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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

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But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking. The second chart focuses in on telemedicine adoption by channel, comparing six years of Rock Health’s consumer research.

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For Health Consumers, Trust, Privacy, & Good Experience Must Be Baked Into Digital Health Care

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In Accenture’s words, “COVID-19 forced a surge” in virtual health care following a stalling of consumers’ adoption of digital health in late 2019: by December 2019, 35% of consumers had been using mobile health apps on phones and tablets, down from 48% in 2018; and 18% of consumers int he U.S.

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

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Family premiums for health insurance received at the workplace grew 5% in 2018: to $19,616, according to the 2018 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). Over the past decade the share of workers in plans with annual deductibles has grown from 59% in 2008 to 85% in 2018.

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Older People Are Digital Migrants, and Best Buy Health Is Paving the Road for the Journey

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Nearly half assert their phone enabling them to stay connected to friends and family has increased in importance. Since starting GreatCall Rides with Lyft in 2018, three-fourths of the pilot riders have continued to patronize the service as repeat riders.

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

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Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health. The proportion of people willing to share data with research institutions fell by 44% to 34% in the two years, and with health tech companies, flat at 23% between 2018-2019.

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Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

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Using digital health tech is a new normal for U.S. consumers, including Seniors, found in the 2018 digital health consumer survey from Deloitte. The title of the report, “Consumers are on board with virtual health options,” summarizes the bullish outlook for telehealth. Deloitte surveyed 4,530 U.S.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

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Six in 10 Americans looked for reviews of healthcare providers online, another new-normal consumer digital health activity. But only one in four people had used wearable technology for health, and one in five had participated in a live video telemedicine encounter. adults; the poll was fielded in 2017.