We just posted our curation of mood tracking apps on wellocracy.com. This prompted me to review just how far self-tracking has come in the last several years. Just four to five years ago we were beginning to understand the power of self-tracking for health. Prior to that, individuals interested in gathering measurable information about their …
The next phase of self-tracking for health – mood trackers? Read More »
This is the fourth in a series of posts about a concept I’m really excited about: Making Health Addictive. In addition to a framing post, I also recently posted on two of three strategies, “Make it About Life” and “Make it Personal.” Making health addictive is really about harnessing the power of our fascination with …
Making Health Addictive IV: Reinforce Social Connections Read More »
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 …
This is the third in a series of posts about a concept I’m really excited about: Making Health Addictive. In addition to a framing post, I also recently posted on the first of three strategies, “Make it About Life.” Today, I’m going to address the second strategy, “Make it Personal.” Next time I’ll write about …
I have been thinking a lot about this concept of addictive health lately. I really believe it has legs. In my last post and in a recent talk, I remarked how addicted people are to their smartphones (checking them 150 times/day). I then compared that to data showing that the mere additional act of pushing …
I first posed the question, “Could Mobile Health Become Addictive?” on August 20th. Since then I’ve done more thinking and I’m warming to the concept. In fact, I’ll be addressing this topic when I speak at the upcoming Connected Health Symposium (our 10th! Oct 24, 25 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston), and …
The mobile health revolution is occurring in the midst of a much broader shift in business models around computing and software. For decades, IT suppliers sold proprietary hardware by locking customers in and upselling them for decades with add-ons and upgrades. The concept of switching costs became a tool for building barriers –barriers for customers …
This post first appeared on WBUR’s CommonHealth blog Last week, the Oklahoman news Website NewsOK.com reported that Dr. Thomas Trow, a doctor living in “far Eastern” Oklahoma (read: towns few and far-between), had been disciplined for treating patients over Skype for mental health issues. He was accused of prescribing them medications without ever having physically …
Doc Punished For Treating Patients Via Skype: What To Make Of It? Read More »
The hype over mobile health is deafening on most days and downright annoying on some. So it is with some reluctance that I admit that mobile has the potential to be a game-changer in health. I’ve professed enthusiasm before, but that was largely around the use of wireless sensors to measure physiologic signals and SMS …
As we grapple with provider shortages, the surge in chronic illness and the quality to price (QPR as they say in the wine business) challenge in US healthcare delivery, it’s hard to imagine a future that does not include some sort of guideline or algorithm-driven care. As providers take on more financial risk, one common …
Is the Future of Healthcare Delivery Guidelines or Personalized Medicine? Read More »
