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What Are Patients Looking for in a Doctor? It Depends on Who You Ask…and Their Race

Health Populi

When asked to rank what characteristics patients want in their physicians, more Black patients identified the doctor’s respect for an sensitivity toward my gender, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status along with providing easy access to technologies such as online scheduling and telemedicine.

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Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Fourteen professional healthcare, life science, and consumer organizations formed the Digital Health Collaborative to advance evidence and value in digital health technology. The news isn’t all good, as ONC noted in a blog post , as 68% of vendors are also using some form of proprietary APIs as well.

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The Growing Pet Economy – What It Means for Human Health, Well-Being, and Healthcare Costs

Health Populi

Reviewing this new paper inspired me to explore the current state of the pet/health market and implications for their human families, my weaving of various stories explored in this Health Populi blog post. That’s how I’m looking at this phenomenon.

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Empathy Is As Important as the Medical Treatment – the 2021 Accenture Health Experience As Backdrop to HIMSS 2021

Health Populi

But with digital health adoption gains has come some ambivalence and mixed signals, Accenture has discovered in its 2021 Health and life Sciences Experiences Survey released this week during the HIMSS Annual Conference.

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Our Homes as HealthQuarters – Finding Health and Well-Being at CES 2023

Health Populi

The huge opportunity for leveraging digital twin technology in health and life science research, and this year Dassault Systems will detail the company’s offering for “virtual twins” in and beyond health/care applications. Among many other developments, I’ll be digging into…. In the meantime…welcome to your new HealthQuarters!

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Let’s Save the Date and Make Patient Engagement Official in 2022

Society for Participatory Medicine

Healthcare stakeholders such as health systems, pharmaceutical companies, biotech and life sciences firms, and insurance companies serve patients as end users. Market forces drove acceleration in digital health, specifically telemedicine, which were sorely needed for several years. Did you enjoy this post?

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

Health Populi

I covered this announcement in the Health Populi blog at the time, and today want to double-down on the significance of Ford’s leading presence at #CES2022. . “This marks the first time in CES history that a healthcare company will take the mainstage for a keynote at the show,” CTA’s press release stated.