Telehealth & Covid-19
Innovation in Healthcare:
Successful Innovation Implementation
In the world of digital health innovation, it is not sufficient to just have a great solution that works. It is equally important to ensure that the solution is actually used and that it [...]
Innovation in Healthcare:
Implementing Digital Health Solutions
The avalanche of digital health innovation caused by an investment of $100B dollars over the past decade ($60B just in 2020-2022) may be slowing down due to a slowdown in investments caused by the [...]
When Fee-for-Service is Dead: Telehealth, the Clinical Savior
Quick, what do you think are the biggest obstacles to a more widespread adoption of telehealth by clinicians? Here are a few common wisdom favorites: Technology 1: Clinicians don’t want technology to stand in [...]
Launching Telehealth is Not a Health IT Project (Misconception #1)
Myths and legends are often born out of a misunderstanding of the complete picture. Similar to the fable of the elephant and the six blind men, when people only see a portion of the whole picture (or, as in the [...]
Six Common Misconceptions about Telehealth
Over the years that I’ve been working with health systems on telehealth service strategy, design and implementation I’ve come across a number of misconceptions. As telehealth these days seems to be really taking off now, these misconceptions may be [...]
Telemedicine – It takes a Village
One of the aspects of telemedicine ("practicing medicine at a distance") is that it is not just another healthcare IT project.In healthcare IT projects, typically a need is identified (a new image management system, new business intelligence software, or even [...]
Telehealth: The Swiss Army Knife of Healthcare (Part 2)
Most Healthcare Organizations’ Strategic Plans follow pretty much the same blueprint, covering the same six or seven areas, including quality, service, people, finance, growth and community. As Healthcare Organizations’ maturity regarding the use of digital health and telehealth technologies [...]
Telehealth: The Swiss Army Knife of Healthcare
Most Healthcare Organizations’ Strategic Plans follow pretty much the same blueprint, covering the same six or seven areas, including quality, service, people, finance, growth and community. As Healthcare Organizations’ maturity regarding the use of digital health and telehealth technologies improves, [...]
A New Mindset: Causing the Positive Risks of Telehealth
The Project Management Institute (PMI) defines a project risk as "an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on a project's objectives."What I love about that definition is that it does not merely [...]