Real-time on the fly blog notes from Medicine 2.0 (#Med2)
I am looking forward to the Consumerism and empowerment session here at Medicine 2.0. Given that many of the challenges to modernizing healthcare are cultural rather than technical Social Networks have a great role to play in bringing people together.
Paula Hucko of HSAGlobal leads off. In Canada HSAGlobal works through Telus Healthcare solutions.
Trends:
- Rising Health Cost Burden is unsustainable
- Changing perspectives - move to wellness
- Enabling Technologies
Jen McCabe highlighted the "Silver Tsunami" where the age profile of the population is fueling the crisis on the demand and supply side of healthcare.
Mobile Telephony/data is driving change.
Text messaging is being used as a clinical intervention.
Smoking. Weightloss, exercise.
Needs to be two-way one-way doesn't work. SaaS model - reduces barriers to adoption.
STOMP - Smoking Cessation is live in New Zealand. Proving to be effective. 4,000 users. Works for younger target audiences.
TELUS in Canada use for employees. Smoking Cessation for employees. 17% quit rate after 12 weeks. Versus 4% for other programs.
MEDgle - Semantic Health Applications
MEDgle Semantic Health Catalyst API.JJim Yong Kim - Not about finding new treatments the rocket science is in health and health care and HOW we DELIVER it.
Clinical Decision Support is seen as the key. The medical brain.
CDS1.0 - challenges include personalization and volume of information and multiple unsynchronized systems.
CDS2.0 - The semantics of health/ the semantics of us
MEDgle Catalyst is their semantic API.
Enables people to build applications and connect with other data streams.
Help people understand their options. Without understanding their can be no rational decisions.
Understand the consequences.
CDS2.0 is to help patients, providers, nurses.
eg.
- Differential diagnoses
- Diagnostic suggestions
- treatment options
- personalized analytics
- integrates with CPT/ICD9/10
Google, Amazon, Ebay, Twitter, Facebook have transformed the web though APIs. We need APIs for Health.
HealthyByte uses MEDgle API to filter health related stories.
Personalized Medicine is based on who we are. Genomics comes in to play.
Trevor Van Mierlo, CEO Evolution Health
Good intentions and bad investments: eHealth and the reality of market forces.
There is a law of attrition. Sustainability requires results.
Healthcare is:
- Personal
- Complex
- Revenue-based
Bottom line - You can't just build and deploy. You have to continually refine and change to keep levels of continued adoption high.
Mark Fam - Deloitte - Canadian Health Consumer Survey
2009 Survey findings.
16% of canadians participate in Health and Wellness programs. 56% willing to do so at no cost.
47% diagnosed with one or more chronic disease. 71% say they comply with treatment regimen.
29% consumers interested in Personal health coach and 24% a care coordinator.
20% seek information on quality and service scope. Canadians largely trust their medical providers.
54% concerned with information privacy.
61% are interested in a PHR provided by their doc, hospital or government. 40% v interested.
42% believe quality varies across the health system.
8:1 consumers believe quality varies widely across physicians.
Over 46% would use walk-in clinic vs waiting for a doc appointment
47% take prescriptin meds. 29% don't understand risks of those meds.
68% fill prescriptions. 80% take their meds. 1 in 4 forget to take meds.
Quality, faster access, improved convenience are drivers.
25% use alternative health services.
28% assist a family member or friend. 44% feel it beneficial to have access to PHR for person they assist.
43% of CA give health system a grade A or B. 3% give system an A.
CA people believe 32% of health spending is wasted.
CA People support expanding community care programs. Third most supported health reform.
Q and A session
Any research on incentives?
Personal note: It goes to the fact that we are inherently lazy. We need to provide easy, no brainer interfaces and data feeds so the PHR does the hard work of bringing in data. Vast majority of people will not adopt PHR's if they have to manually input most of the information. At very least PHRs should allow fax input and possibly OCR of captured images to help populate PHR.
