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Aging and Health Technology Watch 2020 Research – A Recap

Aging in Place Technology Watch

So 2020 was a year that produced 5 white papers and three long research reports emerge – normally not feasible with so much here-and-there travel. Voice, Health, and Wellbeing 2020. Although work is being explored in using the voice as a health diagnostic tool, most uses today are rudimentary and/or experimental.

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Aktivolabs joins Innovators’ Network at American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation

Digital Health Global

The Center is focused on building and fostering health technology relationships to develop innovative and scalable solutions. The Innovators’ Network is a health care technology consortium that connects entrepreneurs, providers, researchers, and payers. “The Harrington, M.D., ” About Aktivolabs. “It

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Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

Health Populi

In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S.

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FSAs and HSAs Miss Opportunities to Help Americans

Connected Health Initiative

Although FSAs were first introduced in the Revenue Act of 1978 , and the forerunner to HSAs became part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996, menstrual products were not an allowable medical expense until the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) in 2020!

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Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Health Populi

In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S.

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Older Adults & Virtual Reality Mental Health

Telebehavioral Health Institute

VR mental health options are discussed in the article below. Virtual Reality Mental Health. Virtual reality mental health technology can immerse patients in virtual environments that mimic outdoor environments to evoke positive mental health responses. 2019 ; van Houwelingen-Snippe et al., 2018 ; Browning et al.,

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

One gift of the pandemic was a mass recognition of and empathy for mental health – in oneself and in the larger community. More health citizens access therapy via virtual platforms at the start of the COVID-19 era in early 2020, with tele-mental health sustaining use ahead of other conditions for which people seek virtual medical services.