article thumbnail

As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks

Health Populi

Over the past decade the share of workers in plans with annual deductibles has grown from 59% in 2008 to 85% in 2018. The biggest cost problem is for people who are sick, Altman asserted: this is, as he observed, “the opposite of how a health system should work.” employers ask.

article thumbnail

Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

Kiosk: Telemedicine kiosks are self-sufficient mobile healthcare sites where patients can access telemedicine care in locations such as pharmacies and grocery stores, and soon potentially in airports and college campuses.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Patient Identity Management the IHE way

Healthcare Exchange Standards

Where health data are involved, mistakes in identity can be a permanent privacy violation. Interoperability solutions FHIR Profiles Mobile Health Document Sharing (MHDS) – Published 2020-05-29 Section 50.7 Where patient treatment is involved, mistakes in identity can kill. MHDS Background 50.7.4 PIX Manager Section A.8.2.2.10

article thumbnail

Review of Mobile Devices and Health by Ida Sim in the NEJM

mHealth Insight

Mobile health — the application of sensors, mobile apps, social media, and location-tracking technology to obtain data pertinent to wellness and disease diagnosis, prevention, and management — makes it theoretically possible to monitor and intervene whenever and wherever acute and chronic medical conditions occur.