A common question swirling around the exploding wearables market is whether touted claims are actually valid—since the traditional research model can’t keep up with the pace of innovation. But by marrying academia and industry, a team of UCLA researchers is working to change all that.
Dr. Bill Crounse, Microsoft’s Senior Director of Worldwide Health says EHR systems which champion mobility are providing the best solutions of all.
Big data expert Pam Baker says that offense is the best defense when it comes to a big data strategy for problem solving in healthcare.
Writer Mona Karaoui talks about her early days at nuviun, and her introduction to the exciting world of digital health.
How can compassionate care be provided with a laptop in hand? Sue Montgomery believes it’s the only way to do it—if we want to give patients and families the care they deserve.
In 2014, Lisa Suennen was named as one of the Top 50 People in Digital Health by Rock Health, Goldman Sachs, Fenwick & West and Silicon Valley Bank and also as one of 15 Disruptive Women to Watch in 2015 by Disruptive Women in Healthcare. Here, this venture capital investor, author and Managing Partner of Venture Valkyrie Consulting, LLC, provides an overview of her recent report, her perspectives on the evolution of healthcare accelerators, and important checklists to follow.
Dan Munro says that as much as we want to blur the line between digital health’s two colliding worlds—consumer health and patient health—we really can’t. At least not yet.
Just as the consumerization of healthcare is upon us, perhaps the consumerization of predictive modeling could grow to meet the demands of the public for their own good.
Digital health pioneer Paul Sonnier says now that digital health has inundated healthcare like a tsunami, we need to take the next step forward and see how its adoption benefits our health and our options.
In this TEDx Talk, digital health evangelist John Nosta discusses the genius we all have within—if we’re willing to discard the erroneous assumptions that lead to cognitive tyranny.
On June 20, 2013, Rafael Grossmann, MD, FACS, made history by being the first surgeon to use Google Glass during live surgery. A Google Glass Explorer and leading proponent for the use of technology in healthcare, Dr. Grossmann discusses how advanced telemedicine technologies provide improved quality and decreased costs in acute care settings.
Creativity is the friend of the desperate, and medical scribes are the answer overwhelmed providers are turning to—the latest digital health duct tape for broken systems in need of some care.
Healthcare leaders are suddenly sitting up straight—taking a new view of the value of the tsunami of data at hand. That’s why it’s important to have leaders in healthcare’s big data space, and access to the expertise they can provide.
When I first turned my attention from clinical practice to the management of healthcare IT the first buzzword (or perhaps phrase?) I encountered was Digital Health. Whether it was on Twitter or otherwise, I couldn't escape it and I immersed myself in it instead.
The IOM says patients aren't spending their final days the way they want to. Digital health offers a plethora of solutions to make end-of-life care better.
Offering increased access to care, a vast array of options for obtaining it, and the ability for companies to increase productivity while decreasing costs, mhealth is transforming the way healthcare is delivered throughout the world. By following a few best practices, you can help to ensure that the security risks that come along for the ride won’t put your organization at risk.
Predictive modeling and clinical analytics will eventually rule the healthcare roost—and we must ensure that a framework for safe and ethical use is created as it inevitably does.
In today’s healthcare environment, there are no laurels to rest on—and those who recognize that agility is the name of the game will do best when it comes to the business intelligence and clinical analytics solutions that healthcare so direly needs.
With its adolescent Jeopardy win, Watson started the machine-learning craze. Now it’s matured to the point that its brain-power is being used in healthcare settings, and Big Daddy’s planning to sell its stuff.
America’s healthcare system has become far too complex and costly to continue business as usual.
