Telehealth is a Critical Part of the Covid-19 Solution
Telehealth is a Critical Part of the Covid-19 Solution Read More »
Telehealth is a Critical Part of the Covid-19 Solution Read More »
My niece, Martha, posted throwback pictures from her 2001 wedding on Facebook, and one of them is a picture of my dad and his mate at the time. The other morning I woke up to a Facebook notification that “Martha posted a picture of me.” When I clicked through, sure enough, it was the picture …
Last month I shared an update on my upcoming book, The New Mobile Age, and am excited to share a bit more about this work. We continue to hit our editorial milestones for an end of October launch at the Connected Health Conference, and as I’m reading the manuscript for the final time before sending …
The Next Fountain of Youth? Rethinking Connected Health for Our Aging Population Read More »
I have fallen behind on blogging over the last few months. When I started the cHealth Blog, in 2008, I posted every other week, but over the years, the frequency has fluctuated somewhat. My main excuse is that I’ve had the opportunity to publish in other places, such as NEJM Catalyst, Harvard Business Review, and …
Predictions are something I make often in my line of work. As someone who has been making healthcare predictions for more than 2 decades – and keeping score of how often they come true – I admit it is a humbling pursuit. Some predictions end up being flat out wrong. Others turn out to be …
Predictions for Connected Health, Data-Sharing, and Business Model Disruption Read More »
I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Catherine Schuster Bruce in this post. Catherine is a University of Bristol Medical Graduate who recently spent two months on placement with Partners Connected Health prior to starting work at the Royal London Hospital, London. Missed diagnosis. No Diagnosis. Dodgy Clinicians… There’s been a lot of hand …
Direct to Consumer Telehealth: Throwing The Baby Out With The Bathwater Read More »
Virtual visits are increasingly the rage amongst forward-thinking healthcare providers that want to jump on the telehealth band wagon. Extending the office visit across distance, using the same technology we use to keep in touch with loved ones (videoconferencing such as Skype and FaceTime), is a safe and logical way for providers to venture into …
We live in a headline/hyperlinked world. A couple of years back, I learned through happenstance that my most popular blog posts all had catchy titles. I’m pretty confident that people who read this blog do more than scan the titles, but there is so much information coming at us these days, it’s often difficult to …
Headlines, Heuristics and Subtlety in Interpreting Connected Health Studies Read More »
In what seems like the blink of an eye, all of the data inputs feeding the connected health ecosystem are wirelessly enabled and pretty easy to set up. It is this realization that stimulated me and my coauthors to write The Internet of Healthy Things. But it wasn’t always that way. Just a few years …
The cHealth Blog is almost four years old. during that time, I’ve been both flattered and pleased as readership has grown and other outlets have seen fit to re-publish many of the posts. I’ve learned lots during that time but one key learning is that blogging truly is a social media experience. I’ve gotten many …