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Apple provides powerful insights into new areas of health

Digital Health Global

New mental health features allow users to log their momentary emotions and daily moods, see valuable insights, and easily access assessments and resources. All of these new features — and existing health features — are grounded in science and built with privacy at the core. In a recent survey, more than 30 percent of U.S.

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The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors

Health Populi

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.

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10 Healthcare Organizations Ask HHS to Postpone Information Blocking Deadline

Healthcare IT Today

They also highlight that many of the health IT and EHR vendors haven’t updated their systems in order for their users to comply with the regulation. 39% of those surveyed by CHIME said that they were concerned about receiving an upgrade of their health IT system in time to comply.

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Citizen’s data, healthcare and trust

Lloyd Price

Health data has informed a central part our NHS for more than two decades, helping the informative bodies to improve services and understand health trends. However, when this data is shared with secondary bodies, does the public trust that this will be used in good faith? The programme was finally scrapped in 2016.

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Loneliness, Public Policy and AI – Lessons From the UK For the US

Health Populi

Three quarters of GPs surveyed have said they are seeing between one and five people a day suffering with loneliness, which is linked to a range of damaging health impacts, like heart disease, strokes and Alzheimer’s disease. At the center of this convergence are friends, families and peoples’ communities.

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Philips’ Future Health Index 2019 report focuses on the role digital health technology plays in improving both the clinician and patient experience

Lloyd Price

The FHI finds that, despite the majority of individuals wanting access to their digital health record (DHR) and being prepared to share it more widely with healthcare professionals, insufficient data sharing currently takes place. This is especially true for data collected by individuals themselves. in their native language.

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Bonus Features – December 18, 2022 – Half of Americans avoiding hospitals due to staffing shortages, 62% of patients don’t trust health plan info when searching for providers, and much more

Healthcare IT Today

The Federal Trade Commission released an updated Mobile Health Apps Tool created with input from ONC, OCR, and the FDA. Quantum Health released research showing its care navigation tool for employers limited healthcare cost increase to less than 1% from 2016 to 2019, compared to nearly 25% for all other companies.

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