The digital health space refers to the integration of technology and health care services to improve the overall quality of health care delivery. It encompasses a wide range of innovative and emerging technologies such as wearables, telehealth, artificial intelligence, mobile health, and electronic health records (EHRs). The digital health space offers numerous benefits such as improved patient outcomes, increased access to health care, reduced costs, and improved communication and collaboration between patients and health care providers. For example, patients can now monitor their vital signs such as blood pressure and glucose levels from home using wearable devices and share the data with their doctors in real-time. Telehealth technology allows patients to consult with their health care providers remotely without having to travel to the hospital, making health care more accessible, particularly in remote or rural areas. Artificial intelligence can be used to analyze vast amounts of patient data to identify patterns, predict outcomes, and provide personalized treatment recommendations. Overall, the digital health space is rapidly evolving, and the integration of technology in health

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

New Features for Digital Health Space

As Bob Dylan always said   "The times, they are a-changin."


That was fifty years ago.  How young he looks !  So did I !  HIT, EMR, MACRA, MIPS...we had no idea what was coming.  The one constant in our little universe is Change  Politics change, science changes, nomenclature changes and more.........

The ease of access to knowledge has changed immeasurably. First the internet and the world wide web, with search engine giants such as Google, Bing,PubMed, Yahoo.  A quick google search for search engines results in a list of 15 of the top sources to search for any topic.

There are also niche search engines. SEO     Top Social Bookmarking Sites, Top People sites

One of the key attributes of a search often is the overwhelming answer, much of it noise.

Now comes the possible saviour. Analytics. Hidden behind the words are the algorithms. We learned about these in simple algebra. Health analytical algorithms  are much more complicated, but can still  be expressed mathematically in computer codes.


An essential skill for physicians today is to know about some basic coding.  There are many online courses that cover coding, web develop and many languages such as Java, Python, CSS and tools for editing  programs.



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