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

Health Populi

The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019. For this research, AARP worked with Ipsos to survey (online) 2,607 people ages 50 and over in June and July 2019.

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Hiding Hypos, Viruses and Type 1, BMI and Insulin

Insulin Nation

Pouring over Taiwan’s national health data, the researchers found that the likelihood of developing Type 1 diabetes jumped 50% when a child had been infected with an enterovirus in the past. Using a large-scale 2009 health survey, the researchers found that having just one chronic condition makes it 1.5

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Latinos and Diabetes: The Need for Outreach

Insulin Nation

According to a recent American Diabetes Association analysis of diabetes health data, 52.5% Unfortunately, public health experts warn, there are multiple barriers to providing these communities with the tools needed for effective diabetes care, and failure to meet the diabetes needs of Hispanics and Latinos is draining the U.S.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Venki Subramanian , SVP Product Management at Reltio When data is missing, inaccurate, incomplete, or misdirected, it can have severe, sometimes life-altering impacts. A significant oversight in the 2009 legislation, however, was the lack of a standardized framework for EHRs.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

This summer, Apple opened Health Records API to health IT innovators to enable them to create apps that utilize the data. So let’s take inventory: software for medical research, new sensor technology that provides activity data and remote diagnostics, health records, medical clinics and a powerful soft asset – consumer trust.

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Join the VA’s “Open API Pledge” session at Health Datapalooza

Society for Participatory Medicine

Intent: Encourage health organizations to open up their health data models (EHRs, pharmacy, research, etc.) Outcome: Patient centered transparent data sharing for all patients as they interact with health organizations – from initial contact to appointment with provider to ancillary follow up actions.

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