Tag: social determinants of health
With Google’s acquisition of Fitbit in November 2019 and Apple’s recent foray into smartphone-based clinical research, the ‘big four’ tech giants are ramping up...
The stats are alarming: Up to 80% of health outcomes are not due to medical factors, but to a patient’s social and economic circumstances—such...
Did you ever have someone tell you, “there’s no magic pill” for reaching a goal? It’s a somewhat ironic analogy, given that so many...
When it comes to value-based care, there’s really just one measure that matters: patient satisfaction. As CMS incentivizes providers to help patients find better...
When a doctor pulls up a patient’s record, it should be a safe assumption that the information on the screen relates to the patient...
Last week, I spoke at the technology briefing of a national health plan group to give a presentation on the role of consumer data...
It’s a puzzle many healthcare providers are still working to solve: when over 80% of health outcomes are influenced by non-medical factors, how can...
What if you could flag patients who are at risk of readmission? What if you could anticipate missed appointments or know ahead of time...