Connected Health

While thinking about my keynote address at the 2021 American Telemedicine Association (ATA) annual conference, I kept coming back to Daniel Kahneman’s Nobel-prize-winning theory (his book is called Thinking Fast and Slow). This theory formed the basis for the field we now know as behavioral economics.  What Kahneman describes as heuristics (pattern recognition or System …

Lessons Learned from 2020 Provide a Springboard for Increased Telehealth Adoption Read More »

According to the Consumer Technology Association, recent data shows that 59% of consumers use remote mental health services, 49% are using telehealth for physical health, and 37% are using health fitness apps – all increases compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic.  We have seen how telehealth, as a channel for healthcare delivery, expanded dramatically earlier …

The Need for a Gold Standard in Telehealth Education Read More »

On New Year’s Day, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a healthcare reform bill that is a metaphor for the state of telehealth as we put 2020 in the rearview mirror.  Telehealth advocates have plenty to be pleased with in the final legislation (see the American Telemedicine Association’s press statement here).  The law requires …

Goals For Telehealth For 2021 Read More »

In January 2020, I agreed to take on responsibilities as Editor-in-Chief for Nature’s digital medicine journal, npjDigital Medicine.  With all of the on-the-job training, I have learned quickly how critical our associate editors and reviewers are and, thus, the high quality of the papers we publish.  It is easy to view this enterprise with pride, …

Lessons Learned on Data Integrity in the Fight Against Covid Read More »