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Mobile Health and Data Safety: Convenience vs. Privacy

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Technology may be revolutionizing the healthcare industry but while mobile health applications and cloud-based management are convenient, many think they may be compromising the privacy of healthcare data. It’s also important to note that mobile health isn’t just for patients either. Preventative Measures.

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How telemedicine can help patients and solve physician burnout

KevinMD

In 2015, I had to beg doctors to work in telemedicine. I have been practicing telemedicine successfully for four years. Because so many doctors were wary of it, I started to get licensed in multiple states, and now, I have 15 state licenses. Well, what a difference a few years makes. Now, in 2019, I […].

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. broadband households in 2020 from 17% in 2015.

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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Health Populi

Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health. Rock Health’s top-line findings were that: Patient-generated health data creates opportunity, and potential challenges. of total consumers, followed by: 9.6%

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Digital Health Tools Are Finding Business Models – IQVIA’s 2021 Read on the Health of Digital Health

Health Populi

The range of clinical areas covered by these apps is shown in the “wheel” above, illustrating that mental and behavioral health, diabetes, heart and cardiovascular, digestive system, and respiratory applications together represented over one-half of the digital health categories and disease states in 2021.

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5 Healthcare Industry Issues of 2016: Part 1

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Thanks to the annual Healthcare Issues report by the Health Research Institute of PricewaterhouseCooper (that highlights 10 major issues for the healthcare industry), we are able to take a deeper look into what the New Year may hold for the healthcare industry as a whole. The Mobile Health Revolution. The M Word.

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As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks

Health Populi

This coverage line item is fast-growing, from the 27% low mark in 2015 of large companies covering telemedicine to 63% in 2017 and 74% in 2018. While this is an impressive number in terms of companies offering remote health options to workers, few workers actually take advantage of this benefit, KFF found in a separate analysis.