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The Latest Health Technology Vision and Consumer Behavior Insights From Accenture

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Two new reports from Accenture update our understanding of the changed health consumer in the context of both “home: and the health care ecosystem. The 2020 tech vision for health is summarized here, tying to Accenture’s previous two years of forecasts.

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Telehealth Bolsters Patient Satisfaction (J.D. Power), and Providers Are Working to Catch Up (BDO)

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Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Power 2021 U.S. Commercial Member Health Plan Study. Power has conducted the U.S.

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“My Doctor’s Office” Should Accept Wearable Tech Health Data, Most Patients Say

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Note that the patient sample was limited to consumers who had seen a health care provider in the past two years and who also owned and used a personal wearable health device such as an Apple Watch or Fitbit. This proportion of folks interested in sharing their wearable health data grew from 56% in 2021 to 91% in 2023.

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Can Consumer Electronics Help Stem the Decline of U.S. Life-Years? A Preface for #CES2023

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dropped nearly three years between 2019 and 2021, from close to 79 years down to 76. Here are links to those two reports: Mortality in the United States, 2021 , and. Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 20021-2021. Life expectancy in the U.S. decline in life expectancy?

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The CES 2022 Tech Trends to Watch Have Everything To Do With Health/Care

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That AI-powered counsel can emanate from the digital health technologies, apps, and algorithms that people are increasingly using — choosing to do so on their own, as well as adopting new tools based on health care provider and wellness coach recommendations (or “prescriptions”). That’s on average.

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

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In October 2021, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, would give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry.

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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 1 of 5

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for a couple of months, having lived in and worked from Brussels, Belgium, since October 2021 (save for about ten days in March 2022). We came to appreciate the connectivity was indeed a determinant of health (which I called out in the Huffington Post in July 2016). I’ve returned to the U.S. healthcare system.