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

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Furthermore, voice technologies are “making noise,” according to Deloitte in A New Era in Mobile Continues, the 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey : US Edition. I’ve mined the US data of this global survey to divine insights for health/care. In 2018, one in five U.S. which 1 in 2 U.S.

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A Public Health Wake-Up Call: Reading Between the Lines in IQVIA’s 2023 Use of Medicines Report

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It’s a volume speaking volumes on the current picture of prescribed meds, spending and revenues, health care utilization trends, and a forecast looking out to 2027. health care: “Wake up, public health!” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Life expectancy in the U.S.

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Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2

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feel this way, up from 56% in 2018 and 2019. Sadly, the APA survey found that in just one month, between May and June 2020, the percent of black Americans reporting discrimination is a significant source of stress grew from 42% in May to 55%. Furthermore, 4 in 5 people in the U.S. In this pandemic era, the U.S.

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COVID-19 telemonitoring tool adapted to prevent heat-related illness

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Extreme heat has a significant impact on public health. A recent study published in Nature found 37% of deaths related to heat exposure around the world between 1991 and 2018 were related to global warming caused by humans. Europe had its second warmest July on record this year, with temperatures 1.4 THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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The Growing State of Diabetes in America on World Diabetes Day 2018

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November 14, 2018, is World Diabetes Day , and the International Diabetes Federation reminds us that this condition impacts the whole household — not just the person diagnosed with diabetes. patients have skipped insulin doses or monitoring due to costs, an Upwell Health survey found. Why the family?

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

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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 research findings come out of a survey conducted among 1,513 14-to-22-year-old’s in the U.S. Some 8 in 10 younger people in the U.S.

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Physicians Don’t Talk Enough with Patients About Non-Medical Needs

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The Doctor-Patient Conversation , a survey conducted for the Samueli Foundation by the Harris Poll, examined how patients feel about their health, healthcare, and relationships with physicians. ” The Harris Poll surveyed 2,027 U.S. online adults 18 and older in September 2018.