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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

The pandemic ushered in millions of peoples’ first digital health experiences, many of which will persist according to the 23rd Annual U.S. CTA conducted an online survey among 2,409 U.S. While connected fitness was gauged in 2019, the other three categories were new to the 2021 study. In 2020, one-fourth of U.S.

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Connected Health Conference: Digital Health’s Opportunity to Capture a Positive View of Aging

Chilmark Research

The Connected Health Conference and its predecessor events, the Partners HealthCare’s Connected Health Symposium and the Personal Connected Health Alliance’s Connected Health Conference (a HIMSS event), aim to frame digital health advancements in the context of improving clinical care delivery as well as personal engagement.

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Most Health Consumers Expect Technology To Play a Larger Role As Tech-Angst & Privacy Concerns Grow

Health Populi

We know web-search for health information — seeking advice on symptoms, prescription drugs, or diagnoses — has been a mainstream behavior for most consumers for several years. The third chart from the GlobalWebIndex survey asks, “how do consumers feel about sharing their data?”

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The Reluctance of Consumers to Share Personal Information – The Challenge of Data for Health “Blurring”

Health Populi

As these latter technologies developed and generated lots of digital data, researchers, clinicians, and third parties have mashed up the information for wellness and medical and other reasons that have had nothing to do with the context of health/care. A new Ipsos survey of U.S.

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Ochsner Leverages Retail, Connected Health Tools & Apple Watch to Engage Consumers

Consumer eHealth Engagement

As an innovative healthcare organization, Ochsner, a large Louisiana- based health network with 12 hospitals, 40 clinicians and an a 1,000+ Physician Group Practice, is committed to helping consumers use mobile and wearable connected health tools for self- management and care collaboration. Apple Watch for Patient Pilot.

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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Populi

I interviewed Fred for research I was conducted on behalf of the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) in 2014. In researching the thorny privacy issues for HealthConsuming, I learned the phrase “a concerned embrace of technology” from Deloitte’s 2017 survey of U.S. mobile consumers.

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Six Health and Aging Technology Blog Posts from October 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

There’s the 2017 AARP report that surveys caregivers about what they want from technology -- they are interested in but not currently using. The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC/AARP) report is dated 2014 – and focuses on a vision for what caregiving technology should be. If necessary, refine tactics. Read more here.

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