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

Health Populi

The top-demanded health consumer digital health applications included, The ability to find doctors and make appointments online, for 51% of people. The ability to access all of my health information online, 51%. 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

For some historical context, the authors (all affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania [medical school or Wharton (business school)] start with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which served up privacy protections based on the health information technology of the time.

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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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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. Consumer Technology Ownership & Market Potential Study , published by the Consumer Technology Association.

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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. Latanya found that just a few data points — which fell out of HIPAA-privacy protected flows — could re-identify a person with, say, HIV positive status, a mental health DSM-code, or degenerative disease.

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Effective Healthcare Strategies Driving Better Health Outcomes

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Examples of patient-centered strategies include shared decision making, patient education, patient feedback surveys, patient portals, and patient advisory councils. Examples of teamwork and collaboration strategies include multidisciplinary teams, care pathways, referral systems, telehealth, and health information exchange.

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How Millennials are Reshaping the Entire Healthcare Sector

Advanced Medical Reviews

Especially since millennial satisfaction with the healthcare system is lower – only 32 percent report being treated well , according to an Accenture survey – than it is for preceding generations. Millennials exhibit stronger preferences for retail clinics than older generations, according to a PNC Health survey.

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