Hi! We haven’t formally met, but I’m Ashley Durkin-Rixey, director of communications at ACT | The App Association. I joined the App Association in August of 2018. This is a personal story about digital health tools that begins with roller derby. I played competitive roller derby for about eight years [...]
Recently, during HIMSS19 in Orlando, FL, I had the pleasure of presenting on the new developments in Medicare’s approach to incentivizing the use of digital health tools in care delivery across several of its beneficiary programs. The updates I shared during my session are the result of years of cross-stakeholder [...]
On February 1, 2019, ACT | The App Association’s Connected Health Initiative (CHI) convened a multistakeholder dialogue on the role of artificial intelligence/augmented intelligence (AI) in healthcare in Washington, DC. The purpose of this dialogue was to address the role of machine learning and AI in improving healthcare, preventing hospitalizations, [...]
When consumers think of artificial intelligence or augmented intelligence (AI) today, they may think of Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa. Or if they are more familiar with 2001: A Space Odyssey, they may remember HAL 9000’s quip, “I’m sorry Dave, I am afraid I can't do that.” All joking aside, [...]
By Madeline Zick Now, more than ever, we rely on our phones and mobile devices to engage in the digital and physical world. These mobile technologies have enhanced our fitness and wellness routines, and they have begun to revolutionize how we manage our health and interact with our doctors as [...]