Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools. Some, but not necessarily a majority, of consumers see benefits in using digital health — primary for wellness and prevention, and to get a better understanding of personal health.

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Health Populi

MAY 2, 2019

The supply side of digital health tools and tech is growing at a hockey-stick pace. There are mobile apps and remote health monitors, digital therapeutics and wearable tech from head-to-toe. Today in America, electronic health records (EHRs) are implemented in most physician offices and virtually all hospitals.

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2019

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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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

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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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Now, to the news… and what it means… Start with Kroger and Hy-Vee, national grocery chains, both of which are expanding their health care reach via pharmacists’ licensure practice expansions, and new concepts of mobile health. The American Pharmacists Association offers additional insights on the program here.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

This month’s October 2019 study finds a cohort of Boomers and older peers few of whom have actually used telemedicine — only one in seven people over 50 said their providers offered care via telehealth, and only 4% of people had a telehealth visit in the past year. It’s not enough to build/offer digital health tech to patients.

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