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Health Consumers After COVID-19 – A View from the Consumer Technology Association

Health Populi

The pandemic has accelerated consumer trends already in motion early this year when the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) convened the annual CES 2020 in Las Vegas. What a difference a public health crisis makes, accelerating digital health beyond fitness geeks, Quantified Self adherents, and smartwatch adopters.

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How COVID-19 Is Reshaping Cities and Inspiring Healthcare Innovation

Health Populi

” This was one pillar for the public health prescription we were given to help mitigate the spread of a very tricky, contagious virus. Their report envisions a new normal for physical spaces, public transit and commuting, airports, urban infrastructure redevelopment, remote work, and public health.

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IoT and The Rise of the Machines in Healthcare

Health Populi

During the pandemic, health care providers needed to deal with the security of devices rapidly procured and deployed within institutions and also outside the walls of providers, such as in field hospitals meeting the surge of coronavirus patients. 32% of medical imaging devices were running on unsupported operating systems, and.

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Element Science Receives CE Mark & UKCA Mark for the Jewel® Patch-Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Digital Health Global

The Jewel IDE Study, a pivotal study of 305 patients presented at the American Heart Association’s 2023 Annual Scientific Sessions demonstrated significant patient compliance and protected time resulting in a high number of successful patient saves and no deaths or serious adverse events related to the device ( www.ElementScience.com/ide-study/ ).

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated. The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. The President signed the $8.3

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Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Health Populi

Omron has been one of the few consumer-facing digital health companies that has taken the long-view and done the work to file for FDA clearance for a medical-grade technology that mainstream consumers can use.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

But for those of us working with and innovating solutions for health and health care, #CES2021 was baked with health goodness , in and beyond “digital health” categories. In my consumer-facing health care work, I’ve adopted the mantra that our homes are our health hubs.