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Your doctor’s appointment on your phone: out of beta and into your pocket

By on May 1, 2012 in Chronic care, Connected health, Employers, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health Plans, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Physicians, Remote health monitoring, Telehealth, Telemedicine

You can now carry a doctor with you in your pocket. Two top telehealth companies that support online physician-patient visits have gone mobile. This upgrade was announced this week at the 2012 American Telemedicine Association conference, being held in San Jose, CA. In enabling mobile physician visits, American Well and Consult A Doctor join Myca, which has offered mobile [...]

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The economics of being a practicing physician: greater frustration, lower income, more defensive

By on April 26, 2012 in Accountable Care Organizations, Health Economics, Physicians, Primary care

One-half of physicians believe they’re not fairly compensated for their work – in particular, those working in primary care. Only 11% of doctors considering themselves “rich.” Medscape’s 2012 Physician Compensation Report compiled data from over 24,000 U.S. physicians across 24 specialties and found the bulk of physicians to see themselves working harder and 1 in [...]

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Connected Health: countries’ vary in their health IT connectedness, but US patients are ready, willing and welcoming EHRs

By on February 16, 2012 in Connected health, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health reform, Health social networks, HITECH Act, Medical technology, mHealth, Mobile health, Physicians, Privacy and security, Remote health monitoring, Telehealth, Telemedicine

How electronically connnected and communicative are nations’ health information infrastructures? Accenture has answered that question in its report, Making the Case for Connected Health. Accenture built a “connected health maturity index,” analyzing a nation’s level of health information exchange among users along with their level of health IT adoption among specialists and primary care doctors. [...]

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iPads and health care – health IT managers slow down physicians’ clinical adoption

By on February 3, 2012 in Electronic health records, Health care information technology, HITECH Act, Hospitals, Medical technology, Physicians

Doctors are using iPads in huge numbers for personal life project management. 80% of doctors are excited about using them in clinical practice. But when it comes to clinical applications, don’t confuse physicians’ desire for mobility with their current use of iPads in everyday practice. What’s surprising is the “why” behind that phenomenon. It’s not a lack [...]

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Hey, Big Spender: 1% of US health citizens consume 20% of costs

By on January 16, 2012 in Aging and Technology, Connected health, Health at home, Health Consumers, Health disparities, Health Economics, Health engagement, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, Medicaid, Medicare, mHealth, Mobile health, Physicians, Remote health monitoring, Seniors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Women and health

Cue up the song “Hey Big Spender” from the Broadway hit, Sweet Charity, when you read the January 2012 AHRQ report with the long-winded title, The Concentration and Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U.S. Population, 2008-2009.” The report’s headline is that 1% of the U.S. population consumed 20% of all [...]

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