Data and Prevention’s Place in Digital Health Engagement
This article explores one health care professional's pivot away from acute care and down a career path focused on modifying patient behavior, promoting healthy actions and reducing patient health threats, thereby focusing on empowering patients to avoid high-risk health scenarios, to en...
The Front Line: Thoughtfully Leveraging Technology in a Pandemic
In a challenging environment, health systems are leveraging a variety of information and technology tools to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
How Femtech is Advancing Women’s Health
Women’s health innovation holds massive potential to break the barriers contributing to health disparities, but it’s taken a while to reign in more focus on the topic. Here’s why.
Empowering Patients with Access to Health Records through Distributed Applications
Our guest writer shares how blockchain and distributed applications can help provide patients with control of their health records and the ability to grant access to providers at the point of care.
Immediate State and Local Strategies for a Public Health Emergency
There are many short- and long-term policy and funding mechanisms that state and local jurisdictions in the U.S. can leverage to scale-up their efforts using health IT to combat a public health emergency like COVID-19.
Six Ways to Unleash the Potential of Telehealth
Explore six ways to expand the potential of telehealth, with insights on barriers, benefits and best practices.
Improving Outcomes with Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Outcomes research combined with health economics provides data and insights to help inform and guide healthcare-related decision-making, focused on providing the best outcomes for the most people.
Shifting Toward Preventive Medicine with Health Information and Technology
Historically, healthcare has generally looked at the people they serve as patients. However, these models are evolving quickly as we move to value-based reimbursement with a focus on preventive medicine, shares our digital influencer.
Pharma Must Embrace New Care Models
With its scientific and research facilities and resources, the pharma industry is one of the critical pillars of modern healthcare. However, its role lags behind its potential opportunities as it is still bound to traditions dating back to the 19th century—namely a focus on drug manufacturing.<...>
How Longevity Will Boost the Silver Economy
For the first time in history, people aged 65 and over outnumbered children younger than five globally, making seniors a growing market for products and services in this silver economy.
Connected Health Ecosystems Reduce Patients' Uncertainty and Enhance Co-Decision Making
Since new technologies have removed many information gaps, individuals are now becoming co-designers of their health and partners in disease prevention.
Lessons Learned from the Health Journey of a Cancer Survivor and Caregiver
Our digital influencer shares her personal health journey as a cancer survivor and caregiver and the lessons she’s learned along the way that are particularly applicable in times like these.