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Aktivolabs joins Innovators’ Network at American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation

Digital Health Global

The Center is focused on building and fostering health technology relationships to develop innovative and scalable solutions. The Innovators’ Network is a health care technology consortium that connects entrepreneurs, providers, researchers, and payers. ” About Aktivolabs.

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Healthcare Information In-Security Is the New Normal

Health Populi

Three-fourths of healthcare providers experienced a data breach in 2017, according to the HIMSS 2018 Cybersecurity Survey. Health data insecurity is the new normal. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Concerns about cybersecurity in healthcare have reached the U.S.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

Looking for health information online is just part of being a normal, mainstream health consumer, according to the third Rock Health Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey published this week. By 2017, 8 in 10 U.S. adults were online health information hunters. adults; the poll was fielded in 2017.

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Investors are pouring billions of dollars into Smart Home HealthTech in 2019

Lloyd Price

Enthusiasm for home health technologies continues to mount, fueled by the aging population, demands for personalized healthcare and convenience, population health efforts and the shift to value-based care. billion in 2017, according to ResearchAndMarkets. Roughly a quarter of Kaiser Permanente’s $3.8

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Five Reasons why the FDA got it Right with Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

Innovation and improvements in digital health occur at lightning speed in comparison to other FDA regulated industries and require different approval and oversight strategies (see below). The Action Plan is a major step in the right direction because it recognizes digital health’s unique attributes which span both IT and clinical arenas.