Executive Briefings | January 11, 2017
Digital Health – What Physicians & Consumers Want
Recently, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced a new set of principles that will guide its advocacy for coverage, payment, and financial incentives to support “the use of mHealth apps and associated devices, trackers and sensors by patients, physicians" (see AMA Adopts Principles to Promote Safe, Effective mHealth Applications). AMA Immediate Past President Steven J. Stack, M.D. said the purpose of these new guidelines is:
…to foster the integration of digital health innovations into clinical practice by promoting coverage and payment policies . . .