Health Populi
JANUARY 10, 2020
In Valencell’s recent survey of consumer wearable preferences , 55% of people said they’d like to monitor blood pressure, up from 46% in 2016 as shown in this bar chart from the study. One in two people would like to monitor stress and heart health, and 33% would like to monitor blood glucose levels.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 21, 2018
These policy recommendations are rooted in a tragedy: the murder of Jo Cox, the Labour MP who was murdered in 2016. And here is an important essay, quite timely to revisit from 2016, from The New Yorker on Jo Cox, the Brexit Vote, and the Politics of Murder. Jo had campaigned about loneliness, and had worked with Oxfam for many years.
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Society for Participatory Medicine
JUNE 27, 2018
Some observers say there are ulterior motives – for instance see these 30 seconds of Yale cardiologist Harlan Krumholz at Connected Health 2016, on how a health system CEO told him flat out: “You don’t understand – why would we want to make it easy for people to get their health data?
Lloyd Price
JUNE 8, 2018
Earlier this year, Nokia hinted it wanted to offload Withings, the startup it had bought for 170 million euros ($200 million) in 2016 and rebranded as Nokia Digital Health, to prioritize its network infrastructure business instead. In May 2016, two years after Microsoft had bought Nokia’s handset business for $7.2
mHealth Insight
MARCH 5, 2018
Description: This session will highlight the opportunities and challenges associated with patients generating their own health data and the role of nurses in facilitating these new technologies and data sources. Speakers include: Joe Kvedar, Vice President, Connected Health, Partners Connected Health.
Health Populi
JULY 1, 2019
Interestingly, people don’t ascribe that same power to tech companies, who have so much data on us from so many sources beyond medical claims that it makes insurers look entirely benign. Should it be? Most people want to contribute to the betterment of society, help their fellow humans, and find a way to a healthier life.
Consumer eHealth Engagement
MAY 1, 2017
She first learned from her employer about the Accolade platform and health advisor service last summer. It wasn’t until she reached out with a simple question to her health assistant that Sarah experienced the true value of having a healthcare advisor on her side. Harriet sent a text to Sam to inquire about his knee surgery.
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