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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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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. Food systems, and finally.

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Global Healthcare Analytics Strategic Business Report 2023: Market to Surpass $200 Billion by 2030

Digital Health Global

Global competitiveness and key competitor percentage market shares Market presence across multiple geographies – Strong/Active/Niche/Trivial MARKET OVERVIEW Impact of Covid-19 and a Looming Global Recession Year 2021 in Review and Near Term Outlook World Economic Growth Projections (Real GDP, Annual % Change) for 2020 through 2023 COVID-19 Broadens (..)

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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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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

And the data generated through our phones and smartwatches and wearable devices and smart gym equipment has everything to do with our health and wellbeing when combined with other data. Remember that digital health literacy is a “super determinant of health.”

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Health Populi

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. Fast forward to 2023 and ECRI’s latest take on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023. Year after year, some challenges persist, and these are shown in the last chart here from the 2023 report.

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Telehealth Partnership Puts Cleveland Clinic On The Road to Virtual Hospital Deployment

Healthcare IT Today

The Cleveland Clinic, which has worked with telehealth vendor American Well since 2014, has been delivering routine care and access to a small selection of specialists. At first glance, the news item didn’t seem that noteworthy.