The promise of precision medicine is starting to be realized. The combination of patient medical records and genomic data is proving to be a potent source of data for clinicians as they apply analytical tools in the search for better treatments.
But one factor holds back many new initiatives. The data available for analysis is limited to the records of patients who are participating in any given...
When we launched mHealthNews in July 2013, Fitbit Flex was just a few weeks old and rumors were swirling that Apple might follow with its own wearable.
Two and a half years later, mobile health has far surpassed the simple heart rate monitor stage. Today's news involves startups working on precision medicine and large pharmaceutical companies using apps to track cancer treatments.
The future for...
The conventional wisdom is that mobile apps will be a good way for provider s to engage with younger patients, while older patients will require more traditional forms of communication. But now that mHealth is moving past the early adopter phase, and clinical trials are now moving toward the use of mobile apps for data collection, that idea is being re-examined.
"We are seeing a change," says...
The promise for diagnostic sensors to provide clinicians with dramatically improved views into the condition of patients is well-understood. But if this potential were an iceberg, we would only be seeing the top inch of a 10-mile-high mass.
Michael Birt believes this medical ecosystem is beginning to change. As director of the Biodesign Center for Sustainable Health at Arizona State University,...
When President George W. Bush elevated healthcare technology to the level of a national priority, the primary goal was ready access to health records. Fast forward a decade and the former president told a HIMSS15 keynote audience last April in Chicago that when someone is in an accident, that data should be instantly available to caregivers.
"There are still challenges related to widespread...
Whether the collection device is a fitness tracker or an Apple Watch, consumers are generating enormous pools of data that are ripe for dignostic use. As mobile health technology moves into the mainstream, the challenge is moving from hardware to software, specifically data analytics.
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On Monday, November 9, Shahar Cohen, a product visionary at Intel's...
The need for better coordinated care is almost overwhelming. Of the estimated 400,000 preventable deaths in the US every year, it is estimated 20 percent are caused by lack of information at the point of care, said Humetrix CEO Bettina Experton, and while patients see an average of seven doctors during a hospital visit, only 2 percent of physicians and hospitals who have received EHR incentives...
Six years ago, the Geisinger Health System's health plan saw a problem developing in its case management program. The patient population was about to grow from 250,000 to 470,000 patients, partly as the result of new relationships with long-term care and other facilities. To keep the same level of care, more than 100 full-time case managers would be needed.
Rather than boosting the budget,...
Healthcare privacy and security experts from around the United States will gather in Boston on Sept. 8-9 to share information and strategize over how to combat cybercrime, insider threats and other pressing challenges.
The two-day Privacy & Security Forum, presented by HIMSS Media and Healthcare IT News, coincidentally comes less than one month after a huge breach affected 4.5 million...
