Recent surveys from the Pew Research Center indicate that a majority of U.S. adults use technology to engage in their health care: 63% of adult cell phone owners now use their phones to go online, a figure that has doubled since 2009. In addition, 34% of these cell internet users say that most of theirContinue reading “Health Data and patient-provider engagement using technology”
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Precision medicine: lessons learned
By Connie Dello Buono , motherhealth@gmail.com I learned many care practices/protocols/collaborations and advance health IT and medicines in the area of precision medicine during the last conference. FDA (Health Insurance companies and FDA are not present in the conference) Regulations around cloud and internet are onerous. Regulations and health insurance companies not aligned to ensureContinue reading “Precision medicine: lessons learned”
Motherhealth mobile health app cuts health care costs
Currently, health spending in the U.S. is predicted to increase from $2 trillion to more than $4 trillion over the next 10 years, and to consume one of every five dollars of national income, as increases outpace income growth by a wide margin. According to the report’s estimates, it is possible to curb health careContinue reading “Motherhealth mobile health app cuts health care costs”