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Designing for healthy habits and better outcomes

Designing for Healthy Habits & Better Outcomes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”1757″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]We’re in full-scale planning mode for the 2019 Connected Health Conference and I am once again honored to be Program Chair.  Our initial two tasks are complete. First, we assembled a world-class advisory board which, to a person, has provided extraordinary counsel, ideas and connections that are helping shape our program. …

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Dr. Kvedar

Can Consumers and Patients Be One in the Same?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a recent post by Dr. Michael Hodgkins, AMA’s CMIO, he cited the consumerization of healthcare as one of three digital health trends that are transforming patient care. Earlier this month, Health Affairs ‘analyzes the ups and downs of expecting patients to act as consumers’. Further, the NEJM Catalyst Insights Council revealed that the majority …

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What does the 2018 Connected Health Conference tell us about the state of the industry?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1533″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]These days, there are lots of places you can go to learn about trends in the digital health market. Over the years, the Connected Health Conference has consistently lived up to a reputation of being the place where a balanced, no-hype view of the industry is presented, giving the audience a …

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Is talking to software the next big step in healthcare delivery?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1529″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1567624586359{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Provider to Patient Ratios by 2020[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]In my latest book, The New Mobile Age, we spend some time talking about the growing demand for care (we’re getting older and older people need more care) as compared to the flat supply of healthcare providers.  The outlook is bleak – we’re …

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Reimbursement Update: It’s raining new codes!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reader alert: reimbursement codes are not exciting but are critical in advancing connected health… and, after all, we all want to advance connected health. Read on! It is just shy of two years since the American Medical Association (AMA) asked me to co-chair their Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group (DMPAG).  At the time, I was …

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Aging and Technology: An Intimate Discussion with Thought Leaders

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We all want to live a long and healthy life… [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1505″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This was my opening statement at an event we co-hosted earlier this month.  We did so in collaboration with our friends at the d.health Summit, after learning that they were bringing their yearly thought-provoking gathering on all things aging to …

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Privacy Trade-Offs: Where do we draw the line in healthcare?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Everybody has something they consider private.  I think of it not as an absolute but as a sliding scale.  We all have stories about (typically young) people who share everything online in a very open way, seeming to not care about potential ramifications. But, I suspect even they have information they’d rather not share.  …

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Value-based or Fee-For-Service Connected Health Reimbursement: Which Canoe Should We Put Our Feet In?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]About 10 years ago, I and many others, started talking about how care delivery enabled by connected health should be an ideal strategy in the world of value-based (VB) reimbursement. To date, there have been just a few instances where this has come to pass. Most relevant is Kaiser Permanente, where > 50% of patient interactions …

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As Healthcare Providers, Technology is Our Friend (not a misprint)

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ask medical school applicants why they wish to enter the arduous 7+ year training process that it takes to become a physician and virtually all will have the following admixed in their answer: “Because I want to help people.”  The cynics among us will snicker, thinking that’s a canned answer lacking sincerity.  I disagree.  Most …

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