Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

When announced, the news was a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives. We can expect to see more women-related health tech featured at CES 2022, including on education panels and speaking platforms.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 22, 2023

Digital health: This refers to the use of technology to deliver healthcare services remotely. Examples include telehealth, e-prescriptions, and patient portals. Health information technology (HIT): This refers to the use of information technology to store, manage, and analyze healthcare data. How is healthtech evolving?

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

” An additional definition of the verb is, “ to feel or exhibit anger or revulsion.” ” If you’ve been a patient facing a diagnosis of an illness, whether rare or common, you may well have felt these various feelings stirring inside your self. or Health 2.0”

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Health Populi

MAY 22, 2023

“It seemed like an odd pairing: shampoo and a throat swab,” observes a new report on the growth of retail health from Definitive Healthcare. But retail clinics are no longer, as the paper explains, “an experiment of a few grocery stores… they’re becoming a major force in the U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This news is a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives. We can expect to see more women-related health tech featured at CES 2022, including on education panels and speaking platforms. THINK: cars, comms, and care.

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Digital Health Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

CMS hospital star ratings for 2023, which measure performance along five key areas (mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, timely/effective care), showed slight declines across the board. The post A Hospital Sector Under Siege appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The previous articles in this series showed how payers, providers, and digital health companies try to prove that they’re helping to create healthier patients. Sara Shanti, a partner specializing in health care at law firm Sheppard Mullin , says that organizations in the wellness space are searching for strong algorithms.

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Digital Health Wire

APRIL 2, 2023

Patient experience startup Florence emerged from stealth with $20M in seed funding to address what it views as the most significant constraint in care delivery: clinical capacity. The post Florence Debuts With $20M to Unlock Capacity appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Using digital health tech is a new normal for U.S. consumers, including Seniors, found in the 2018 digital health consumer survey from Deloitte. The title of the report, “Consumers are on board with virtual health options,” summarizes the bullish outlook for telehealth.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

’ ” An application Programing Interface is a set of protocols and definitions allowing digital services and products to communicate with each other over the Internet. The post A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. Sidebar on “what is an ‘API?’

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2023

In health care, one of the “gifts” inspired by the coronavirus pandemic was the industry’s fast-pivot and adoption of digital health tools — especially telehealth and more generally the so-called “digital front doors” enabling patients to access medical services and personal work-flows for their care.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Older people are re-framing their personal images and definitions of aging, from continuing to work past typical retirement age, Skyping and texting with grandchildren, and traveling to destinations well beyond the “snowbird” locales of Florida and Arizona to more active and often charitable/volunteer situations in developing economies.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2022

Let’s look back even further to 2013 to examine one definition of patient engagement: Health Affairs defines patient engagement as combining patient activation with interventions designed to increase and promote positive patient behavior, such as obtaining preventive care or exercising regularly, hopefully to lower costs.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2019

As #CES2019 kicks off in Las Vegas with today’s first Media Day, the Consumer Technology Association presented its forecast on the 5 Technology Trends to Watch in 2019 — and they all play into health, wellness, and medical care. Digital Health Tech Empowers Patients. Envisioning the Smart Home of the Future.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This was followed by finding a hospital, asking about medication information, seeking nutrition information, scheduling a visit to a doctor or hospital, connecting to a digital health device (like a Fitbit tracker or blood glucometer), finding a clinician, and researching treatment options.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 1, 2023

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Xealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Managing all of these programs can create challenges… and that’s why a health data aggregation platform is an essential piece of the puzzle, allowing clinicians to extend their reach by embedding actionable data directly into their workflows while also offering a better patient experience.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Hy-Vee is expanding the definition of “mobile health” through the store’s Health You Mobile RVs, vans that drive into the stores’ communities offering preventive cardiovascular care. The so-called Health Corners will launch in Walgreens pharmacies in Tennessee, expanding the pharmacy’s version 1.0

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It is ironic and very concerning to consider, in this context, the latest data on the outflow of health care professionals from the field, accelerating since the emergence of the pandemic in 2020.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Here, I’m using the word “demand” in the economist’s definition: that is not just sheer “need” but “demand” in terms of a consumer’s willingness-to-pay for a service. When the patient faces a copayment or deductible obligation to meet, that’s real money to a consumer.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Here’s a description of the position: New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This is the final article in a series about social determinants of health (SDoH). Previous articles covered the definition, collection, sharing, and use of SDoH. A company survey showed it to be the service most desired by health plan clients. I’ll finish with a look at some specific areas of intervention.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

How Accessibility Improves Clinical Outcomes for Patients Today’s digital health solutions allow individuals to stay connected with their physical therapists from anywhere, enabling both patients and providers to access more information than they would have with solely in-person visits.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2022

“The security of online data is the top consideration for consumers across many forms of online activities including email, search, social media, banking, shopping and dating”… and using health apps. A new poll from Morning Consult, explained on their website, explains that For Consumers, Data Privacy Has a Fluid Definition.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 7, 2022

There are many drivers behind the acceleration of digital transformation going on within the healthcare industry, with a few that stand out including the need for: Increased productivity by leveraging digital health records. Improved security of patient records. Faster access to critical patient information.

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Waracle

JANUARY 5, 2022

It is a huge leap in digitising the patient experience to make it more efficient and accessible for everyone, wherever they are & at whatever time of day or night. . Wearables have been around for some time now, but the opportunities that they potentially bring to the patient experience are only getting more exciting. .

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Under “new partner services,” Parks Associates lists broadband, home security, retail health and tech (from Best Buy Health to CVS health and Walmart, among others), and the “tech giants” (namely Amazon, Apple, and Google), personal emergency response services (PERS), et al.

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Health Populi

MAY 31, 2019

People with BMI levels under the obesity definition spend 42% more on direct health care costs than people at a healthy weight. Health Populi’s Hot Points: In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , I detail the growing retail health ecosystem that’s largely consumer -demanded and -driven.

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Waracle

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Chronic diseases are by definition ongoing, so treatment and management must follow suit. Consistent medical appointments to manage long-term conditions are a burden to the patient and a significant pressure on healthcare services. – Waracle is an industry leader in delivering digital solutions that impact patients’ lives. .

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As Deeptha Khanna, Philips’ Chief Business Leader for Personal Health, said in the company’s virtual press conference, “We have [also] witnessed the reinvention of our homes as a core element of the healthcare pathway, with telehealth, virtual and remote care technologies as the key drivers for change during COVID-19.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

This will allow the healthcare industry at large to use AI and Automation where it needs to be used, to provide a better patient experience and increase the quality of healthcare delivery, instead of used to increase or decrease profits. Healthcare is undergoing a digital transformation, and innovation is accelerating.

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HIStalk Interviews

MARCH 4, 2019

Physicians have definitely been a lot heavier in the mix than other types of team members, and the physician ideas tend to be more developed. It is so encouraging that healthcare in general is rapidly changing and the notion of digital health and that entire segment of companies and products and technology has really started to take off.

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Enzyme Health

APRIL 24, 2019

Get a recap of the most noteworthy insights from this year’s discussions and learn what telehealth industry leaders have to say about the future of digital health. The discussions that take place at the ATA set the tone for the future of the digital health industry. Just think about what it means to be a patient.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

"We are definitely moving forward with investigation of remote patient monitoring as we see this is a piece of our continued growth strategy," Mistretta added. " Definite funds for telemedicine. "From this we are sustaining our virtual health model," Kramer said. " Hospital-at-home.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The call-to-action Rx for this is to get to know a patient’s values in terms of the life-flows and personal goals, as well as their “value” for health care — the ability and willingness to pay, their personal definition of affordability, and how that plays into their potential or actual self-rationing behavior due to cost.

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