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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

Health Populi

For most young people, the public health crisis has been more about that social distancing from friends, a collective sense of isolation, and mental and behavioral health impacts. The first chart details what younger people, ages 14 to 22, searched online in 2018 compared with 2020.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Older People Are Digital Migrants, and Best Buy Health Is Paving the Road for the Journey

Health Populi

Connecting from our homes — now our health hubs, workplaces, schools, entertainment centers, and gyms — is necessary like air and water for survival across daily life flows. Digital connectivity can ameliorate social isolation and anxiety, bolster mental health, and access needed medical care via telehealth channels.

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What the Latest Pew Consumer Data Means for #HIMSS18

Health Populi

The median American uses 3 social networking platforms in 2018. Facebook is the primary platform for most Americans who use social media in 2018: two-thirds of U.S. adults age 18 and over in early January 2018 for this study. Health Populi’s Hot Points : Health is social: isolation is a social determinant for ill health.

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

Health Populi

This places them on a very short list of connected health developers who have patiently developed clinical-grade health techs designed for the consumer market that have undergone regulatory scrutiny. 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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Join us at “Transforming Community Pharmacies in to High Street Clinics”

mHealth Insight

Transforming Community Pharmacies into High Street Clinics is a conference organised by NELLPC and will be held from 9-5pm on Thursday the 15th November 2018 at The Old Town Hall, 29 Broadway, Stratford, London, E15 4BQ. Mobile Health: enabler of empowered patients David Doherty, Co-founder and Director, 3G Doctor.

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Why telemedicine and remote patient monitoring demand will skyrocket in 2019

Redox

Oddly, even with its place in the general public’s lexicon, telemedicine utilization is still rather low. According to Deloitte’s 2018 Survey of US Physicians , only 23% of patients have had video visits and just 14% of physicians have video visit capability.