I presented to a group of primary care doctors the other day. I have addressed this group a number of times over the years, though my last presentation was at least five years ago. The membership of the group has been surprisingly consistent over the past decade, so presenting to them is a pretty good …
Four years ago, I was invited to an exploratory meeting with senior executives at EMC corporation in Hopkinton. Their Sr. VP of HR had met with one of our senior executives at a dinner, and they both agreed that Partners and EMC should be ‘working together’ on something innovative. As follow up, a number of …
Two pieces in Sunday’s paper got me to thinking. The first, in the Sunday Globe Magazine was by Douglas S. Brown, Vice President at UMass Memorial Health Care in Worchester, MA. This interesting piece resonated with me in that it speaks of how the U.S. healthcare system, at all levels, has displayed arrogance and disinterest …
Does the Wisdom of Crowds Rival the Wisdom of Your Doctor? Read More »
Some recent experiences we had at the Center, as well as some data published by my friend Susannah Fox at the Pew Internet Project, have me noodling about chronic illness. This is going to motivate some readers to jump all over me, and I welcome the dialogue. But, please, before you do, take time to …
Are Individuals With Chronic Illness More Passive? Read More »
Two major scientific advances are moving along in parallel, but will both benefit from intertwining. I’m talking about genomics/genetics/proteomics on the one hand and connected health on the other. While the genetics people have popularized the term ‘personalized medicine’ for their end vision, one might argue that connected health is just as powerful for personalizing …
The last post on holding citizens accountable really struck a chord. I’m delighted to see so much passionate debate about this important issue. So, let me start here by reiterating, clearly, my position. For those individuals who are the unfortunate recipients of bad luck or bad genes (yes, addiction is part of this) our health …
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My colleague Tom Morrison, Founder of Navinet, shared an interesting analysis with me the other day pertaining to physician compliance to demonstrate meaningful use. In essence, he noted that about 41% of phase I criteria will have heavy reliance on patient behaviors, including medication adherence, adherence to care plan, trips to testing facilities and others. …
Last week, I posted a brief, general overview of how the health reform bill offers connected health providers a great opportunity to move our concept mainstream. Following on that theme, I’m going to spend some time talking about the value of connected health as a tool for population health management. One of the goals of …
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as “Obamacare” was an amazing triumph, whatever your political persuasion. Most folks have absorbed the idea that this legislation will require that most citizens of the U.S. carry health insurance. What is hidden in the crevices of this voluminous piece of legislation are a significant number of …
The Healthcare Reform Bill Results in Opportunity for Connected Health Read More »
The latest from my friend (and font of wisdom) Susannah Fox, is a piece about Internet use amongst the chronically ill. It compliments data from e-patients.net showing that the phenomenon of patients using the Internet as a tool to become proactive with their care skews to younger and healthier individuals. Fox’s recent report notes that of …
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