick to adopt technologies as other Gen Xers (a term I despise), and I tend to cling to things...
View ArticleAaron Miri, CIO, Walnut Hill Medical Center, Chapter 1
About Walnut Hill — “The hospital Steve Jobs would have built.” Being a physician-managed hospital 5 & 15 rule C-suit execs wearing “the hat of patient advocate” Physician engagement & buy-in...
View ArticleThe CIO’s Top Three Priorities for 2016
From mega-health system mergers to hacker threats to the ever-increasing use of mobile apps by patients, CIOs need to be ready for anything and everything in 2016, says David Chou. Source: The CIO’s...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece of the Health App Puzzle
What are patients currently getting from health apps and wearables? Reams of data, but very little information. But that doesn’t have to be the way, says Paul Roemer. Source: The Missing Piece of the...
View ArticleCan Apps Really Improve Population Health?
As it becomes increasingly critical for patients to manage their health outside of the hospital, clinicians must adapt to the ever-changing world of apps and patient-generated data, says Anupam Goel,...
View ArticleCare Coordination Innovation: Can We Use Apps For That?
Rather than relying on a single vendor to provide all the innovation needed to support new care models, CIO John Halamka proposes a new idea: an ecosystem in which third-party modules layer on top of...
View ArticleHow Pokémon GO Is Reinventing Healthcare Consumerism
Healthcare is woefully behind when it comes to deploying innovative consumer technologies. The latest craze, however, offers the perfect opportunity to turn the tide, says Paul Roemer. Source: How...
View ArticleCutting The Line
We all know that consumer needs and wants are changing in our increasingly Uberized society. What many don’t know is that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel to keep users happy, says Anthony Guerra....
View ArticleBeyond The Pill: Using The Whole Bag Of Tools To Manage Chronic Diseases
Chronic diseases place a tremendous burden on patients and providers, but it’s one that can be eased with the right combination of technology and medicine, says Dr. Joseph Kvedar. Source: Beyond The...
View ArticleJoe Kvedar, VP of Connected Health, Partners HealthCare, Chapter 2
When it comes to transitioning from face-to-face to video visits, clinicians still have trepidation, and the onus is on leaders to assuage those fears by addressing the reimbursement and integration...
View ArticleJoe Kvedar, VP of Connected Health, Partners HealthCare, Chapter 3
When it comes to mobile adoption, both patients and clinicians have come a long way. But don’t be fooled by the numbers – we still have a long way to go, says Dr. Joe Kvedar of Connected Health....
View ArticleHealthcare’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
If an organization is doing so many things right but gets one very important thing wrong, it isn’t good at all. In fact, it’s very bad, says Paul Roemer.
View ArticleA Broader Reach: Leveraging Mobile Technologies To Improve Clinical Trial...
When utilized properly, mobile technologies can play a key role in not only enrolling patients in clinical studies, but improving overall engagement, according to the Louisiana Public Health Institute.
View ArticleCan Apple Take a Big Bite With Its Health Records App?
Before we talk about how Apple is going to revolutionize healthcare, we need to examine why other tech giants haven’t succeeded, says Dr. Joe Kvedar, who believes it’s going to take more than access to...
View Article
