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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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Trust Is a Key Social Currency for COVID-Embattled Consumers

Health Populi

FYI, Press Ganey, a leading health care patient experience organization, has created an impressive library of resources addressing the pandemic, linked here.]. Trusting relationships as a top-three factor grew by 50% over the proportion of people who cited in in February 2009 at the throes of the Great Recession.

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Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

Health Populi

The link in the previous sentence will take you to my post on the Fund’s 2009 report, citing a déjà vu experience of evidence that sounds all too similar to the 2022 profile]. PCPs reported offering after-hours arrangements for their patients seeking care “off-hours.” Continuity. Comprehensiveness.

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There’s More to Participatory Medicine than Doctors and Patients

Society for Participatory Medicine

There’s also evidence that increased patient satisfaction contributes to improved patient outcomes. It’s obvious that good outcomes will contribute to satisfaction, but what is not as obvious is that satisfaction with all elements of the patient experience will contribute to better outcomes (Dubina et al.,

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

Health Populi

Acxiom will host a lunch-and-learn on “Using Data to Overcome the Barriers to Patient-Driven Experience.” Ahead of HIMSS19, Acxiom published a paper on this topic , summarizing a HIMSS survey on social determinants of health and data analytics. I’ll be looking for consumer-facing solutions to lessen this fiscal-health challenge.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

In the first strategic partnership for Healthcare NExT, Microsoft worked with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to develop digital services intended to reduce drudgery for physicians and improve patientsexperiences. Since it raised its first fund in 2009, it has backed nearly 60 health-related enterprises.