What a silly question. What doctor has time to follow patients on Twitter? Besides, healthcare is serious business and Twitter is mostly about frivolity, right? Not so fast, let’s think about it. Do you think the content of your Tweets is a reflection of your general state of health? I was thinking the other day …
The fall foliage is coming in nicely here in New England and the heat has kicked on the last few mornings. The seasons have changed and that signals the intense, final preparations for this year’s Connected Health Symposium. I’ve been heavily involved in the content for this year’s event and am excited delve into some …
We’re starting to see some funny economics emerge as healthcare payment reform truly takes shape. Just this last week I saw two interesting, unrelated articles that give us a glimpse into the effects of the law of unintended consequences, when it comes to changing the way we pay for healthcare. The first is from the …
Connected Health, Reimbursement, and the Law of Unintended Consequences Read More »
The last post on the cHeath Blog was mid July. I think that is the longest hiatus since I started blogging in March of 2010. But the summer was great in New England. Lots of warm days and cool nights and plenty of sunshine. So as we close the books ‘unofficially’ on summer 2012, I’m …
Automated Care: Thermostat of Health or Ponzi Scheme? Read More »
Connected health has enormous capacity as a tool to promote behavior change (in my opinion better than any other toolset we have). However when poorly implemented, it fails like any other poorly implemented strategy. In 18 years, have I learned all there is to know about connected health implementation? Surely not or I’d retire and …
Earlier this year, I wrote a series of posts on the topic of Personalized Prevention. This is a term I coined to apply to the intersection between genomics and connected health. In Part 3, I talked about growing evidence that weight control is not as simple as calories in minus calories out. Indeed, it seems …
I’m usually a touch overcommitted. There are so many exciting things to be part of now that the connected health marketplace is blossoming. However, that makes it hard at times for me to practice what I preach. Although our Center is not specifically about prevention, we tend to get involved because of our interest in …
I was chatting with a friend the other day about how to get people’s attention in this information-overload age, and we decided that the use of buzz words was a critical component of success. So I decided to test this catchy title and see if it leads to any more reader traffic than I usually …
Weight loss (or gain) = calories in minus calories out. Simple, right? Well actually, not as any person who has gained a few pounds and can’t shed them will attest. It seems as we grow older, our metabolism slows. There is also good evidence that once we put on weight, our body re-adjusts to ‘defend’ …
Personalized Prevention, Part III: Applying the Model to Obesity Read More »
My colleague Meghan Searl collaborated with me on the psychology framework discussed herein. I don’t spend much time on Facebook. Its not that I’m antisocial, but on a given day if I get through my email inbox by 10 PM, I feel good about myself. That leaves little time for social networking. I haven’t played …
Personalized Prevention, Part II – The Psychology of Engagement Read More »
