Keeping Patients in the Dark
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Back when I slaved in the depths of Hunter Thompson’s “shallow money trench,”we had a phrase we deployed whenever we thought the…
Is Digital Health Helping or Failing Patients? A Conversation Between a Futurist and ePatient
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Over the past few years, we’ve seen an explosion of interest in digital health technologies, which are loosely defined as tools such…
Nearly half of ePatients living in the United States say the web has helped them get treatment faster, better communicate with their…
It’s only natural for some people (and their families) battling physical and mental illnesses to use the Internet and social media for…
New research and treatment has made many cancers that were previously terminal now chronic. Patients live with the condition and daily go about…
I attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES2014), and saw hundreds of mobile health devices and applications, including activity trackers (steps, miles, stairs,…
The concept of the ePatient – someone who is equipped, enabled and empowered by digital technology and social networks to make better…
Why watch this video of Michael Seres? Here’s my answer: Why watch this video of Michael Seres? Here’s my answer:…
In the August issue of New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Dr. Ethan Basch, an oncologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center wrote…