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The future of the waiting room, and how telemedicine and mobile health could change it

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

David Berg, cofounder and chairman of the board of Redirect Health, a primary care national healthcare organization featuring telemedicine and mobile health, believes the healthcare industry should reduce unnecessary inconveniences – such as extensive travel or wait times – from the healthcare experience.

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Here’s how doctors can support medtech innovation

KevinMD

Therefore, when surgeons learn a technique and master it over the course of years and decades, it will take. Medtech companies realize that it’s not a trivial task to get a surgeon to just start using a new device. Surgeons have a great deal of responsibility, and their job involves learning a lot of techniques. Read more…. Learn more.

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Getting to a minimum viable product (MVP) health care app: Partner with physicians

KevinMD

Over the course of several years, IBM’s fledgling Watson for Oncology program has received a wide range of reviews. The article is filed under the keywords “AI,” “Watson,” “health,” “health care,” and “Doctor: This product is a piece of s**t.” Among them is a harsh critique published by Gizmodo.

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A Springtime Re-Set for Self-Care, From Fitness to Cozy Cardio: Peloton’s Latest Consumer Research

Health Populi

Sidebar: cozy cardio was popularized on (of course) TikTok by Hope Zuckerbrow. The point is that our homes have morphed into our fitness and exercise destinations, a trend turbo-charged during the pandemic (from which Peloton itself benefited… for a while) that now persists post-public health crisis.

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From Dr. Fauci to Peloton, Healthcare and Wellness Baked Into Ad Age’s Top 20 Brands for 2020

Health Populi

Among the brands that directly play into health and wellness are Dr. Fauci (yes, he’s a brand and the most-trusted voice on coronavirus science in the U.S.; The New York Times said Animal Crossing was, “the game for the coronavirus moment.” MasterClass has helped us learn new skills at home, from baking to meditating.

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

Health Populi

Key to note: the patient is at the center, receiving care at home, one of the key digital transformations of consumers during the pandemic as we morphed our homes into digital hubs for work, education, faith, cooking and baking, fitness, and of course, for health care.

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The Most Important Trends For Health in Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Report Aren’t About Health Care

Health Populi

The blurring of mobile and digital into overall business process is a meta-trend for the global economy, and certainly for the health care ecosystem. Much of this is due to the fact that U.S.

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