Category Archives: Healthcare

Staying Engaged: How To Use Streaks and Weekly Goals

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Mark Feinholz

Establishing new behaviors that eventually become habits that can lead to a new identity or sense of self can be hard. Two techniques that have worked to help me stay engaged as I work towards creating new habits are streaks and weekly … Continue reading →

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A Small But Significant Patient-Centered Example

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Mark Feinholz

Digital health solutions that facilitate patient engagement must put the patient in charge, not the physician. Outside of the clinic, where health happens, in the day-in, day-out lives of people, we have to let the patient take ownership of and … Continue reading →

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Get Smart With the New Misfit Shine

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Mark Feinholz

“Don’t tell me there’s another wearable fitness tracker on the shelf” Guess what, there’s another wearable fitness tracker on the shelf at Apple. “I asked you not to tell me that.”

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To Keep Me Engaged, Make It Meaningful

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Mark Feinholz

I believe that consumer tracking devices such as the Jawbone Up and Fitbit can have a long-term positive impact by helping people to establish healthy behaviors and habits. However, at the handful of consumer health oriented conferences I’ve been to, … Continue reading →

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Behavior Change Is (maybe not so) Hard.

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Mark Feinholz

I learned something recently that I wish I had learned 10 years ago: Self-motivation is not the way to create new daily behaviors that stick. The trick is to construct a new simple habit and just let it happen. Motivation … Continue reading →

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Imagine if your health plan was …

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Mark Feinholz

Suspend your understanding of your relationship with your health insurance company as it stands today and imagine something different with me… Imagine your health plan is a wellness “club”. In addition to providing insurance to help cover the cost of … Continue reading →

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HxD 2013 Pass Giveaway Extravaganza!

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Mark Feinholz

Here are some creative healthcare ideas and thoughts of mine in response to questions posted in preparation for the Healthcare Experience Design Conference (#HxDConf) in Boston on March 25 and a possible chance to win a free pass. (I’m currently … Continue reading →

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Is this really a problem to be solved by an MD?

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Mark Feinholz

I’ve been quiet. Been working at a healthcare startup for the past year now – can’t post too much about what I’m working on, no time to post about other stuff. But this front page article in the New York … Continue reading →

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