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 the seven or so years I’ve been blogging, I’ve only written a few posts that prompted controversy in the comments section. Looking back, I notice that these posts have involved chronic illness management, motivation, adherence and/or engagement. In fact, a commentator recently felt my writing was that of an old-fashioned doctor who believes that …
Different Chronic Illnesses Demand Different Connected Health Strategies Read More »
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 …
Patient Engagement: Overused Sound Bite or Transformative Opportunity? Read More »
While so many folks were writing about their impressions of 2014, I was enjoying the holidays with my family. During that time I was thinking about the notable events of 2014 in connected health, but more importantly how they will set the stage for 2015, which is poised to be a breakout year. One year …
Buckle Your Safety Belt, Connected Health is Taking Off in 2015 Read More »
As part of our mission at the Center for Connected Health, ‘to create and validate connected health solutions that empower patients and providers to transform care,’ we also engage in a number of activities to help move healthcare forward. Our management team is often found at the podium at industry conferences, roundtable discussions, government hearings, …
Since I gave a keynote at the 2013 Connected Health Symposium called “Making Health Addictive,” I’ve been posting on this topic in order to explain some of the concepts in more detail and to get your feedback. Previous posts include a framing post, and further detail on what I laid out as three strategies to …
Making Health Addictive: Use The Sentinel Effect Read More »
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost I received two emails from organizational leadership in the past week that represent milestones to me. One was about our efforts to better manage populations in the context of risk-bearing (pay-for-value) …
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 …
I’ve been in the healthcare delivery business now for 30 years and I can confidently say we’ve paid almost no attention to design. Systems are built around physicians’ desires and workflows, and physicians tend to be quantitative, content-focused and able to handle multiple variables at once. Perhaps that is why we have not put a …
