We are currently experiencing the biggest transformation in healthcare ever. Technology plays a significant role as an enabler of this transformation, but will not drive it alone. Improving patient care and driving toward patient engagement are crucial goals in this next phase of the healthcare industry. To make adoption ubiquitous and implementation effective, there are several things we should focus on as we dive into 2015:
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Cerner/Siemens and Blue Shield/Blue Cross: What Happens Next?
The industry is buzzing over the news that Cerner is buying the health information technology business unit of Siemens. The Siemens acquisition is the most recent high-profile example of consolidation that is taking place in all sectors of healthcare.
The consolidation trend is not new, of course. Providers reacted first, by aligning as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and clinical integration (CI) networks during the past five years. Then the passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) accelerated the need for collaboration, forcing providers to acquire additional acute care and post-acute care facilities as well as physicians’ offices. This consolidation trend was the first to expose the obvious lack of interoperability amongst vendors.
Believe It or Not, FDA Regulation IS mHealth’s Friend
The Food and Drug Administration should take action and immediately release the final Mobile Medical Applications guidance document.
As you may have guessed from the title of this post, my opinion is not widely held among my fellow mHealth business leaders. Most think it is counter-intuitive to argue that the FDA must be a key player in the development – and regulation – of the mHealth ecosystem. We all know the real reasons.
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