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A Profile of People in Medicare Advantage Plans – HealthMine’s Survey of “Digital Immigrants”

Health Populi

As digital immigrants, older people are, in the words of Prensky’s 2001 observation, “now in the process of learning a new language.”

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

The Digital Health Corner

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) from 2001 to 2014, deaths due to overdoses in the USA were noted as: 8 fold increase due to prescription drugs. We are all aware of the opioid epidemic and the human destruction in its wake. However statistics have an impact that reaches beyond qualitative descriptions.