Personalized Mediciine

The Next Phase of Connected Health: Connected Personalized Health

Our Center just launched a company called Healthrageous.  It’s exciting to see them get going.  One of the things they are doing is refining their message. They’ve come up with the concept of ‘Connected Personalized  Health’ and their ambition is to be the market leader in that space.  The more I think about it, this …

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Interesting Observations on Medication Adherence

A now famous report from the WHO asserts that medication adherence is about 50%.  That is, about half the time when a doctor prescribes a medication, the recipient actually takes the prescription as directed.  The WHO report further divides the problem of adherence into reasons that include forgetfulness, trust issues, cost concerns, lack of appreciation …

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The Intersection Between Personalized Medicine and Connected Health Brings Great Opportunity

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 …

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