Natalie Hodge, MD

By  Natalie Hodge, MD 08:00 am July 29, 2014
Will there come a day when the prescribing of mHealth could augment that of traditional medicine?  It’s exciting to consider the possibility that mHealth e-prescribing may prove more useful in changing patient behavior than the modern day physician “plan” that comes at the end of every SOAP note. Here's why. As a pediatrician, I use a fabulous patient health record that essentially mirrors my...
By  Natalie Hodge, MD 08:04 am July 15, 2014
The outlook for mobile health is bright: Using an "Internet of Things" model to halt the progression of lifestyle disease could be our best chance to reap mind-boggling cost savings. With millions of new Medicaid enrollees entering the insurance pool and a shift away from the fee-for-service payment model - all set against the backdrop of state Medicaid departments lagging behind Medicare when...
By  Natalie Hodge, MD 08:04 am June 30, 2014
It's easy to launch a consumer product in the App Store and get a quantified-self early adopter with low BMI, disposable income and internal motivation for a healthy lifestyle. Indeed, ease of distribution is one of the main reasons so many are developing for the quantified-self group. To really have a widespread impact, we need to reach their opposite: Low-income Medicaid patients. Getting to...