Watch: Emanuel disses wearable tech, and other Connected Health highlights
Partners HealthCare has posted videos of Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel's provocative Connected Health Symposium 2015 keynote, as well as some other conference highlights.
Connected Health brought together great tech, case studies, reality checks
MedCity News reporter Neil Versel recaps his first visit to the annual Connected Health Symposium.
Changes in Nurse Staffing Answer Clinician Demands
The ongoing nursing shortage facilitates high turnover rates since nurses know they won’t have difficulties finding new jobs. In order to retain and attract staff, it’s in a facility’s best interest to understand what nurses want.
Ochsner cuts CHF readmissions, controls hypertension with digital health
The Louisiana health system has implemented two digital health programs in the last couple of years to take advantage of patient-generated data.
‘I think you can forget about wearables for the masses’
At the Connected Health Symposium, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel didn't hide his skepticism about the potential for wearable technology to improve healthcare.
Technology helps people navigate ‘thin line’ of behavioral health
Technology can provide three types of safety net for people with behavioral health issues, Jen Hyatt, CEO of Big White Wall, said at the Connected Health Symposium.
Connected Health highlights paradoxes in personal devices
Oprah Winfrey's investment in Weight Watchers might inspire some people to change their habits, but how many have personal chefs like she does?
Tackling Rising Drug Costs and Growing Popularity of GLP-1’s
See how Quantum Health is providing the steps to help their members tackle the cost of specialty medications and other drugs.
Two statements from Connected Health perfectly explain why digital health startups fail
Entrepreneurs, pay attention!
Is healthcare approaching wearables in all the wrong ways?
At the Connected Health Summit, a Kaiser Permanente executive said video would turn out to be more important for healthcare than wearables.