A new study by the Georgia Institute of Technology saw improvement in young asthma patients who received a text message about their condition every day. Pediatric patients were sent questions about their symptoms as well as asthma factoids via SMS. … Continue reading
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association states leaders in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are calling for a “next generation” of electronic health records (EHRs) that focuses on enhanced usability. An array … Continue reading
On paper, The Health Technology Forum’s (HTF) Innovation Conference this month looked like a barnburner. California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, a theme addressing the issue of access for the globally underserved, and a free breakfast? What more does a conference need? For … Continue reading
At Health 2.0 we have a natural bias toward the innovator, the entrepreneur, and the developer. Health care is largely broken, and those upstarts have the potential to fix it. But it’s by no means easy. Part of what we’re … Continue reading
A few months ago I wrote a post for a conference on health and design (MedLove) about the importance of process in designing for health care. Starting with the Double Diamond from the Design Council I made the case for … Continue reading
“Give us our damn data!” – It’s a common refrain from patients who want access to their medical records. Many assume they are entitled to information so intensely personal, learning too late that obtaining them is … a process. The errors, … Continue reading
In the Health 2.0 world we’ve been talking about and having fun with definitions. There’s a whole list of technologies being used in health (SaaS, cloud, mobile, community, sensor et al.) that my partner Indu Subaiya and I (and others) … Continue reading
The world of advertising has changed radically in the past decade. Up until the turn of the century, most doctor’s advertising consisted of yellow and white ad placement and maybe an occasional local radio or newspaper ad. Ten short years … Continue reading
A philosophical battle over health care IT resources is heating up, but potential gains are everywhere Interactive health care technologies are falling into two categories. The first — and more common category of tools — focus on improving physician efficiency … Continue reading
While practices in metropolitan areas tend to adopt EHR systems at a more rapid rate, it’s important to acknowledge that implementing an efficient, customizable system can be done by practices of any size and in any part of the country. In … Continue reading
Castlight Health today launched Castlight Pharmacy, a prescription drug price comparison tool for employees. The release came just after the news that in 2012, United States’ spending on traditional prescription drugs fell for the first time on record. In large … Continue reading
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