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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

JULY 28, 2020

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

By mid-2020, Edelman detected, “a decline in willingness to share personal data to fight the pandemic. During the height of the pandemic, there was a predisposition to give up personal health and location tracing data to government to help control the spread of the disease. Now barely more than half are willing to do so….

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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.

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Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 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.

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Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The fastest path to widespread adoption of these technologies is the application to the most pressing public health needs. The mission of public health is to improve the public health and achieve equity in health status. In addition, some unintended consequences of at least one app were found.

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

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

One of the public health hallmarks of the pandemic era has been stress, documented by the American Psychological Association’s Stress in America survey. What will enable this vision is a networked health care system where data can flow seamlessly between these different health care touchpoints.

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Digital health in Africa: hype or hope?

Lloyd Price

MAY 19, 2023

Digital health technologies can be used to improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery, provide remote care to patients in rural areas, and collect and analyze data to improve public health. Intro to Digital Health in Africa Digital health has the potential to revolutionize healthcare in Africa.

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

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One in four people would consider online options as their first-line to evaluating personal health issues — a kind of “digital step therapy,” if you will. UHC’s research has revealed the bullish demand side among consumers seeking greater convenience, control, empowerment, and access for health care services.

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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2021

For most young people, the public health crisis has been more about that social distancing from friends, a collective sense of isolation, and mental and behavioral health impacts. A new mental health risk arose in 2020 in the U.S.

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

What enables those deflating cost-reducers is the growing adoption of digital health tools, from telehealth and virtual care to self-care in patients’ hands at home and on-the-go via mobile health apps. What a difference a decade makes for clinicians’ embrace of electronic health records.

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What the Latest Pew Consumer Data Means for #HIMSS18

Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2018

Health Populi’s Hot Points : Health is social: isolation is a social determinant for ill health. We learned from the first Edelman Health Engagement Barometer that the three top factors that consumers look for when health-engaging with any organization are trust, authenticity, and satisfaction. 46% of U.S.

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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. Depending on the trajectory of the U.S.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

JULY 20, 2020

Topline, consumers “faced difficult choices,” Accenture notes in the report, choosing whether and how to continue their personal health care seeking to limit their risks of exposure to COVID-19. Patients perceived care was at least as good or better than traditional face-to-face encounters, and.

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

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I covered the event here in Health Populi, as I have for most of the past decade, highlighting the growth of digital health and, this year, the expanding Internet of Healthy Things called-out by Dr. Joseph Kvedar in 2015. FYI, I am sharing these data with permission from CTA, grateful to be able to do so.

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Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender

Health Populi

MAY 17, 2022

While telehealth, mobile health apps, and wearable technology are all growing for mainstream consumers, there are gaps in adoption based on where a person lives, their health insurance plan type, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender. adults 18 and over in August 2021.

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The Demand for Self-Care At-Home Will Grow Post-Pandemic – Insights from IRI

Health Populi

MAY 5, 2022

When it comes to peoples’ relationship to consumer packaged goods (CPG), the public health crisis has indeed impacted consumers’ purchasing behaviors and definition of “value,” based on IRI’s latest analysis of CPG shifts in 2022 and 2023.

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How Grocery and Retail Companies Are Delivering Health and Healthcare

Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2021

It was the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerated some early-adopting health consumers viewing their home as their ultimate site for self-care and health care. New data from NCSolutions (NCS) polled 2,017 U.S. “Self-care is a pandemic priority,” NCS intuited from their data.

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Digital Health Tools Are Finding Business Models – IQVIA’s 2021 Read on the Health of Digital Health

Health Populi

JULY 22, 2021

Evidence supporting the use of digital health tools if growing, tracked in Digital Health Trends 2021: Innovation, Evidence, Regulation, and Adoption from IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science.

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Crossing the Pond by Plane in the Age of Corona – My View From the Hygienic Skies and on the Ground in Belgium

Health Populi

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Every passenger traveling to the country is compelled to fill out the details in this form, which includes the flight number, seat location, and arrival date, along with a mobile phone number and local address in Belgium where one was staying (especially key for potential quarantine needs).

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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Health Populi

APRIL 5, 2021

” Those risks are shown in the second bar chart: over six in ten digital health business lacked coverage for a range of existential risks, including system failure or cyber hacks, technology errors, malpractice cause by incorrect data resulting in bodily injury, and loss or disclosure of personal or sensitive data.

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Transforming Chronic Care Management: A Comprehensive, Technology-Driven Approach

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Mental Health Integration : With approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiencing mental illness each year, integrating mental health into chronic disease management is a public health imperative.

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

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2022

We have some early data points we can weave into the answer to this question. Note that this is in a mainstream news publication and not an assertion made in a clinical or medical trade journal. broadband households owned a connected health device, and 25 percent owned a connected medical device. 55 percent of U.S.

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Why Elevance Health is “Prescribing” Phones for Members

Health Populi

JANUARY 19, 2024

Now we see the emergence of telecomms-as-medicine — or more specifically, a driver of health, access, and empowerment. To implement this program and get connectivity into consumers’ hands and homes, Elevance Health is collaborating with several telecomms companies including Verizon, AT&T, Samsung, and T-Mobile.

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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

I’ve mined the US data of this global survey to divine insights for health/care. Quite recently, health-tech app developers were frustrated by lack of smartphone penetration among older people — lots of the very folks who could benefit from self-tracking data that can be useful for managing chronic conditions.

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

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2021

This ambivalence will flavor how health citizens will adopt and adapt to the growing digitization of health care, and challenge the healthcare ecosystem’s assumption that patients and caregivers will universally, uniformly engage with medical tools and apps and technologies. 46% of U.S.

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Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2022

Health systems can take a number of steps toward ensuring the benefits of virtual care are fully realized, they said, including pushing for expanded broadband access and reimbursement incentives. The data emerging from telehealth patterns amid the pandemic has suggested that virtual care use may be a complicated issue.

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

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

With the home as health hub, a phenomenon reinforced by the public health crisis, Best Buy Health’s (BBH) 2018 vision is meeting the moment, like the old Wayne Gretzky metaphor of knowing where the hockey puck would go and being there to meet it.

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Asynchronous video telemedicine helps TB patients, saves costs in Guam

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2019

The Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services has to cope with a very serious tuberculosis problem. To help overcome the challenges it faced with directly observed therapy, the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services turned to a healthcare technology from emocha Mobile Health.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

How would you improve what’s in the bill to optimize the use of telehealth in this challenging public health moment? What can we expect to hear relevant to the public health challenge? Check out this last public health poster about Medicare and COVID-19. The President signed the $8.3

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Bringing Telehealth to the Rehabilitation Industry

Advanced Medical Reviews

MAY 2, 2019

The physical therapy industry has been focused on employer-based healthcare, artificial intelligence and machine learning, especially in the role of big data and enrollment in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for billing. In addition, telehealth is presenting this industry with a lot more options with which to engage patients.

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Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

This places them on a very short list of connected health developers who have patiently developed clinical-grade health techs designed for the consumer market that have undergone regulatory scrutiny. After mental health and diabetes, heart apps rank as the third largest categories for medical apps on the market in 2017.

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Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

But while the new ONC rules may make it easier for health consumers to access personal health information, the Field of Dreams phenomenon subverts the noble goal: we may “build” a system for people to access health data (like Blue Button), but patients may not “come.”

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MARCH 18, 2020

So go to [link] ITI Infrastructure Mobile Health Document Sharing (MHDS) [link] My Blog article introduction Sharing Valuesets, Codes, and Maps (SVCM) Survey of Network Interfaces Form Video introduction to SNIF Patient Care Coordination International Patient Summary (IPS) Video introduction to IPS Dynamic Care Team Management (DCTM) Assessment Curation (..)

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Parks points to at least three barriers to consumer health privacy. including questions such as, What bits of my personal data will my device share? Data literacy, the ability to comprehensive one’s “numbers” displayed in lab test results and other patient-facing clinical communications. Is my device listening?

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Revolutionize the Health of Your Patients and Yourself with Remote Monitoring Solutions

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 4, 2023

Remote monitoring systems allow you to access health data from almost any internet-connected device. This means you can check your health even when you’re not home. This also gives you peace of mind, knowing you can still access your data and receive professional help if something happens to your home or office.

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Magellan Health uses smartphone-based AI tech to help Hep C patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 12, 2019

This technology captures and analyzes behavioral data – video and audio patient information that shows how people respond to medical conditions and treatment. There are other vendors with similar technologies on the health IT market today.

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American Medical Association launches a Healthcare Interoperability & Innovation Challenge with Google

mHealth Insight

APRIL 16, 2018

“The winning ideas will demonstrate how the applicant uses patient-generated health data in meaningful ways to have maximum impact on improving physician workflow, improving clinical outcomes, and reducing cost in the health care system. Barbe, M.D.,

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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

According to National Coordinator for Health information Technology , telehealth applications include: Live video conferencing Store-and-forward video conferencing — to transmit a recorded health history to a health practitioner Remote patient monitoring (RPM) — to record personal health and medical data in one location for review by a (..)

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Digital Health Academic Journals

Digital Health Hub

OCTOBER 12, 2022

I will keep things simple, and define digital health as the wide range of technologies designed and developed for delivering healthcare and for improving health outcomes inside and outside the hospital. UK POPULATION HEALTH P1 JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 14.56 OA JMIR Publications Inc.

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Digital Health Hub

OCTOBER 12, 2022

I will keep things simple, and define digital health as the wide range of technologies designed and developed for delivering healthcare and for improving health outcomes inside and outside the hospital. UK POPULATION HEALTH P1 JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 14.56 OA JMIR Publications Inc.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

JUNE 19, 2019

HIPAA : HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , is a healthcare compliance law providing data security and privacy for the safeguarding of patient medical information. In telemedicine, provider-patient communication must take place through HIPAA-compliant secure platforms.

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Patient Engagement and Patient Portals by 2030

Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Promoting preventive care and population health: Patient portals can be used to promote preventive care and population health. Public health officials can also use patient portals to send targeted messages to patients about important health issues.

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For Ryan Health, telehealth seeds planted during the pandemic have flourished

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

Ryan Health is a federally qualified health center based in Manhattan that has been providing comprehensive and affordable primary and specialty care to New York’s diverse and underserved communities since 1967. Ryan Health currently is working with ChartSpan for these services. All visits were in-person visits.

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

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

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

Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology

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

Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Digital health in Africa: hype or hope?

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

How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

What the Latest Pew Consumer Data Means for #HIMSS18

Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

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

Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender

The Demand for Self-Care At-Home Will Grow Post-Pandemic – Insights from IRI

How Grocery and Retail Companies Are Delivering Health and Healthcare

Digital Health Tools Are Finding Business Models – IQVIA’s 2021 Read on the Health of Digital Health

Crossing the Pond by Plane in the Age of Corona – My View From the Hygienic Skies and on the Ground in Belgium

Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Transforming Chronic Care Management: A Comprehensive, Technology-Driven Approach

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

Why Elevance Health is “Prescribing” Phones for Members

The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

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

Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020

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

Asynchronous video telemedicine helps TB patients, saves costs in Guam

Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Bringing Telehealth to the Rehabilitation Industry

Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

IHE Public Comments

The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Revolutionize the Health of Your Patients and Yourself with Remote Monitoring Solutions

Magellan Health uses smartphone-based AI tech to help Hep C patients

American Medical Association launches a Healthcare Interoperability & Innovation Challenge with Google

The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Digital Health Academic Journals

Digital Health Academic Journals

Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Patient Engagement and Patient Portals by 2030

For Ryan Health, telehealth seeds planted during the pandemic have flourished

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