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Faster Pace for Corporate Investments and Behavioral Health in COVID-Driven Digital Health Era

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The pace of digital health investments quickened in the first half of 2020, based on Rock Health’s look at health-tech financing in mid-year. Digital health companies garnered $5.4 billion in the first half of the year, record-setting according to Rock Health. Consumer health information.

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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

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Patients searching online for health information and health care provider reviews is mainstream in 2019. Digital health tracking is now adopted by 4 in 10 U.S. Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health.

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Physicians Lean In to Digital Health, Especially Telehealth and Remote Monitoring

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doctors are using digital health tools in patient care, with quickening adoption of telehealth and remote monitoring technology, according to a study from the American Medical Association (AMA). This survey, conducted in 2019 among 1,359 U.S. Alerts are generated as appropriate for missing or out of range readings.”

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Imperative Care Announces Formation of Stroke Recovery Digital Health Company Kandu Health

Digital Health Global

Tudor Jovin joins Kandu Health as Chief Medical Officer CAMPBELL, Calif.–(BUSINESS Through this formation as an independent company, Kandu Health will focus on its digital health platform and scale its critical patient solutions rapidly.” About Kandu Health, Inc. Kandu Health is based in Campbell, CA.

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The Growth of Emerging Consumer Electronics Categories Adds to Digital Health Platforms

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Of the $401 billion that will flow through retailers for consumer technology products, many of the fastest-emerging categories will play a role as platforms for health and medical care at home and in wearable tech. Consumer Technology Sales and Forecasts, July 2019 , from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

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Accenture Invests in Virtonomy to Help Medical Technology Companies Use Digital Twin Technology to Accelerate Time to Market for Medical Devices

Healthcare IT Today

Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures , in Virtonomy , a provider of data-driven simulations that use existing patient data and digital twin technology to bring life-saving medical devices to market more quickly. Petra Jantzer, Ph.D., Visit us at accenture.com.

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Despite Greater Digital Health Engagement, Americans Have Worse Health and Financial Outcomes Than Other Nations’ Health Citizens

Health Populi

The idea of health care consumerism isn’t just an American discussion, Deloitte points out in its 2019 global survey of healthcare consumers report, A consumer-centered future of health. The third chart arrays health consumers’ interest in price comparison tools, and it’s no surprise that one in two U.S.