mHIMSS Bloggers

I will always stay true to my belief that health systems need to take an enterprise-wide approach to mobility. But at the same time, I'm often asked by hospital CEOs and CIOs how they should prioritize mobility when it comes to different care areas. My first answer is to look at your current challenges and strategic initiatives and then ask how mobility can help you to get there. While I always emphasize the benefit of mobility across all departments, cardiology is where I see the potential for mobility to make the most immediate impact - especially when it comes to improving outcomes and reducing readmissions. More

Telemedicine as we know it has been around for almost 50 years. It has moved from humble beginnings as an experimental curiosity delivering rural healthcare to become something on track for mainstream acceptance across the healthcare system. More

On April 24, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) announced new funding -- $68 million -- for the creation of patient-centered clinical research networks. One component of crafting the network is to build up patient-powered research networks (PPRNs). The goal of the initiative is to create "data rich" repositories for comparative effectiveness research (CER). More

Traditional health insurance reimbursement to providers (though "payment" is a more appropriate word) for healthcare services and products is at the root of our healthcare crisis. More

There has been increasing attention to the rise of "Big Med" -- a term coined by Atul Gawande in the August 2012 edition of The New Yorker. The term relates to the accelerating trend in mergers, acquisitions and affiliations that are taking place throughout healthcare. Coupled with this is the use of new approaches in the delivery of care that adapts strategies used in retail and other sectors. More

Mobile health is hot. It's innovative. It's impactful. It matters. But it isn't everything. More

It has been three years since the cHealth blog entered the blogosphere, and it's been a lot of fun. I recently looked back to see if there are highlights or trends in my posts and/or if my thinking or communication had changed dramatically in three years. Although not dramatic, if you look at these writings over time, you can see a meaningful shift in thinking. With that background in mind, here is an attempt to stitch together a narrative of the last three years worth of posts. More

Does size really matter? I suppose it depends on whom you ask. For those in technology, size is what is driving innovation in mobile health. More

No joke, digital health funding this quarter was up yet again.  With 37 deals valued at $365M, that’s 35% higher than Q1 of last year, suggesting that 2013 will be another record year for the digital health industry. More