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The Medical App is a Patient Advocacy Tool
In his book ‘The Creative Destruction of Medicine’, Dr. Eric Topol highlights a few areas important to the transformation of medicine; wireless sensors, genomics, information systems, mobile...
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The FDA and Medical Apps: Where are We?
In a previous post on this site I discussed my reasons for endorsing FDA oversight of mobile medical apps. Since we are nearing a final decision by the FDA concerning the matter, I thought it fitting...
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Current State of mHealth: Anatomy of a Survey
A well-conducted survey on the use of cell phones for healthcare was released yesterday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The study was conducted in August-September of 2012. I will review...
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The Future of Medical Apps: A Call to Arms For the End of Flimsy Science
A recent article in the Washington Post raises concerns about the legitimacy of mobile health apps. As Chair of the committee which developed Draft Standards for the Happtique App Certification...
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Five Big Developments for Digital Health in 2013
I read with interest a few articles discussing predictions for digital health technologies for 2013. One such amusing article in informationweek.com had some which were in more detailed described as...
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Cardiac Patients will Benefit from Digital Health Technologies
Cardiovascular disease, specifically sudden cardiac death is the number one killer in the USA and most westernized countries. Many of the technologies which have been developed to address the problems...
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Five Pitfalls of Designing a Medical App
There are an estimated 15,000 medical apps presently on the market and is expected to grow 25% per year according to one study. There are issues which are common in the development of these apps and...
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Five Imperatives of Patient-Centric Healthcare
In previous posts I discuss how patient-centric care differs from patent-centered care and how patient empowerment must precede patient engagement. I would like now to delve into what I consider...
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How Government Mandates Spur Development of Digital Health Technologies
Both WWII and the race to the moon were events which pushed commercial development of technologies. I would submit that the ACA and HITECH have had the same effect on the development of many sectors...
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Five Elephants in the Medical Exam Room: Can Technology Help?
There is nothing more critical to the success of the doctor-patient relationship than good communication. Suggestions on improving communication have been the subject of discussions by the American...
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Takeaways from The #DigitalHealth Conference 2013
I recently attended and moderated at my first Digital Health Conference in New York, hosted by the New York e Health Collaborative. I was impressed with the quality of the speakers but more impressed...
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Five Ways Patient Engagement Can Start in the Office
There are over 58 million references to ‘patient engagement’ if one conducts a Google search. The term has been diluted and changed in the past couple of years and has become a buzz phrase, used more...
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Five Ways Mobile Health Technologies can Change Healthcare Now
There is growing healthy skepticism about the past promises of mobile technologies. Issues concerning safety after the release of the FDA Guidance of mobile medical apps, privacy and security, and...
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Five Imperatives for Pharma’s Digital Health Strategy
Few would argue that today digital technology represents a critical part of marketing in any business sector. Though all healthcare stakeholders are usually late to the technology table, market and...
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Five Imperatives of User Experience (UX) Design in Mobile Health Technology
The Wiki definition of UX design is “the process of enhancing user satisfaction by improving the usability, ease of use, and pleasure provided in the interaction between the user and the product.” UX...
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Five Reasons Why the Future of Clinical Trials Utilizing Mobile Technology is...
In a previous post I discussed both the merits and needs for the use of mobile technologies in clinical trials. Recruiting patients via social media is now a reality and has been a topic of discussion...
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Five Ways Digital Communication Tools Can Improve Health Care
Many of the problems plaguing healthcare today, specifically errors in patient care, reside in poor communications. How many of us need to listen to the entire recorded message tree when calling a...
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Five Ways Professional Medical Societies Can Speed the Adoption of Mobile...
There have been many stated roles of professional medical societies, including standardization of care (best practice), promoting public health, and improving leadership in medicine. All of these...
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Five Essentials of a Successful Digital Health Technology Initiative
In previous posts I have discussed imperatives of patient-centric healthcare, creating patient engagement, and potential value of various digital health technologies. Apart from these considerations...
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Five Requirements for the Adoption of Genomics as a Digital Health Tool
That digital health technologies will be adopted to address the ills of healthcare systems around the world is a foregone conclusion. The challenges of the cost of chronic disease burden, physician and...
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