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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

In another lens on consumer health tech, CTA examined consumers health & wellness product ownership for air purifiers, smart/connected health monitoring devices, connected sports and fitness equipment, and UV light wand or container-based sanitizers. In 2020, one-fourth of U.S. About one in four U.S.

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The 'internet of healthy things' poses unique privacy challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Connected Health Initiative Senior Policy Counsel Brian Scarpelli believes that the virtual care environment is here to stay. Pritts noted that HIPAA is quite broad – but it doesn't apply to the entirety of health IoT. Fitness trackers, meanwhile, are a gray area.

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

While I will miss meeting with technology developers and colleagues in person, I have meetings set-up via phone, Zoom, and Teams to brainstorm updates and trends with my key trusted touchpoints in health IT. One pillar of that trust is privacy.

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FSAs and HSAs Miss Opportunities to Help Americans

Connected Health Initiative

Do you have a guess when menstrual products were first categorized as allowable expenses for health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs)? Not covering these types of health devices now does not just cost us today but will cost us in the future as well.

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

Health Populi

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 hype cycle curve is shown here, and the top five trends have implications for health care and digital citizenship.

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

Health Populi

“Digital transformation” is the corporate strategy flavor of the moment across industries, and the health are sector isn’t immune from the trend. As this 13th year of the annual Health 2.0 Deven and Vince will teach me more on this evolving challenge that touches all of us.

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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference

E-CareManagement

Robert Havasy, Senior Director, Connected Health, HIMSS. Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Health Economist, Advisor, Trend Weaver, THINK-Health & Founder, Health Populi blog. Mark Savage, Director, Center for Digital Health Innovation, University of California, San Francisco. Steven R. .