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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 1 of 5

Health Populi

We came to appreciate the connectivity was indeed a determinant of health (which I called out in the Huffington Post in July 2016). At that time, six years ago — one in two people said that experience should feel like Amazon, and another 1 in 5 said the best retail store experience (THINK: Nordstrom, REI, name your fave retailer).

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Physicians Lean In to Digital Health, Especially Telehealth and Remote Monitoring

Health Populi

doctors are using digital health tools in patient care, with quickening adoption of telehealth and remote monitoring technology, according to a study from the American Medical Association (AMA). Adoption of digital tools has grown across physicians of all ages, specialty, and gender across all technologies studied.

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2016 Was the Last Best Year for the Artificial Pancreas

Insulin Nation

We will look back at 2016 as the year that the artificial pancreas went from the theoretical to the practical, as the FDA approved at least one artificial pancreas system, at least in air quotes. There were major advancements in automated insulin delivery this year, and also a large debate over the name for such a system.

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5 Ways Health Professionals Can Save Money on MedTech

Electronic Health Reporter

In 2016, the sector was worth $147.7 One of the reasons that it is so profitable is that new medical technology can be […]. By Kayla Matthews, freelance journalist, Productivity Bytes. medtech industry is one of the most profitable in the world. billion and expected to top $173 billion by the end of 2019.

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Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Health Populi

In 2016 at CES, I spoke with Ranndy about the company’s project #GoingforZero, a public health education campaign aiming for “zero” incidence of stroke. After mental health and diabetes, heart apps rank as the third largest categories for medical apps on the market in 2017.

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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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Medical technology firms gets personal with ‘Digital Twins’

Lloyd Price

A shortage of doctors in countries such as China is also spurring demand for new AI tools to analyze medical images and the race is on to commercialize products that could shake up health care systems around the world. The size of the global medical imaging analytics software market is also expected to jump to $4.3