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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

Alissa Knight , an expert on hacking and cybersecurity, conducted this research by first downloading 30 mHealth apps in collaboration with the companies, to do penetration testing of their apps and APIs. mHealth companies should implement a “zero-trust” approach to securing apps and APIs. As a result, most U.S.

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What Do Tomorrow’s Doctors REALLY Think of mHealth Technology?

mHealth Insight

Nathan Ratner, a third-year medical student at the University of Minnesota and third-place finisher in last year’s Elsevier Hackathon in Finland, talks to Eric Wicklund at mHealth Intelligence, about the promise of mobile health technology. mHealth Insight.

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HIMSS24: Showcasing Clinical Benefits from Digital Health

Xealth

Digital impacts patient engagement in all areas surrounding appointments – pre-visit by helping with scheduling and registration, during the visit and after the visit with communication, surveys and billing. Mental health disorders can worsen the course of chronic disease and are associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality.

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Zoom Became a Household Name in the Pandemic. It’s Working to Do the Same in Healthcare – At #HIMSS21

Health Populi

I welcomed the opportunity to speak (via Zoom, of course) with Ron Emerson, Zoom’s Global Healthcare Lead, just a days before HIMSS 2021 kicked off. Of course, the pandemic drove up telehealth traffic on Zoom simultaneous to mainstream consumers adopting Zoom as both a noun and a verb as in, “to Zoom.”

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Digital Health: The Future of Patient Experience | Event Recap

Waracle

To investigate this further, we surveyed over 200 members of our online audience around their health technology experiences and opinions. Our survey provided valuable insights into what users want, need and expect from digital health technology. The result? A new, developing, digital-first healthcare paradigm. Key Takeaways.

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Five mobile apps that are reshaping mental health care

Waracle

As such, the number of mHealth apps with their focus on mental health has been steadily rising over the years. WHOs 2015 survey of 15,000 mHealth apps revealed that almost 30% had a focus on mental health diagnosis, treatment, or support.

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Three Big Questions for Stage 3 & Patient Engagement

Chilmark Research

For many, PGHD evokes the notion of datastreams from the vast array of health and wellness devices such as fitbits and jawbones, Bluetooth medical devices, and of course, tracking apps. But suffice to say there’s a small storm-a-comin.’