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Global Impact of the World Health Organization’s 2018 Digital Health Resolution

Anand Iyer, PhD, MBA, is a global digital health leader widely known for his experience and expertise with technology, strategy and regulatory policy. He’s considered a visionary in this field and has played important roles using his novel thinking and deep expertise to move the field of digital health forward. He’s a founding member of […]

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Dr. Mansur Shomali, Welldoc's Chief Medical Officer discussing clinical decision support

Digital Health Tools Become Valuable Adjunct in Clinical Decision Support

Mansur Shomali, MD, CM, Welldoc’s Chief Medical Officer and practicing endocrinologist with a large practice of people with diabetes, discusses how digital health tools help people and their healthcare providers improve the care of chronic diseases in dramatic ways. Noting that self-care is a critical component of chronic disease management and requires significant effort by

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Hope Warshaw, long time diabetes educator

Power of Collaboration – AADE and Welldoc Embrace Digital Health

Hope Warshaw, long time diabetes educator, 2016 President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE), offers details about the multi-year and ongoing collaboration between AADE and Welldoc. This collaboration has been built on the goal to enable AADE’s members (diabetes educators) to develop the skills and have the resources to integrate digital health solutions

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Data and Digital Health Therapeutics

Maximizing Data from Digital Health Solutions Translates to Productivity in Clinical Practice

There is no escaping modern technology in medical practice today and digital health is no exception. In fact, research suggests some digital health solutions can be as impactful in the management of some diseases as a medication. Thus, the term: “software as a drug.” We’re in the embryonic phase of realizing the promise of well-researched,

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Reflections on the Staggering 2017 Economic Costs of Diabetes in U.S.

Malinda Peeples, MS, RN, CDE, FAADE, is a nationally recognized diabetes educator and clinical and informatics nurse specialist in the field of diabetes care for more than 30 years. Over the last decade she has been advancing the role of digital health solutions to improve care and lessen its burden within healthcare delivery system transformation.

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Mansur E. Shomali, MD, CM, Welldoc Medical Doctor

Integrating Digital Health Therapeutics into Medical Practice: Our Doc’s POV

Healthcare providers are comfortable practicing medicine the old-fashioned way, says Mansur Shomali, WellDoc’s Medical Director and practicing endocrinologist. He shares in this video how he integrates a variety of innovative digital health solutions into his practice. Shomali says digital health solutions help him deliver more clinically effective and time efficient care, while allowing him to

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Virtual Delivery, Steps Better (and Fewer) than Ride-Share Services

Uber and other ride-share companies have been testing out and launching new services to solve the persistent problem of getting people to their healthcare appointments. But from our digital health perspective, we ask: is this an optimal solution? In today’s in-person healthcare delivery world, there are real and practical reasons to employ ride-share services. For the person

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FDA’s Pre-Certification Public Workshop: Top Line Take Aways from a Digital Health Clinician Researcher

In mid-2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the Digital Health Innovation Action Plan. At the same time FDA’s current Commissioner, Scott Gottleib, MD, launched the Software Precertification Pilot Program, simply called Pre-Certification or Pre-Cert program. Uniqueness’s of Digital Health Technologies This program, developed under FDA’s Center for Center for Devices and Radiological Health

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FDA’s Pre-Certification Public Workshop: Top Line Take Aways from a Digital Health Innovator

In mid-2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the Digital Health Innovation Action Plan. At the same time FDA’s current Commissioner, Scott Gottleib, MD, launched the Software Precertification Pilot Program, simply called Pre-Certification or Pre-Cert program. Uniqueness’s of Digital Health Technologies This program, developed under FDA’s Center for Center for Devices and Radiological Health

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Taking Diabetes Self-Management to the Next Level