Health Data
A health-data connection must preserve meaning as well as fields
Two systems can exchange a message while still disagreeing about what a field means.
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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Ask what happens when clinical AI meets a different patient population
Clinical AI should be evaluated for a defined purpose, setting and population.
Telehealth
A virtual appointment needs a plan for what happens afterwards
A video connection can make a consultation accessible, but the service continues after the call ends.
Digital Health
Write down the job of a health app before assessing its features
A health app can make a task easier without establishing that it improves a clinical outcome.
Healthcare Technology
A digital health tool is useful only when someone can act on its information
A reminder app, a patient portal and a system used in clinical decisions have different jobs.