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The role of internet technologies in reducing health care costs: Meeker inspirations

By on May 30, 2013 in Connected health, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, mHealth, Mobile health, Patient engagement, Popular culture and health, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Remote health monitoring, Sensors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine

Tablets, wearables, smartphones, video and QR codes: these are fast-growing platforms moving data around the global economy. They’re also fast=growing platforms for health care where we live, work, play and pray. Mary Meeker‘s annual presentation on Internet Trends at the D11 Conference, is fresh off the virtual press in its shiny new 2013 version. Meeker has [...]

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Arianna and Lupe and Deepak and Sanjay – will the cool factor drive mobile health adoption?

By on March 19, 2013 in Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Corporate wellness, Financial health, Food and health, Health at home, Health benefits, Health care marketing, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health insurance marketplaces, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospital finance, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, Kids' health, media and health, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Nutrition, Patient engagement, Pharmacy, PHRs, Popular culture and health, Prescription drugs, Prevention and wellness, Primary care, Public health, Remote health monitoring, Retail health, Sensors and health, Shopping and health, Social media and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value based health

Digital health is attracting the likes of Bill Clinton, Lupe Fiasco, Deepak Chopra, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Arianna Huffington, and numerous famous athletes who rep a growing array of activity trackers, wearable sensors, and mobile health apps. Will this diverse cadre of popular celebs drive consumer adoption of mobile health? Can a “cool factor” motivate people to try [...]

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Eric Topol creatively destroys medicine at #HIMSS13

By on March 5, 2013 in Bio/life sciences, Connected health, Consumer-directed health, Design and health, Diabetes, Digital health, Electronic health records, Fitness, Health and safety, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Health literacy, Health marketing, Health social networks, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Hospitals, Internet and Health, Medical innovation, Medical technology, mHealth, Mobile health, Patient engagement, Personal health records, Prevention and wellness, Public health, Remote health monitoring, Sensors and health, Social media and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine

Wearing his Walking Gallery jacket painted by (im)patient advocate, Regina Holliday, Dr. Eric Topol evangelized the benefits of digital medicine and consumer empowerment in health care, largely summarizing his epic (pun intended – wait for Hot Point, below) book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine. A founder of the West Wireless Health Institute (now known as [...]

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Patients globally would embrace Jetsons-style health care…but will health providers?

By on March 4, 2013 in Connected health, Demographics and health, Design and health, Digital health, Doctors, Electronic health records, Health at home, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, HITECH Act, Internet and Health, Internet Demographics, Medical innovation, Medical technology, mHealth, Mobile health, Remote health monitoring, Sensors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust

Patients are getting comfortable with remote health care – that is, receiving care from a health provider at a distance via, say, telehealth or via a Skype-type of set-up. Furthermore, 70% of people globally saying they would trust an automated device to provide a diagnosis that would help them determine whether or note they needed [...]

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The future of sensors in health care – passive, designed, integrated

By on March 1, 2013 in Accountable Care Organizations, Chronic care, Chronic disease, Connected health, Design and health, Digital health, Employers, Fitness, Health at home, Health benefits, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health IT, Healthcare DIY, HealthcareDIY, Medical device, Medical innovation, Medical technology, Medication adherence, mHealth, Mobile health, Patient engagement, Prevention and wellness, Privacy and security, Remote health monitoring, Sensors and health, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Value based health, Welness, Workplace wellness

Here’s Ann R., who is a patient in the not-too-distance-future, when passive sensors will be embedded in her everyday life. The infographic illustrates a disruption in health care for people, where data are collected on us (with our permission) that can help us improve our own self-care, and help our clinicians know more about us [...]

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