Vodafone becomes Strategic Level member, emphasizing commitment to connected...
ARLINGTON, VA, OCTOBER 16, 2018 -- The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance), a HIMSS innovation company, today announced that Vodafone, a global leader in IoT, has joined as a Strategic...
View ArticlePersonal Connected Health Alliance Announces 2018 Member Awards
ARLINGTON, VA, November 2, 2018 – The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance), a HIMSS innovation company, recently announced its annual Member Awards, recognizing member companies and...
View ArticlePersonal Connected Health Alliance
PCHAlliance presented the following awards during the Fall Member Summit, co-located at the 10th Annual Connected Health Conference, which took place in Boston, October 17-19:read more
View ArticlePCHAlliance in the News
Digital therapeutics as a relatively new concept is expanding quickly and is expected to grow significantly in the next five to ten years. The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) has...
View ArticleBy Vera Rulon, Senior Advisor, PCHAlliance task force strategy
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world's population over the age of 60 will nearly double, from 12% to 22%. More imminent, by 2020, the...
View ArticleAging & Personal Connected Health Technology: Moving the Needle Forward
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world's population over the age of 60 will nearly double, from 12% to 22%. More imminent, by 2020, the...
View ArticleDefining Consumerization in Healthcare
There has been much debate and discussion on the role of the 'consumer' in healthcare. In order to explore this further, we must first distinguish between consumerism and consumerization. Consumerism...
View ArticleDirect-to-Cloud Activity Working Group to Simplify Integration of Personal...
There are hundreds of companies targeting the medical Internet of Things (IoT) market to help healthcare providers and clinical software vendors capture the value of Patient Generated Health Data...
View ArticlePCHA and IHE Establish Joint Task Force to Simplify Collection of Personal...
ARLINGTON, VA (October 15, 2019) – The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) have joined forces to simplify the collection and sharing of...
View ArticlePersonal Connected Health Alliance Announces 2019 Member Awards
ARLINGTON, VA, October 30, 2019 – The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance), a HIMSS Innovation Company, recently announced its annual Member Awards, recognizing member organizations and...
View ArticleDigital Mental Health Evidence and Growth
Providing mental health services through apps and virtual visits was initially controversial and lacked broad adoption. The need is there, with consumers waiting weeks to get an appointment with mental...
View ArticlePCHA Makes Global Health IT Standards Development Personal
The point of care. Such a remarkable phrase. It conveys so much of what makes the healthcare experience so unique. Sure, it represents the physical location of where a person receives healthcare...
View ArticleEmpowering Patients Through End-of-Life Care
These are certainly part of it, but there is a more fundamental role digital can play in meeting outcomes goals. Digital health can offer greater impact by building on a patient’s relationship with...
View ArticleFundamentals of RPM: Increasing staff safety and reducing patient anxiety
COVID-19 quickly overwhelmed clinics world-wide putting unforeseen strain on the hospital system. The rapid influx of patients consumed valuable bed space. The highly contagious disease put doctors and...
View ArticleFundamentals of RPM: Collecting personal health for clinical decisions Advice...
Taking temperature and tracking blood oxygen levels helps individuals with COVID-19 monitor their condition at home or in isolation at the clinic to guide decision-making for patients, families and...
View ArticleBy Thom Erickson, Director of Technical Standards, Personal Connected Health...
Taking temperature and tracking blood oxygen levels helps individuals with COVID-19 monitor their condition at home or in isolation at the clinic to guide decision-making for patients, families and...
View ArticleHow will the EU4Health Programme work?
The Programme will include country-specific tailor-made support and advice to countries, or groups of countries, with the highest need. This will be done through initiatives which support issues such...
View ArticleBy John Sharp, Director, Thought Advisory, HIMSS and the Aging and Technology...
It is well known that the aging population is growing. What is less well known is that technology has stepped up to meet the needs of this fast growing cohort. The range of technology now available has...
View ArticleBy John Sharp, Director, Thought Advisory, HIMSS and the PCHA Aging and...
Loneliness and isolation is a common problem among the elderly with real health consequences. According to the paper, Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review , there is 50% less...
View ArticleBy John Sharp, Director, Thought Advisory, HIMSS and the PCHAlliance Aging...
This blog is a summary of a webinar discussion on this topic which included panelists from AT&T, Parks Associates, Charter Healthcare and Best Buy. A link to the on-demand recording of the webinar...
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