Digital Health

Without taking physician feedback into account throughout development, a digital healthcare app or tool is all but destined to fail, according to Joshua Reischer, MD, an internist and CEO and founder of the Health Note patient information-gathering platform.

Rather than creating a single app to facilitate every possible healthcare interaction, providers should instead foster an "ecosystem" with their standard clinical app serving as a hub connecting patients to more specialized apps, according to a TechCrunch op-ed.

CMS launched a redesign of its online plan searcher amid growing use of mobile devices among Medicare beneficiaries, the agency said Aug. 27.

Karen Xie, PhD, is the chief technology officer and senior vice president at Blue Shield of California, where she executes the $20 billion payer's technology strategy.

With millennials projected to surpass baby boomers as the largest adult generation in the U.S. within the next decade, it is imperative that the healthcare industry restructures and reprioritizes in order to reach them.

Though mobile technology, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, blockchain and more high-tech solutions hold nearly endless potential for the creation of digital tools, the selection of those tools that consumers will actually adopt is much more limited.

As the executive vice president and chief digital officer of Providence St. Joseph Health Aaron Martin is responsible for the health system's digital, web, mobile and online marketing channels.

The Pfizer Foundation announced Aug. 20 the latest group of NGOs, nonprofits and social enterprises to receive $100,000 grants to address the threat of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income nations.

Though patients are playing a more significant role than ever in managing their own healthcare, this has, somewhat paradoxically, made it more difficult for providers to engage patients with their offerings.

Eli Lilly announced Aug. 14 an open challenge to promote the development of innovative digital solutions for the care of inflammatory bowel disease.