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Nurses are the most trusted profession in America, followed by doctors and pharmacists

Health Populi

Nurses rank top in Americans’ minds for the seventeenth year-in-a-row, Gallup found in its annual survey of honesty and ethics in professions. At the bottom of the list for honesty and ethics in 2018, Gallup points to U.S. Congress-folk and car salespeople have ranked at the low-trust bottom for many years in this Gallup poll.

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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

Health Populi

Furthermore, voice technologies are “making noise,” according to Deloitte in A New Era in Mobile Continues, the 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey : US Edition. Note in the first bar chart that in 2018, 89% of those 45-54 and 74% of people 55 and over have “ready access” to a smartphone. which 1 in 2 U.S.

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Consumers Are Looking For Greater Telehealth Access

Clocktree

According to a 2018 survey conducted by Ernst and Young, more than 50% of 2500 consumers are already using the telemedicine technology available to them through their healthcare providers. However most of these patients do not have access to all the telehealth options they are hoping for.

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Telehealth Technology Summit 2018

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Join us for the inaugural Telehealth Technology Summit 2018! This event will be held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 12 – 13, 2018. When it comes to telehealth, the right equipment & connectivity can make or break a program. Registration Sponsorship.

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Wearable, Shareable, Virtual: The Demands of the Digital Health Consumer in 2018

Health Populi

As I wrote here in April 2017, telehealth and virtual healthcare are mainstreaming. This week at the 2018 annual HIMSS conference, telehealth is playing a mainstream role in discussions about right-sizing and right-placing healthcare. adults 18 years of age and over between October 2017 and January 2018 for this survey.

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Geisinger's journey to greatly expanded telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Raichura, director of the center for telehealth at Geisinger. This telehealth expansion would feature in-home care, when feasible, and broadband access to help ensure care is delivered in a timely and safe manner. Between March 16, 2020, and March 20, 2022, it completed more than 784,000 telehealth visits. " Tejal A.

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More than 70 orgs urge DEA: Revise telehealth controlled substance rules

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Our experience during the pandemic was that telehealth meant our member psychiatrists were able to treat more patients, which was critical as we faced a mental health crisis,” said APA CEO and Medical Director Dr. Saul Levin in a statement. THE LARGER TREND.