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 …
Thanks to our friends at Omada and other companies in this space, the term ‘digital therapeutics’ is working its way into our lexicon. There are now many examples of how a digital intervention can have the same or better clinical outcome as a chemical therapeutic, demonstrating the power of connected health, particularly in the realm …
I did a second stint on evening AM talk radio a few weeks ago for a program called Nightside with Dan Rea, which I really enjoyed. Dan’s callers represent a genuine, down-to-earth view of the reality of connected health adoption. The first time around, most callers were cautionary, raising concerns about data security and wondering …
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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 …
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Just a few weeks ago, we had our 13th annual Partners Connected Health Symposium. It was a success by all counts, with just under 1,200 attendees from around the world participating in this amazing event. Year after year, we take great care and significant pride in delivering unparalleled content and, based on feedback from attendees, …
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I recently returned from two and a half whirlwind days at the HIMSS16 annual conference in Las Vegas, which attracted about 45,000 individuals. The event has grown substantially over the years, particularly since the passage of the HITECH act in 2009 and the resulting influx of dollars into the health information technology industry. From my …
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 …
I just returned from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. If you have any familiarity with the tech world (or even read/watch the daily news) you’ll have heard of it. CES is one of the biggest gatherings on the planet, with somewhere around 175,000 attendees. Companies large and small, from a wide range …
Can’t help but reflect at this time of year on what was, was not and what’s ahead. 2015 was an amazing year in the land of connected health. The most impactful trend I saw was the change of view from administrators on the delivery side of health care. Their perspective went from “Show me the …
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I’m often asked, ‘If you could snap your fingers and do some things to accelerate the adoption of connected health, what would they be?’ I’ve resisted responding, thinking that things are not so simple and reducing the keys to adoption to a list is unrealistic. However, I have been thinking lately about the cultural and …
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