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Trust-Busted: The Decline of Trust in Technology and What It Means for Health

Health Populi

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.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. Fast forward nine years later.

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ActiGraph to Discontinue GT9X Link Wearable Device

ActiGraph

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.

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

Health care, through telehealth, health education, and wearable sensors that make up the Internet of Things for medical and healthcare. His vision was spelled out in this illustration, portraying broadband’s potential impact as a “force multiplier” to drive innovation and help the underserved.

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Data Well-Being: A Pillar of Health Citizenship for US Consumers

Health Populi

.” Concerns about consumer-generated data and third-party data brokers’ and others’ potential to exploit the information outside of pure health care uses is not a new-new thing. ” Health citizenship for Americans sits on several pillars, and data well-being is one of them.

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

The Digital Health Corner

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.

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New Sleep Therapy Company Primasun Combines Sleep Technology & Sleep Research

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Primasun is a newly formed digital care company offering an end-to-end, clinically-supported solution for addressing complex sleep disorders. Do you have questions about being employed or looking for employment from a digital health company? Accepting Telehealth Jobs: 5 Big Legal & Ethical Mistakes to Avoid.