The Digital Health Update by Paul Sonnier ⋅ Mar 12, 2017 ⋅ #264

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The Digital Health Update by Paul Sonnier ⋅ Mar 12, 2017 ⋅ #264

Dear Group,

The Trump administration and Republican lawmakers put forth an Obamacare (Affordable Care Act (ACA)) replacement plan known as the “American Health Care Act” and it is being roundly opposed by organizations from the American Medical Association to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). The projections are that it would not only result in 10 million fewer having health insurance, but also result in a $600B handout almost entirely to already-wealthy Americans. In one astonishing comment, Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), said that Americans, “Rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and they wanna go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest it in their own health care.” There’s just a few problems with this: Not only is a smartphone an essential tool for modern living, it’s also becoming critical for health and healthcare, even clinical trials. How many of us make a doctor appointment with our phone or use it as a vital connection with family, employers, and emergency services? Simply put, iPhones are not the reason people lack healthcare. In fact, it would take 23 iPhone 7 Pluses to equal two year’s worth of health care insurance premiums and deductibles.

And when it comes to fostering digital health utilization and innovation, as Neil Versel points out in Forbes, unlike the ACA, the GOP’s healthcare plan is silent on health IT innovation and care delivery.

While digital tools in professional sports are widely used for training and improving athletic performance off the field and on the sidelines, their in-game on-field has been prohibited. But in a first, Major League Baseball approved WOOP’s wearable tech device to measure biometrics of professional baseball players. The WHOOP device measures sleep, recovery, and muscle strain to the tune of 100 megabytes of data a day. Company founder Will Ahmed calls it “Moneyball 2.0”.

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