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McKinsey’s “Healthcare digital future” checks out

July 12, 2014 By Susannah Fox 5 Comments

Pew Research: Caregivers and Health Care Reviews Online

Stefan Biesdorf and Florian Niedermann of McKinsey wrote an excellent essay laying out 5 myths about health care and technology. It rings true so I decided to add my own evidence to their points: McKinsey Myth 1: People don’t want to use digital services for healthcare Pew Research has found that looking for health information is consistently […]

Filed Under: demographics, hc's problem list, trends & principles Tagged With: Dave Clifford, Eric Topol, McKinsey, mobile, Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, SMARTHealthIT

Tell all the truth but tell it slant

February 26, 2013 By Susannah Fox 5 Comments

Scanning tweets from the current Institute of Medicine event (#iomPwP) brought a poem to mind: Tell all the Truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth’s superb surprise   As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every […]

Filed Under: beauty and wonder, key people Tagged With: Dave Clifford, Emily Dickinson, Institute Of Medicine, truth

Don’t immediately believe the mhealth hype – Dave Clifford

November 15, 2012 By Susannah Fox 12 Comments

Don't believe the hype machine

Carrying on the tradition of taking an epic comment and publishing it as a stand-alone post, I’m very happy to feature Dave Clifford’s take on the new mobile health data: I care very deeply about numbers and measuring what people are doing in reality versus expectations. I believe that polling is a useful quantitative tool […]

Filed Under: featured commenters, trends & principles Tagged With: Dave Clifford, mobile, Mobile Health

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  • Dave deBronkart on Hack needed: Tiny pills, trembling hands: “A later article on Choi’s project: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-monday-edition-1.5868846/how-tiktok-users-designed-a-better-pill-bottle-for-people-with-parkinson-s-1.5868848” Jan 17, 19:04
  • Susannah Fox on Hack needed: Tiny pills, trembling hands: “Update: Peer-to-peer connections, open-source design, and new manufacturing capabilities may have yielded a solution. Here’s the story: TikTok Users Rally…” Jan 11, 06:39
  • Susannah Fox on Lessons learned about hospice care: “Erica, thank you for fighting for your grandmother and I’m sorry for your loss. So many themes and vignettes in…” Jan 4, 08:25

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