The Digital Health Update by Paul Sonnier
April 19, 2017
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I was in Phoenix, AZ this week, where I had the pleasure of participating in a digital health think tank put together by Dell EMC's Healthcare group. Other participants included John Lynn, Linda Stotsky, Joe Babaian, Dr. Joe Kim, Andy DeLaO, Dan Munro, Dr. Jeff Trent, Shahid Shah, and Dave Dimond. The enlightening discussion focused on three key areas: consumerism in healthcare, precision medicine, and big data plus AI in healthcare. The event was livestreamed and the recorded video is available for viewing here.

One of the recurring themes of the event was behavior change in disease prevention and management. As we know, digital health can help people make positive changes in their lives, but it's not a panacea and there are a wide spectrum of possible tools, with no single one being preferred for everyone. The above image is from a tweet I sent out titled "Behavior change is tough"
At the far-right side of  digital health use in behavior change we have the community of runners, namely marathon runners. The Boston Marathon took place on Monday and wearable tech of all types was everywhere
On the topic of precision medicine, Dr. Brian Druker of Oregon Health & Science University was interviewed by Dr. Eric Topol, editor-in-chief of Medscape. Early cancer detection — another key topic of the Dell EMC think tank — was covered. You can view the video and read the transcript here.
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