Connected Health, Mobile Health, Study and Telemedicine

Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

Health Populi

JANUARY 15, 2020

Physicians are evolving as digital doctors, embracing the growing role of data generated in electronic health records as well as through their patients using wearable technologies and mobile health apps downloaded in ubiquitous smartphones, described in The Rise of the Data-Driven Physician , a 2020 Health Trends Report from Stanford Medicine.

Digital Health

Digital Health Telemedicine Mobile Health Telehealth

Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

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. The study identified several key concerns about telehealth visits, shown in the graphic.

Telehealth

Telehealth Primary Care Mental health Telemedicine

Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

Parks Associates fielded this study the second half of May 2020, surveying 5,008 heads-of-broadband households balancing the sample of respondents for age, gender, income, and education. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Familiarity with virtual care breeds demand, based on the Parks Associates study.

Telehealth

Telehealth Mental health Patient Experience Public Health

A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

JULY 20, 2020

Virtual care bolstered ongoing clinical trials, a large focus of this study. 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.

Telehealth

Telehealth Mobile Health Pharmaceuticals Public Health

The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S. adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking.

Digital Health

Digital Health Mental health Health Data Telemedicine

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

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2022

A new study from CIGNA and its subsidiary MDLive touts the cost-effectiveness of telehealth to improve health outcomes, reducing the need for unnecessary lab work, reducing duplication of care, and connecting patients with high-performing providers. 55 percent of U.S. Nearly one-half of U.S.

Telehealth

Telehealth Digital Health Connected Health Mobile Health

Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

JUNE 19, 2019

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. ATA : ATA stands for the American Telemedicine Association and is the prominent professional telemedicine organization in the United States.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine mHealth HIPAA Telehealth

Consumers’ Health Concerns Grow in the Pandemic Across All Categories – And More Trust Virtual Care

Health Populi

MAY 3, 2021

Similarly, 42% of global health citizens were very or extremely comfortable with consulting a therapist online or via a mobile health app for mental health counsel and support.

Mental health

Mental health Mobile Health Digital Health Health Information

People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2022

Access to the Internet has been a key determinant of health — or more aptly, death — during the COVID-19 pandemic. Americans lacked Internet access were more likely to die due to complications from the coronavirus, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open this month. COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 were preventable.

Telehealth

Telehealth Mobile Health Public Health Connected Health

As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks

Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Thus, the main takeaway from the study, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman noted, is that rising health care costs absolutely remain a burden for employers — but a bigger problem for workers in America. Three in four large firms covers telemedicine in 2018, KFF found. in the same period. Given that wages in the U.S.

Telehealth

Telehealth Telemedicine Medical Billing Health Data

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

Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

The growth of virtual care and telehealth, adoption of wearable technologies ( discussed here in Health Populi in yesterday’s coverage of the Capgemini health consumer study), and growing use of the cloud were all shown off at CES 2020.

Public Health

Public Health Digital Health Connected Health Health Technology

Most Workers and their Employers Want to Receive Digital Healthcare On-Demand

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Most employers and their workers see the benefits of digital health in helping make health care more accessible and lower-cost, according to survey research published in Health on Demand from Mercer Marsh Benefits. In total, Mercer interviewed 16,564 workers and 1,300 senior decision makers in companies.

Digital Health

Digital Health Medical Billing Health Information Leadership

A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

are living omnichannel lives : whether in retail via ecommerce, buying online and picking up in store, or banking online, or studying for college degrees via Coursera, people live, work, play, pray, and learn offline and on-, in real-time and asynchronously. In fact, most people living and working in the U.S.

Telehealth

Telehealth Mental health Public Health Medical Billing

Older People Are Digital Migrants, and Best Buy Health Is Paving the Road for the Journey

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As a result of the pandemic, staying connected is more important than ever for older people, Best Buy Health learned in a survey of U.S. Insights from this study have informed the launch of the Lively Flip , which Best Buy Health introduces today.

Telehealth

Telehealth Mental health Public Health Nursing

A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health. Start with tracking: nearly 80% of people tracked at least one health metric in 2019, but nearly one-half of that tracking was done in an analog, not digital way.

Digital Health

Digital Health Health Information Health Data EHR

The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2018

Six in 10 Americans looked for reviews of healthcare providers online, another new-normal consumer digital health activity. But only one in four people had used wearable technology for health, and one in five had participated in a live video telemedicine encounter. Check out Estonia and Switzerland for case studies on that.

Digital Health

Digital Health Health Information Health Data Telemedicine

Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

While Millennials are more likely to current use digital health tools compared with older Americans, Seniors’ killer-app for digital health is ePrescribing, refilling prescriptions, used by nearly one-half of older people. This is roughly equal to patients across all age cohorts in the study. Deloitte surveyed 4,530 U.S.

Digital Health

Digital Health Telehealth Connected Care Health Information

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

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. 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 Data

Health Data Digital Health Health Information Public Health

The COVID-19 Era Has Grown Health Consumer Demand for Virtual Care

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The drawing illustrates the many life-flows that consumers adopted as a result of the Great Lockdown, tele-working from home, going to school from home, streaming entertainment instead of heading to the brick-and-mortar cinema, shopping, and indeed, accessing health care.

Mental health

Mental health Digital Health Public Health Telehealth

COVID-19 Accelerated Digital Health Investments…But It Helps to Be Bigger, Mature and Scaling

Health Populi

MAY 12, 2021

“Compare digital health to airlines, cruise lines, and other industries” and the sector looks quite privileged, opined Matthew Holt in a discussion on a study diving deeply into the State of Digital Health , conducted by Catalyst @ Health 2.0 and sponsored by WIPFLI.

Digital Health

Digital Health Life Science Mental health Public Health

Trust-Busted: The Decline of Trust in Technology and What It Means for Health

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

study, Edelman interviewed 1,500 U.S. Health Populi’s Hot Points: This 21-year low for the tech industry has implications for health care as digital health technology blurs into everyday healthcare the way “e-business” and the Internet melted into our daily work and personal life-flows. For the U.S.

Public Health

Public Health Digital Health Health Technology Mobile Health

Health Consumers After COVID-19 – A View from the Consumer Technology Association

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Beyond health, the report also addresses a landscape of sectors, including retail and eCommerce, fitness, commuting (for work), and travel, along with various lifestyle areas. After the pandemic, one in two consumers look forward to using telehealth for both mental health and physical health more often.

Mental health

Mental health Telehealth Public Health Digital Health

Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

There’s a nuance in trust that’s a key insight in this study regarding trust in clinicians overall, and trust when clinicians use technology. This bolsters Accenture’s finding discussed above about the use of IM/AI in health care. Three-fourths of U.S.

Digital Health

Digital Health Health Data HIPAA Mental health

The Digital Home: A Platform for Health, via Deloitte and the COVID-19 “Stress Test”

Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2021

Among the least likely barriers were unqualified clinicians (compared with a “live” in-person doctor), the doctor’s inability to share health information with the patient, difficulty in booking an appointment, distractions from other online activities, and privacy issues.

Digital Health

Digital Health Public Health Telehealth Health Information

Consumers Focus on Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is Self-Care a New Normal?

Health Populi

MAY 6, 2020

Growing downloads and use of fitness and health apps, more workouts at home via fitness portals and online gym offerings, and mental health programs like Headspace and Calm have grown in the COVID-19 pandemic. Accenture’s study also asked whether we will have a “home-working revolution?”

Mental health

Mental health Telehealth Digital Health mHealth

Health Privacy and Our Ambivalent Tech-Embrace – Lessons for Digital Health Innovators

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2021

At the same time, 2 in 3 people were also concerned aobut the privacy of their health information on apps. And there’s the ambivalence of “concerned embrace” of digital health. The phrase “concerned embrace” was coined in a 2017 Deloitte consumer study on mobile technology trends.

Digital Health

Digital Health Mental health Public Health Health Information

What Is Connected Health And How Does It Work?

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As the world becomes increasingly digitized, the healthcare industry is rapidly adopting connected health technology. Let us talk about connected health’s conceptual model, some popular examples of devices, and their applications in actual clinical practice. What is the Connected Health Model?

Connected Health

Connected Health Health Technology Health Information Telehealth

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies.

Connected Health

Connected Health Telehealth Pharmaceuticals EHR

The Future of Health Is “Now,” Deloitte Says; But Are Consumers Living and Loving It?

Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2020

The pandemic has become a sort of forcing function on all aspects of daily living, include health care. Deloitte’s latest wave of health care consumer market research updates the COVID-19 impacts on the U.S. Health Consumers, Deloitte polled 4,522 U.S. Among the DIY workflows was self-care for health care.

Public Health

Public Health Primary Care Interoperability Health Information

The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

I cannot recall a season when so many health consumer studies have been launched into my email inbox.

Mental health

Mental health Public Health Digital Health Medicare

Connected Health Pulse

Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Trending Sources

Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

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

Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Consumers’ Health Concerns Grow in the Pandemic Across All Categories – And More Trust Virtual Care

People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks

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

Most Workers and their Employers Want to Receive Digital Healthcare On-Demand

A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Older People Are Digital Migrants, and Best Buy Health Is Paving the Road for the Journey

A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

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

The COVID-19 Era Has Grown Health Consumer Demand for Virtual Care

COVID-19 Accelerated Digital Health Investments…But It Helps to Be Bigger, Mature and Scaling

Trust-Busted: The Decline of Trust in Technology and What It Means for Health

Health Consumers After COVID-19 – A View from the Consumer Technology Association

Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

The Digital Home: A Platform for Health, via Deloitte and the COVID-19 “Stress Test”

Consumers Focus on Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is Self-Care a New Normal?

Health Privacy and Our Ambivalent Tech-Embrace – Lessons for Digital Health Innovators

What Is Connected Health And How Does It Work?

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

The Future of Health Is “Now,” Deloitte Says; But Are Consumers Living and Loving It?

The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Stay Connected