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

care innovations

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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Weekender 6/15/18

HIStalk Weekender

Digital health / telemedicine is going to be the cheap, low-quality option that serves the masses while high-touch, in-person visits with an actual physician is going to be the gold standard that is expensive in 10 years. The VA announces plans to create a device implant registry. Best Reader Comments.

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