mHealth News September 22, 2015
Rick Krohn, MA, MAS

There are seminal moments in the evolution of healthcare – think the invention of the stethoscope, the discovery of penicillin, cracking the genetic code. We’re in such a moment today, and the organizing principle of this current wave is data-driven digital transformation. Through technology, healthcare information is becoming more granular, more liquid and more relevant, and it’s being employed with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

We’re entering the third wave of digital healthcare. The first wave, dating back to the mid ’90s, was about the Internet and connectivity. The second, more recent wave of the ’00s has been dominated by mobility. And the third wave, currently underway, is about the mass personalization of healthcare. It’s about trends like the quantified self...

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Topics: Apps, Big Data, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, mHealth, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider, Wearables
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