Author Leonard Kish makes his case that interoperability efforts within the current health data architectures and in the industry’s business model have been futile. What…
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Empowering Patients with Better Tools for Self-Managing Health
Self-managed health is a rapidly growing trend in healthcare today. New tools and technologies seek to democratize healthcare by providing access to better health information,…
Redefining ‘Smart’ in the Evolving Internet of Things
What is “smart” technology? We have smart phones, smart watches, smart glasses, smart clothing, smart homes, and smart cities. But it’s not always clear what…
Will Apple Watch Deliver Form and Function? Time Will Tell
The Apple Watch is on the cover of the March issue of women’s health and fitness magazine, Self, worn by Victoria’s Secret model Candice Swanepoel. There…
Ten Things Wicked Come to Colorado’s Health Scene: 10 Takeaways from Midpoint
Can 10 successful entrepreneurs come up with solutions to 10 of healthcare’s most “wicked” problems in 10 days? In a first of it’s kind event,…
Preserve Trust in Technology: Get Consent, Be Transparent
Do you know how your “Personal Information” will be used by third parties? Increasingly, the trend in privacy policies is that users provide consent just by using…
What the JASON Report says about CDA
If CDA is not an adequate standard for leading the industry to utilize atomic data, then what would be better?
Will 2015 Be the Year of the Virtual Health Coach?
Get Ready for Digital Therapeutics Omada Health predicts it is ushering in a new era of medicine called “digital therapeutics.” Digital therapeutics is based on…
This Holiday’s New Consumer Health Tech that Can Really Make a Difference
Trends in mHealth, wearable tech, and the Internet of Things attract a lot of diverse opinions. Early adopters enjoy the newest technologies and bold predictions,…
Nurses Have No Love Lost for EHRs
Come on health IT admins! You can’t just launch an EHR and be done with it. There needs to be follow-up to see how it…