An engaged patient is this century's "blockbuster drug" so it's imperative to improve it by designing digital tools around patients that include their families and involving them in their care planning.
Care teams must follow a playbook like the best football teams when providing complex care, writes the CEO and co-founder of ACT.md, a digital health company.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
We’ve reached the halfway point in 2016, and so it’s wise to take a moment to reflect on the year in digital health to date. Thankfully, the fine folks at Startup Health just released a midyear report with interesting insights on our market. Here’s the short version: Funding for digital health companies this year is […]
No other population is more dependent on care delivery models that address the social determinants of health than the complex care population.
The patient-centered approach to medical care is valuable, but a person-centered approach that incorporates non-medical social and community services may be just what we need.
Perspectives at this year's JP Morgan Healthcare Conference were telling about the state of digital health and prospects for 2016.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
In my experience, few topics have provoked as much discussion in healthcare as precision medicine has of late. I believe this is a good thing for two reasons. For some patients, precision therapies hold the key to a functional, comfortable life. For others, precision therapies hold the key to life itself. Precision medicine has been defined as […]
After an unseasonably warm month, the fall leaves have fallen and the temperatures reflect the coming winter in New England. Thanksgiving for my family is a time to pause from our busy fall schedule. Some of us will run a turkey trot. All of us will create new memories as we gather with friends and […]
My father was the master of teaching me and my siblings life lessons about work, priorities, and balance. We lived on the upper foothills of Utah’s Wasatch Mountain range. Over the course of my teenage years, he skillfully tasked us with individual and group projects – gardening, weeding, building sheds, restoring cars – even working in […]
The disconnect between delivery model transformation strategy and federal HIT strategy is clearly coming into focus
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
From the Health Catalyst summit, some lessons learned to help make big data actionable for improved outcomes and better economics. This past week in Salt Lake City, I spent some time at Health Catalyst’s Healthcare Analytics Summit. Why should an executive attend this conference? Not only is Salt Lake City a beautiful location, but the […]
Care Coordination Records have the power to connect these elements in a cloud-based, mobile-friendly platform.
A recent patient experience validated the power of a current, comprehensive, and readily available patient-centered care plan. Luiz and Mariana Lopez* recently had their one-month follow-up visit for their young son, Pedro, who is enrolled in the Pediatric Comprehensive Care Program at a Boston-area hospital. Their doctor is nationally recognized as an expert in caring […]
Our experiences with high-needs patients and the complex care teams that support them have shown us that technology is a critical component but it alone can’t do the job.
There is a significant effort underway in healthcare to ensure that patient and family goals guide the therapies and care that patients choose to receive.