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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. Fast forward nine years later.

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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Health Populi

About four in 10 people 50+ are interested in “purchasing” (the word used in the AARP survey) several digital health innovations: Communicating with a health care provider that you’ve taken a medication as prescribed. Communicating other information, like blood pressure, weight, or heart health) to a health care provider.

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World Economic Forum 2024: What were the key Healthcare Technology talking points?

Lloyd Price

Prioritising Data and Digital Health: Building Resilient Healthcare Systems: Strengthening data infrastructure and adopting digital tools were presented as key strategies for preparedness against future pandemics and other health crises. The importance of data privacy and security was also underscored.

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How Telehealth & Remote Care Enable Faster, More Efficient Virtual Clinical Trials

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Larger companies may be able to more readily take on this financial risk, but the process of a clinical trial is still likely to take years , with no certain outcomes (a 2009 National Academy of Sciences study found that 75 percent of drug research costs are sunk in products that fail to move out of the clinical trial phase).

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Welcome Back Kotter: New York’s next 1115 Waiver

Docnotes

Had PPS been required to have broader governance – including community-based organizations, health plans, faith-based organizations, Health Information Exchanges, and other nonprofits, we would have had more balanced governance decision-making that would have supported the policy goals of the program more consistently statewide.