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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

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What’s next with Voice tech and seniors?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

According to eMarketer’s newest report Better Be Nice to the Boomers , the 55+ population specifically has increased its digital spending 47%. Like the increasingly rare stereo speaker in the home, the smart speaker is a connected appliance. For those that have them, they are being used daily. What’s holding the others back?

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Isn’t It Eyeconic? Vision Care in the Evolving Health Care Ecosystem

Health Populi

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. I was grateful to have an opportunity to share my views with attendees on the vision patient as health consumer through the health economic lens.

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Focus on Technology for Older Adults Sharpens in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

When assembling the 2019 tenth anniversary version, it was apparent that this year reflects change -- in the supply-demand balance in the overbuilt senior housing market, in policy changes driving health care services into the home, in market forecasts, and in the mix of vendors who serve the market. Seniors are working longer.

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Sampling technology for managing diabetes

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Diabetes is a critical health problem. Coaching: Numerous websites offer online, remote coaching – like Omada Health , Diabetes Strong personal coaching , Integrated Diabetes Services , and reversing Type 2 Diabetes (Verta) and studies that demonstrate reversal , even without weight loss.

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Voice, health, wellbeing -- notes from January 2020 report

Aging in Place Technology Watch

From a sheer quantity standpoint, the plethora of devices from Amazon (claiming sales of 100 million gadgets at the end of 2018, plus a dozen new ones introduced for the 2019 holiday sales period) captures the stampede nature of the market. Amazon’s release of HIPAA compliance tools has made personalizing the interaction feasible.

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Considering Technology Adoption -- AARP’s 2008 Healthy@Home

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The iPhone had just been released in June of 2007, so this survey did not ask about smartphone use – there was no Digital Health (a " check engine light for your body! "); the Longevity Economy hadn’t been invented; Fitbit was a 2007 new clip-on tracker , and Facebook was still a campus toy. That was the good news.