Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

adults’ use of online search for health information, along with perspectives on the U.S. healthcare system and use of connected health technologies. adults 18 and over in May-June 2018. KRC Research polled 1,700 U.S. adults), and the doctor, used by 48% of people.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Yet with that bullish supply side of digital health, there was a marked decline in peoples’ use of them in the past two years, found by Accenture in their latest health consumer survey, Digital is Transforming Health, So Why is Consumer Adoption Stalling? And, there are over 500 mentions of the word, “security.”

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

This blog appears today as part of a #HIMSS18 primer series for attendees, and the industry at large, to discuss major health IT issues that will help move health and healthcare delivery forward in 2018 – and beyond. The frequency of cybersecurity breaches in health systems is a risk factor eroding patient trust.

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HIPAA EHR Patient Experience Health Information 120

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

A few topics that pique my interest address benefits for people and their pets, AI for everyday peoples’ health, and the assertively (spot-on) titled session, “don’t build more healthtech without asking patients first.”. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows. Patient’s privacy and data security.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Although there is excitement around voice health, innovators are working to remove speed bumps to accelerate adoption: Addressing Privacy/Security. Several organizations are anxiously awaiting for HIPAA compliant voice devices. There is also a concern that the device is always listening, even without the “wake” word.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

” The last paragraph of the press release states: “All work related to Ascension’s engagement with Google is HIPAA compliant and underpinned by a robust data security and protection effort and adherence to Ascension’s strict requirements for data handling.” health care. Out-of-network costs?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2018

These findings are based on Rock Health’s survey of some 4,000 U.S. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Trust is fundamental to a consumer’s health engagement. adults; the poll was fielded in 2017.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 30, 2019

The startup uses Google Home, Amazon Echo and other smart speakers to engage patients and the elderly and connect them with their caregivers. Last summer, Best Buy put down $800 million in cash to acquire GreatCall, a mobile device that connects health and emergency response services to older people and their caregivers.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2019

The chaps were tongue-tied, and Stacey and I bonded at that moment and continue to be collegial friends and part of growing group of women-in-health-tech. Update on Stacey: she’s now Chief of Google’s Wear OS, part of Google’s ever-morphing health team). The Ava Fertility Tracker 2.0

Digital Health 240

Digital Health HIPAA Mental health Patient Experience 240

Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2018

It takes a good nudge from a provider to motivate a patient to access online medical records, found by ONC in their latest research into consumers’ use of EHRs detailed in Individuals’ use of online medical records and technology for health needs , the ONC Data Brief No. 40, published April 2018.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

A 2018 national survey found that 39% of U.S. teens and young adults say they have gone online to try to find people with health conditions similar to their own and 61% say they have read, listened to, or watched other people share about their health experiences online. Not really.

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Pharmaceuticals HIPAA BioTech Patient Experience 216

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

Philips is also expanding tele-dentistry this year , being honored at CES 2021 for this program that connects consumers to dentists which has been especially useful in the COVID-19 pandemic. Sleep has been a key theme at CES, which I began to note in 2018 in this post on prescribing sleep for health at CES.

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Digital Health Public Health Life Science Patient Experience 182

Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2019

This chart, on page 262, is important for healthcare delivery because a large proportion of the healthcare labor force is indeed foreign-born — at all levels of the system, from hyper-specialists in the operating room and research labs to home health aides helping elders with activities of daily living.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 25, 2018

We know that a top issue driving American voters to the 2018 mid-term polls was health care, in at least two dimensions: direct costs to the voters (as patients and taxpayers); and, personal and collective concerns about losing coverage due to pre-existing conditions. So much of these data flows aren’t covered by HIPAA.

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