The Power of Mobile Health

2018 was a very busy year, requiring extensive international travel —I racked up more than 400,000 miles this fall.  But now that my schedule is a bit more manageable, I plan to start posting again to “Life as a Healthcare CIO”. In addition to my travels to China, Japan, Australia and a long list of other countries, I managed to find the time to work with my esteemed co-author Paul Cerrato on our third book, The Transformative Power of Mobile Medicine. We wanted to share the Preface with readers and have included it below, along with a link to Elsevier ’s web site for those interested in reading the entire book.Cynicism, Optimism, and TransformationWords are powerful tools, weapons even. They can persuade skeptics, overcome bigotry, injure colleagues, disrupt the status quo, ruin reputations, shatter misconceptions, deceive the uninformed, endear us to loved ones, comfort the grief stricken. The list is almost endless. The three words that are most relevant to our discussion of mobile medicine —cynicism, optimism, and transformation—are no less potent.Many stakeholders in healthcare have become cynical about the value of information technology in improving patient care, some of which is justified. Clinicians have valid concerns about the ability of the current crop of electronic health record systems to deliver cost effective care. Others doubt whether patient-facing mobile apps can effectively engage patients in their own care or lighten the load of practiti...
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