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Patient Engagement: Overused Sound Bite or Transformative Opportunity?

Criteria for Stage 3 of meaningful use of EHRs were released recently and there is lots of controversy, as would have been predicted. One set of recommendations that is raising eyebrows is around patient engagement. The recommendations include three measures of engagement, and providers would have to report on all three of them, but successfully …

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Calorie Intake: The Last Mile for Truly Connected Health

Somewhere around December or January, my weight, seemingly suddenly, jumped a couple of pounds.  This triggered an alarm as I felt like I was already on the high end of what I considered an acceptable weight for me.  At the same time, I recently got to know Samir Damani and his company, MD Revolution.  Samir …

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Giving Thanks

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 …

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What’s a Guy Like Me Doing at the Consumer Electronics Show, Anyway?

I spent the bulk of the last week in Las Vegas attending the Consumer Electronics Show. If there were other academically-oriented physicians attending, I didn’t find them. Of course in the sea of 160,000 people, it’d be hard to pick out people you recognize, let alone find others with similar jobs/interests. It is easy to …

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