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

Health Populi

The first chart details what younger people, ages 14 to 22, searched online in 2018 compared with 2020. sought health information online in 2020, a slight decline from 2018. More young women than young men looked for health info online, as well as more Hispanic/Latinx and White youngers compared with Blacks.

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

Health Populi

Most of these live video calls were also done through a service offered by consumers’ health care providers (doctors/clinicians), followed by services offered by insurance companies. In 2018, consumers’ tracking of at least one health metric crossed over from an analog method to digital tracking, illustrated in the line chart.

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

Health Populi

For more on the connected car as a third-space for health care, see my post from CES 2017, Your car as a mobile health platform.

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The Demand for Self-Care At-Home Will Grow Post-Pandemic – Insights from IRI

Health Populi

Wearing our health and wellness lens, IRI’s data has shown broad-based category growth for wellness supplements since 2018, with a 10% growth rate per annum. IRI coins this post-COVID-19 preventive-health momentum, especially for functional supplements addressing stress, sleep, and hair loss.

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Consumers Want Help With Health: Can Healthcare Providers Supply That Demand?

Health Populi

And maintaining good mental health and staying on-track with health goals come close to managing uncovered costs, Oliver Wyman’s 2018 consumer survey learned. health-insured adults in July 2018. 39% of consumers would consider receiving treatment for minor medical events in a retail clinic.

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#Engage4Health: How Patients Are Morphing Into Healthcare Consumers, for #HIMSS18

Health Populi

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. Connected Care: VA, Virtual Health and the Patient Experience | #Engage4Health + #HIMSS18.

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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.