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HIMSS 2019: The Mainstreaming of Health IT, from Jim Cramer to Opioid Risk Scores

Health Populi

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. At that moment in the Twitterverse, it occurred to me that health IT as a consumer-facing industry was beginning to mainstream in America. Here’s what I wrote. Why is this so important?

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

Health Populi

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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Health IT implementation best practices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Apps, big data, social, mobile and open APIs foretell disruption that could emerge from inside or outside the traditional health IT space. by Bill Siwicki March 07, 2019. by Bill Siwicki February 27, 2019. by Bill Siwicki March 14, 2019. by Bill Siwicki March 20, 2019.

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Focus on Technology for Older Adults Sharpens in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

2019 Technology Market Overview is online this week. Here are four updated premises from the 2019 Market Overview of Technology for Older Adults : 1. Caregiving demands of an aging population drive policy change in 2019. Tech adoption among the oldest has not kept pace with technology improvements.

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Many Hospitals Still Holding Out On Direct Health Information Sharing

Healthcare IT Today

However, at least when this data was collected in 2019, hospitals were still playing their little passive-aggressive game where they make the data available to […].

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Physicians More Bullish On the Benefits of Digital Tools for Patient Care, the AMA Tells Us

Health Populi

Most doctors see the advantages of digital health tools like telehealth, consumers’ access to their health information, and point-of-care workflow solutions, the American Medical Association found in a survey of 1300 physicians, published in September 2022.

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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Certainly, few could have guessed, as we rang out 2019, just what 2020 would have in store for the U.S. Here's what execs from some leading health IT vendors think about the most pressing challenges – and big opportunities – of the year ahead. healthcare system. Supply chain: Machine learning insights.

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