{"id":1622,"date":"2021-11-18T09:27:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T14:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pocket.health\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2025-05-09T16:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:02:50","slug":"the-digital-health-manifesto-patient-power-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pockethealth.com\/patient-resources\/the-digital-health-manifesto-patient-power-on-the-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Digital Health Manifesto: Patient Power on the Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There\u2019s a sea change happening in healthcare, as the old ways fall by the wayside and new ways emerge. One of the most important is the arrival of digital health tools, which give you a lot more power and flexibility in managing your own health and your family\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This is no fad &#8211; it\u2019s a broad-based and fundamental shift in the all-important question of \u201cWho knows what\u2019s going on in my health??\u201d For centuries that was naturally the doctor (and only the doctor). Today docs are still vitally important, but it\u2019s no longer true that you need to be in the dark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>This is wonderful, and all of healthcare is waking up to it.<\/li>\r\n<li>You should wake up to it too! It\u2019s easy to understand the changes;\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>there\u2019s no mystery in how to become more engaged if you want:<\/li>\r\n<li>in my own house we have a wi-fi bathroom scale, we wear sleep trackers (sleep is so important!),<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>we use apps to help when we start a diet, etc.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>But home health management is a separate issue from your medical records &#8211; seeing your own copy of what\u2019s in the doctor\u2019s office, so you can review it and share it. That\u2019s a whole different level, and it\u2019s where PocketHealth helps. It\u2019s really transformational because it lets you into the professional side of the care relationship.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cWe can perform better when we\u2019re informed better.\u201d\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>That rhyme is something I\u2019ve long used In my own work as a voice for patient power at health conferences and government meetings. It makes sense, doesn\u2019t it??\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>PocketHealth is keenly aware, though, that this isn\u2019t just part of \u201cthe digitization of everything\u201d &#8211; there\u2019s a deeper, more significant long-term shift happening.<\/li>\r\n<li>It\u2019s not just technology &#8211; there\u2019s a big shift unfolding in the culture of health and care. This change is <em>enabled <\/em>by technology &#8211; the tools we can use &#8211; but it\u2019s separate. It makes it possible for us to have more power to manage our families\u2019 health. Isn\u2019t that <em>great<\/em>???<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Culture change requires persistent persuasion. (Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn famously said, \u201cWhen you\u2019re tired of saying it, they\u2019re <em>starting <\/em>to hear it.\u201d) So in 2018 I partnered with The Medical Futurist Institute to co-author an international <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalfuturist.com\/digital-health-manifesto\/\">Digital Health Manifesto<\/a> that speaks to all audiences &#8211; physicians, governments, academics, investors and of course patients &#8211; about the forces swirling around these changes.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>The Manifesto cited \u201ctwo breakthroughs in the genesis and flow of information: access to knowledge, and digital tools which enable better health.\u201d Canada\u2019s Digital Health Week formally promotes the idea, and PocketHealth is glad to help.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The purpose of our work at PocketHealth is to improve care by making the right information available at the point of need. And clearly, there\u2019s more to it than just convenience and \u201ccool tech\u201d: it\u2019s the best way for healthcare to achieve its potential for the people you care most about.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a sea change happening in healthcare, as the old ways fall by the wayside and new ways emerge. 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