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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Health Populi

The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019. For this research, AARP worked with Ipsos to survey (online) 2,607 people ages 50 and over in June and July 2019.

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Prelude to Health 2.0 2019: Thinking Consumers At the Center of Digital Health Transformation

Health Populi

2019 will feature examples of all of these technologies and services. ” We’re at a turning point in the post-Facebook/Cambridge Analytica and Equifax breach environment, where patients and consumers still believe their health care providers and doctors are their most-trusted data steward. This week, Health 2.0

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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. The fact is that HIPAA may not cover all of these data flows. This is continued evidence that in 2019 and the near-term future, Amazon continues to “prime” consumers for experience.

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3 Ways that Telehealth Improves the Patient Experience

iSALUS Healthcare

Providers are constantly searching for methods to increase patient engagement and improve the patient experience. When patients are actively engaging with their providers, they are involved in the necessary communication and collaboration it takes to maintain a healthy lifestyle and improve health outcomes.

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Most Consumers Are Interested in Using a Voice Assistant for Some Type of Health Care

Health Populi

adults 18 and over in September 2019. In 2019, few health care providers have adopted voice assistants into their workflows. The report calls out one big barrier to early adoption especially among hospitals and physicians: concerns about privacy and HIPAA compliance. The study polled 1,004 U.S.

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Vital Surpasses 1,000,000 Users with AI-Powered Care Experience Technology

Digital Health Global

By transforming complex, fragmented health care data into simple, beautiful digital experiences, we’ve been able to achieve the type of growth and impact I’ve dreamed of since we founded Vital in 2019. Given this volume, Vital is poised to improve the patient experience for millions more. Of those, 18.6

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Vital Secures $24.7 Million in Series B Funding to Advance Its Artificial Intelligence-Driven Software for Patients, Hospitals and Health Systems

Healthcare IT Today

Funding to Accelerate Reach of Solutions, Already on Pace to Impact One Million Patient Lives in 2023 Vital , a leading artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital health company improving the patient experience, today announced that it has raised $24.7