It was another eventful day, certainly on the Twittersphere, at Day 2 of HealthBeat in San Francisco. Here’s another recap of some of the best interactions. Check out yesterday’s top tweets, too.
“Medicine is the world’s greatest data industry and most disconnected” via @jeremyphoward @Enlitic data scientist #HealthBeat
— Denise Terry (@denisehterry) October 28, 2014
“The key is to meet patients where they are.” – @philmarshallmd of @conversahealth at #HealthBeat discussing #patientengagement b/t visits — Validic (@validic) October 28, 2014
#HealthBeat @drchrono ‘#physicians just want to use stuff that works, there is some really bad technology out there, e.g. COWs #HealthIT
— Jim Hansen (@JimNHansen) October 28, 2014
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Both doctors and patients like technology. 70k doctors on @drchrono, native iPad app is proof. @danielkivatinos @DirectDerm #HealthBeat — Philip Lee (@phill33t) October 28, 2014
#HealthBeat @danielkivatinos “there are specific use cases for #Googleglass – esp patient education”
— Deepak Garg (@dg_transform) October 28, 2014
Good start! MT @Docweighsin: The myth is that I, the doctor, will manage your health @Rushika1 pts need to mnge their own health #healthbeat — Bob Green (@WeCan4Health) October 28, 2014
“If I like @VentureBeat, I get a whole lot of their stuff in my feed. How come I can’t do that with my medical records?” @bigs #HealthBeat
— Dylan Tweney (@dylan20) October 28, 2014
@techydoc @kristinmilburn 1 of 3 pillars of care 1) pt experience 2) cost 3 population health #healthbeat pic.twitter.com/lec5Xdp8g4 — Sherry Reynolds (@Cascadia) October 28, 2014
Biggest barrier is incrementalism. pharma thinks, “how can we make this thing 1% better”? We need to think bigger. @bigs #HealthBeat
— kristinmilburn (@kristinmilburn) October 28, 2014
Yes, I am shameless:
Patient engagement tells you what’s happening vs. what happened (EHR) and what could happen (predictive analytics) #HealthBeat @healthloop — Dan Verel (@DanVerel) October 28, 2014
.@rushika1 Using health coaches, @iorahealth has decreased hospitalization by 40% and decr total spending by 15% which is huge. #HealthBeat
— Ruth Ann Crystal, MD (@CatchTheBaby) October 28, 2014
@DrShlain “Medicine is a people business in need of technology, not a technology business in need of people.” #healthbeat — Mimi Winsberg (@mwinsberg) October 28, 2014
This is also a handy recap of the conference.
