It was 1999, and I was speaking at a prestigious academic center’s ‘Innovations in Dermatology’ symposium. I presented work we had done on a web application that would allow a non-dermatologist (primary care doctor or other front-line provider) to upload images of a patient’s skin as well as some history. Subsequently, a dermatologist could review …
Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine: Has its time come? Read More »
Somewhere around December or January, my weight, seemingly suddenly, jumped a couple of pounds. This triggered an alarm as I felt like I was already on the high end of what I considered an acceptable weight for me. At the same time, I recently got to know Samir Damani and his company, MD Revolution. Samir …
Calorie Intake: The Last Mile for Truly Connected Health Read More »
What an amazing time to be a champion of new health care delivery models. Three megatrends are driving change at a pace that I only wished for 20 years ago. Back then, I first had the insight that care could be improved, in some instances, if we separate doctor and patient in time and space. …
Health Care Business Models in Transition Open Doors for Connected Health Read More »
Since I gave a keynote at the 2013 Connected Health Symposium called “Making Health Addictive,” I’ve been posting on this topic in order to explain some of the concepts in more detail and to get your collective feedback (always incredibly helpful). Previous posts include a framing post, and further detail on what I laid out …
Making Health Addictive: Employ Subliminal Messaging Read More »
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost I received two emails from organizational leadership in the past week that represent milestones to me. One was about our efforts to better manage populations in the context of risk-bearing (pay-for-value) …
We just posted our curation of mood tracking apps on wellocracy.com. This prompted me to review just how far self-tracking has come in the last several years. Just four to five years ago we were beginning to understand the power of self-tracking for health. Prior to that, individuals interested in gathering measurable information about their …
The next phase of self-tracking for health – mood trackers? Read More »
This is the fourth in a series of posts about a concept I’m really excited about: Making Health Addictive. In addition to a framing post, I also recently posted on two of three strategies, “Make it About Life” and “Make it Personal.” Making health addictive is really about harnessing the power of our fascination with …
Making Health Addictive IV: Reinforce Social Connections Read More »
The cHealth Blog is almost four years old. during that time, I’ve been both flattered and pleased as readership has grown and other outlets have seen fit to re-publish many of the posts. I’ve learned lots during that time but one key learning is that blogging truly is a social media experience. I’ve gotten many …
This is the third in a series of posts about a concept I’m really excited about: Making Health Addictive. In addition to a framing post, I also recently posted on the first of three strategies, “Make it About Life.” Today, I’m going to address the second strategy, “Make it Personal.” Next time I’ll write about …
I have been thinking a lot about this concept of addictive health lately. I really believe it has legs. In my last post and in a recent talk, I remarked how addicted people are to their smartphones (checking them 150 times/day). I then compared that to data showing that the mere additional act of pushing …
