Archive for the ‘mHealth’ Category

One of my favorite inspirational videos is “How to start a movement” by Derek Sivers. In 1998, Sivers created a movement with CD Baby, a way for independent musicians to sell “direct” to fans. CD Baby made around $70 million for independent artists before Sivers sold the business in 2008 for $22 million (most of [...]

This is the third in a series (Part 1, Part 2) on on how patient engagement is more analogous to marketing and customer relations than to any specific off-the-shelf tool. It’s a strategy. Human relationships are complicated, dynamic, and also extremely powerful when it comes to influencing both behavior and health outcomes. Books have been [...]

Just over 10 years ago, I had my first article published. Telehealth nursing was the topic. I guess that was a bit of foreshadowing to the direction my writing career would take. Now, a decade later, I’m here learning and writing about the wide world of health information technology, and telehealth has grown by leaps [...]

When I was a kid, I loved the “Ramona” children’s book series by Beverly Cleary. I enjoyed them so much that I was inspired to write my first, and very rare, fan letter. I told Ms. Cleary how much I liked her books and suggested she write a book about my cat. I was thrilled to [...]

Google Glass and the Future of Medicine “After eight days at FutureMed, I am still digesting. The future is going to be amazing. The possibilities are endless. These inventors and futurists have an imagination, and a scope of ‘What’s Next’, that is beyond my wildest dreams. ” – Dr. Rafael Grossmann Will Google Glass Replace [...]

It sure seems you can’t throw a stick without hitting a digital health accelerator these days, and the partnerships are getting interesting. The latest, biggest example is that GE has just partnered with Startup Health to provide a program for entrepreneurs in the consumer health space. It’s way too early to make any predictions, but the GE partnership certainly casts some [...]

Some say that “the crowdfunding industry may be the best new tool for helping to save the U.S. economy.” Crowdfunding started as a way to source capital for an idea from family, friends and referrals from one’s social networks. It is an option when all you have is an idea, work ethic and your reputation. [...]

With all the talk about Big Data (Big B, Big D) in all technology and business circles and with Big Data nearing the peak of the Gartner Hype cycle, are we ready to start talking about it in health care? Can we have Big Data in health care ahead of real connectivity and Meaningful Use? Is [...]

Where to begin. I could probably write a book about everything I’ve learned during my internship in health IT, if I could effectively put it all into words that is. I’ve been exposed to HITECH, ACOs, Meaningful Use, patient engagement, health IT tools, and so much more in a way that I never have before. I think [...]

Patient engagement is a potent therapeutic, but how is engagement related to a core tenet of healthcare’s Triple Aim: Patient experience? For that, let’s take a quick look at user experience (UX) design in software. Software’s Triple Aim We’ve all had the experience of getting somewhere in an app or a piece of software and [...]