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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools. Some, but not necessarily a majority, of consumers see benefits in using digital health — primary for wellness and prevention, and to get a better understanding of personal health.

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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. Communicating other information, like blood pressure, weight, or heart health) to a health care provider.

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Open Table for Health: Patients Are Online For Health Search and Physician Reviews

Health Populi

Seeking health information online along with researching other patients’ perspectives on doctors are now as common as booking dinner reservations and reading restaurant reviews, based on Rock Health’s latest health consumer survey, Beyond Wellness for the Healthy: Digital Health Consumer Adoption 2018.

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Most Consumers Are Interested in Using a Voice Assistant for Some Type of Health Care

Health Populi

The report calls out one big barrier to early adoption especially among hospitals and physicians: concerns about privacy and HIPAA compliance. The top interest health care categories for voice assistants are asking about illness symptoms above all, cited by one-third of consumers.

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How One Hospital System Baked Love Into Their Health App

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On July 18, 2017, Neil Gomes, Chief Digital Officer at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, tweeted this: When I saw this tweet, I was especially struck by Gomes’s phrase, “Designed & developed with heart/love by my @DICEGRP.”

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It’s Not All About Pink for Women’s Tech at CES 2019

Health Populi

I assert this through my health lens, as well as health-economic perspective. Start with Fitbit, among the most mature digital health suppliers featured at CES over time. I met Stacey Burr who led adidas digital sports group way back when, at CES in the Zip era. She and I were among the only women in the room.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

To address that challenge, in 2017 PLM secured a $100 million (controlling interest) investment from iCarbonX , a Chinese company that is amassing patient data to discover cures for disease. There could be a similar discussion around how the players in the health care system are evolving. Not really.