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How Virtual Care Will Play Out in 2022 – a Look Post-CES and JPM

Health Populi

Two big conferences that kicked off 2022, CES and JPMorgan, provide some of these points to consider. broadband households owned a connected health device, and 25 percent owned a connected medical device. broadband households had a health condition sensitive to indoor air quality, and one-third of U.S.

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How Coronavirus Is Re-Shaping Consumer Behavior, From the Amusement Park to the Voting Booth

Health Populi

Sarah Shevenock’s write-up of the poll commented that many companies, from CNN to Facebook, have cut work travel and conference holding and attendance, in the short run. Sidebar: his son-in-law Jared Kushner spoke on interoperability at HIMSS two years ago]. TIME magazine covered this yesterday in a mainstream media story.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

About 1 in 2 patients now receive treatment at home instead of going to a provider’s office, using virtual tools like video conference calls (“Zoom-ing” for medical care), online chat, and mobile health apps downloaded on smartphones.

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

Health Populi

The four top trends to watch for this week at CES 2022 are transportation, space tech, sustainable technology, and digital health, based on Steve Koenig’s annual read-out that kicks off this largest annual conference featuring innovations in consumer electronics.

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What HealthyThinker Is Thinking About Health at CES 2020

Health Populi

The signal that CTA “hearts” health this is year is that CTA is partnering with the American College of Cardiology to grant physicians attending CES to earn Continuing Medical Education credits as part of a new “Disruptive Innovations in Health Care” conference.

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News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

Health Populi

One of the long-time exhibitors at CES is Withings, who once again showed off a host of new-new things for personal health and wellness at CES 2020. Well-known for its direct-to-consumer connected health devices in the forms of weight scales and fitness watches, Withings announced focused on sleep and heart health in its CES 2020 launches.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app.