Using Person-Centered Health Analytics to Live Longer: Leveraging Engagement, Behavior Change, and Technology for a Healthy Life

Epilogue

As I conclude the book, I want to wrap up a few key points, look forward to how the field may evolve over the next few years, and help you stay current with new developments. It is clear that pchA is in its infancy. Person centered health is the next challenge for health to complement patient-centered health care. The tools are version 1.0 but the pipeline and investor interest is impressive and important new products are coming to market. The intention of the book is to give the most comprehensive review of the field to date as of the end of 2014. Hopefully, the field will mature rapidly over the next few years, although the health care industry has been slow to embrace change and this is especially true about processes and technologies ...