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It has not yet been 20 years since the term Digital Healthcare was defined in the year 2000. Yet arguably the most important day in the history of Digital Health occurred on September 24th, 2019, and relatively few in the healthcare sector even took note. On this one single day, five simultaneous, but uncoordinated announcements …
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The response from those in attendance at the Colorado Hospital Association meeting where I recently gave a keynote presentation was simply amazing! It was so overwhelmingly positive that I have decided to share some of the presentation with you who were not able to attend. Here is what I believe will be the top 10 …
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Those individuals who have the background, experience and ability to provide more than incremental insights, can help traditional healthcare organizations, practitioners and researchers better understand the perspectives of working under these emerging realities. This knowledge and insight can equip healthcare leaders to make decisions that better align with the broader market and societal forces that are impacting their profession. Ultimately, these leaders will be the ones most likely to be able to pivot and thrive in the healthcare sector of tomorrow, not just the healthcare sector of yesterday and today.
telehealth devices will go far beyond cell phones, tablets and apps to include voice activated systems like Amazon Alexa or Google Home, automobiles and even homes and buildings themselves
Societal forces are pushing healthcare out of hospitals and into the home. Healthcare professionals have new incentives to care about the behavior of their patients, in between hospital visits. Many patients are taking more ownership of their health and healthcare. Soon one in three Americans will be over the age of 65 and almost 90 …
Yesterday CVS Health announced that it has agreed to buy Aetna for $69 billion. If the deal goes through, it should send shock waves through the health care system. CVS is not only the largest pharmacy chain in the US, but it is also the 7th largest company in the US with approximately 9600 retail stores in …
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A lot has been said about the disruptive effects of emerging technologies on diagnostics, clinical decision making, therapy and patient engagement. However a new report from the health technology research, innovation and consulting company suggests emerging technologies will have a profound impact on the organization and composition of future health care systems. The report details …
While technology based innovation in healthcare is not new, the growing diversity of US (and Global) populations combined with the significant lack of diversity in the tech sector, represent both a problem with potentially far reaching consequences and an opportunity with transformative potential. One critical key to improving health in America, is to provide consumers …
Much has been said about the impact of emerging technology on modern healthcare. Many entrepreneurs and investors alike are intent on developing disruptive innovations that significantly improve clinical workflows, enable predictive analytics or enable widescale interoperability. While any of these would represent a significant medical advancement, several factors suggest that an even more far reaching …
Much has been said pro and con about the potential and actual effectiveness of consumer health technologies. Recently a study from Stanford only adds to the debate and suggests that these tools can help accomplish what was previously believed by many to be impossible - diagnosing sickness, before you are actually...sick!! A Stanford geneticist, Michael …
The US healthcare system is often called "The best healthcare system in the world". While that notion has been challenged by some, few would say that US healthcare is actually failing. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control suggests that we may not be getting what we want out of our healthcare system. …
In his classic 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma, Harvard Business School Professor, Clayton Christensen introduced to the world the concept of Disruptive Innovation. As Christensen defined it, Disruptive Innovation has several key components two of which include 1) being an innovation whose impact is so far reaching that the ultimate outcome could not be predicted at …
If a New York start-up has its way, that is exactly what will happen. Read More
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Digital Health Technologies are becoming more and more popular every day. The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics reports that there are now over 165,000 mobile health apps on the market. Most, over two thirds, are focused on general wellness, lifestyle, stress and diet. Perhaps even more surprisingly though, is the fact that while …
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