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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. Under the current privacy regime of HIPAA for healthcare, indeed, we are. legislators can get on the same privacy page.

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Data Well-Being: A Pillar of Health Citizenship for US Consumers

Health Populi

adults 18 and over in mid-June 2020 to gauge peoples’ perspectives on health data and privacy. Years ago, the Harvard Privacy Project led by Latanya Sweeney at the time had addressed privacy as, “the sword and the shield of public health.” The Harris Poll conducted the study among 2,065 U.S.

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S. But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates.

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Those advertising companies include Google, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, and many more, which are immune to HIPAA violations because they are not covered entities. A 2019 study documented that 20% of LatinX smartphone users were more likely to use a health app than Caucasians. ” JMIR Mental Health 7, no. What Is Privacy?,

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Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Health Populi

PwC explored how COVID-19 is influencing consumers’ health care behaviors in survey research conducted in early April by the Health Research Institute. The findings were published in a May 2020 report , detailing study findings among 2,533 U.S. adults polled in early April 2020.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

Accelerate digital health. Secure health data (updating privacy/HIPAA). Health Populi’s Hot Points: Everyone of Manatt Health’s ten imperatives are spot-on in this moment as we segue from Our Covid Year of 2020 to the Covid Year of 2021. Help our children achieve their potential.

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

The January 2020 Health Affairs published a paper on Primary Care Physicians’ Role in Coordinating Medical and Health-Related Social Needs in Eleven Countries. Primary care promotes effective communication with patients and encourages the role of the patient as a partner in health care.