Manatt Digital Media – October Newsletter: Digital Health Update
- Opportunities in Connected Health and Wellness
- How Mobile Apps Will Empower Healthcare Consumers
- Client Spotlight: Five Questions With Melissa Hana, Founder and CEO of Mahmee
- The Connected Patient: Using Digital Health in Care Management (Webinar)
- Manatt Health Solutions Overview
In this newsletter, we highlight some of the ways digital technologies are transforming healthcare and the opportunities and challenges they present to individuals and businesses. We also introduce you to our team at Manatt Health Solutions, who are trusted advisors to government entities, nonprofits and private companies across the healthcare industry.
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Opportunities in Connected Health and Wellness
The healthcare industry has experienced unprecedented transformation over the last few years. Regulatory changes, combined with changing demographics and the rise of connected devices, are creating a new ecosystem of data-centric, consumer-focused business models, including mobile health and wellness service apps, home diagnostics, telemedicine and continuous lifestyle monitoring. Read more
How Mobile Apps Will Empower Healthcare Consumers
By Joel Ario, Managing Director, Manatt Health Solutions | Stuart R. Butler, Senior Fellow, Brookings
Note: According to MobiHealthNews, the number of health-centric apps has quadrupled since 2010—and Frost and Sullivan predicts that the mobile health market will exceed $390 million this year. Pew research shows that almost two-thirds of Americans now own smartphones—and 62% have used them to look up health information. In a new post for Health360, the Brookings Institution blog, summarized below, Joel Ario of Manatt Health Solutions and Stuart Butler of Brookings, a nonprofit public policy think tank in Washington, D.C., examine how the explosion in smartphone usage and mobile apps is empowering healthcare consumers as they make decisions around their healthcare coverage. Click here to read the full post.
Choosing a health plan on one of the new public or private exchanges is no easy task. That's especially true for those with medical conditions who want to be very sure the plan they enroll in will provide the services they need. Read more
Client Spotlight: Five Questions With Melissa Hana, Founder and CEO of Mahmee
Mahmee, a Manatt Digital Media client, is a digital healthcare company using predictive analytics to provide personalized, on-demand support to new mothers and infants. Mahmee members can book both in-home and virtual appointments with a growing network of highly qualified postpartum care providers, including registered nurses, board certified lactation consultants, registered dietitians, certified massage therapists, sleep trainers, emotional wellness counselors, and more. Mahmee also features a text message hotline, online support groups led by experts, and the Motherboard™—a digital content experience that evolves with mom and baby through every age and stage. Read more
The Connected Patient: Using Digital Health in Care Management (Webinar)
Digital health is transforming care delivery around the world. The global digital health market is expected to reach $233.3 billion by 2020. How does the digital health revolution translate into improved outcomes for Medicaid populations? With Medicaid the single largest payer for healthcare in every state, that's a critical question. Get the answer at "The Connected Patient: Using Digital Health in Care Management." Join us for this webinar on October 26 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET. Read more
Manatt Health Solutions Overview
Manatt Health Solutions is the first fully integrated legal, regulatory, advocacy and business advisory healthcare practice and has been consistently ranked as one of the nation's top firms in healthcare by Chambers USA. With decades of experience and 80 professionals dedicated exclusively to healthcare clients, Manatt Health Solutions advises clients across the healthcare industry, including state policymakers and agencies, payers and healthcare providers, foundations, associations, and product and service vendors, who seek to understand and adapt to the new imperatives of health reform and the industry's digital transformation. Read more