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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. Under the current privacy regime of HIPAA for healthcare, indeed, we are. legislators can get on the same privacy page.

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

Health Populi

Rock Health analysts expect that wearable tech use will continue to grow with more use cases for remote health monitoring coupled with consumers and patients being incentivized to continue their use. Telehealth adoption also grew from 2017 to 2018. Live video use roughly doubled, from 19% in 2017 to 34% in 2018.

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Those advertising companies include Google, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, and many more, which are immune to HIPAA violations because they are not covered entities. A 2019 study documented that 20% of LatinX smartphone users were more likely to use a health app than Caucasians. ” JMIR Mental Health 7, no. What Is Privacy?,

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Can you identify 7 qualities of a successful telehealth program?

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Successful telehealth programs use adequate bandwidth, HIPAA-compliant software, appropriate hardware and delivery methods that meet patient needs. If you are interested in learning more about policy and reimbursement, bookmark these resources: Center for Connected Health Policy – state and national policy information.

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The Burgeoning Role Of Venture Capital In Health Care

Henry Kotula

Venture capital businesses have recently funded hundreds of startups developing technology-enabled digital health products, including wearable devices, mobile health applications, telemedicine, and personalized medicine tools. billion has been invested in digital health this decade (see Exhibit 1).

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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.

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Five Healthcare Industry Changes to Watch in 2020

Henry Kotula

Payers and providers can embrace increased data privacy by focusing on existing compliance efforts, which will require taking time to better understanding HIPAA. The average number of plans a beneficiary has access to this year will be 28, up by a whopping 50% from 2017. Consumerization of healthcare.