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Medical Tourism and The Value Of Technology In Medicine

Electronic Health Reporter

By Brooke Faulkner The phrase “medical tourism” has been coined to describe the millions of Americans who are traveling across the globe to have surgery or other medical procedures performed. The article Medical Tourism and The Value Of Technology In Medicine appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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The Wellness Economy in 2022 Finds Health Consumers Moving from Feel-Good Luxury to Personal Survival Tactics

Health Populi

The Future of Wellness in 2022 is, “shifting from a ‘feel-good’ luxury to survivalism as people seek resilience,” based on the Global Wellness Institute’s forecas t on this year’s look into self-care and consumer’s spending on health beyond medical care — looking beyond COVID-19. trillion.

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Digital Health and Technological Promise: A Sociological Inquiry

Lloyd Price

And, what are its implications for medicine and healthcare, and for individual citizens and society? Citizens’ use of digital technologies is likened to a Faustian bargain: citizens are likely to surrender something of far greater value (their personal data) than what they obtain from their use. What is ‘digital health’?

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How health IT enables safer medical travel and tourism

The Healthcare Guys

IT innovation, global medicine and frustrated medical patients drive the demand for medical travel. But telemedicine also improves patient care and the customer experience of medical travelers. How do IT innovations help provide services that medical travelers can benefit from? Then, there are smartphones.

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The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Health Populi

This big number is comprised by personal care and beauty (which had various shifts within the category in the pandemic – less color cosmetics and more skin health and hygiene), health eating and nutrition and weight loss, physical activity, and wellness tourism, among other categories. Time warp – reaching for control, health, reality.