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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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Consider tech adoption trends to contemplate what might be next

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Will results change when older adults are surveyed later this year? So if this is the baseline of adoption, what’s next when the surveys come around again? Their latest surveys about smartphone and broadband, as with the Caregiver study, were completed in 2019. Health-related technology adoption. Technology Adoption -- AARP.

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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

Ahead of HIMSS19, Acxiom published a paper on this topic , summarizing a HIMSS survey on social determinants of health and data analytics. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows. I found this tweet of mine from 2009 about Apple and Epic’s collaboration for a mobile EHR. That was tweeted ten years ago.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

Fragmented Healthcare Data is Costly for Patients and Providers Signed into law by President Obama in 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) mandated the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) across healthcare systems.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Since it raised its first fund in 2009, it has backed nearly 60 health-related enterprises. This year there was job posting for a HIPAA compliance lead for the Alexa team. This summer, Apple opened Health Records API to health IT innovators to enable them to create apps that utilize the data.

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Weekender 5/17/19

HIStalk Weekender

A large survey of clinicians finds that the #1 predictor of positive EHR experience is training, with EHR personalization also being a major contributor. Weekly News Recap. Cerner will connect its systems to state prescription drug monitoring databases via DrFirst. Disruption Please ). Love Fishin Too ). billion.

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