Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: This 21-year low for the tech industry has implications for health care as digital health technology blurs into everyday healthcare the way “e-business” and the Internet melted into our daily work and personal life-flows.

Public Health 413

Public Health Digital Health Health Technology Mobile Health 413

ActiGraph

AUGUST 23, 2023

Effective August 23, 2023, ActiGraph is discontinuing the sale of one of our wearable digital health technology (DHT) devices, the GT9X Link. Originally launched in 2014, the GT9X Link is a multi-sensor wearable device that has been used to collect actigraphy data in clinical research studies across public health and academia.

Public Health 85

Public Health Digital Health Health Technology 85

The Digital Health Corner

JANUARY 19, 2017

After a hiatus I am returning to my beloved Digital Health Corner. In a previous post I discussed important public health issues that digital technology can address. The classification of substance abuse as a chronic condition by the ACA has implications with regards to digital health.

Digital Health 60

Digital Health Health Technology Mental health Pharmaceuticals 60

Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. While technology is embedded in this list, the headlines have more to do with social, mental, and behavioral health than pure-play technology and devices.

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Mental health Nursing Health Technology Leadership 188