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

Health Populi

Yet with that bullish supply side of digital health, there was a marked decline in peoples’ use of them in the past two years, found by Accenture in their latest health consumer survey, Digital is Transforming Health, So Why is Consumer Adoption Stalling? Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020.

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Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

Health Populi

consumers, including Seniors, found in the 2018 digital health consumer survey from Deloitte. One in five seniors is monitoring health issues via technologies, which include by definition websites, mobile apps, digital assistants, personal medical devices, or fitness monitors. Deloitte surveyed 4,530 U.S.

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

Continue Education Journal

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. In fact, a 2017 survey found that two-thirds of healthcare consumers would prefer seeing a doctor via virtual visits. Nurses, physicians, counselors or dentists can all provide telehealth services. Telehealth in 2019.

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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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New mothers to be offered NHS counselling by Skype to tackle post-natal depression

mHealth Insight

“Last week the National Childbirth Trust called for improvements in post-natal care , after a national survey by the Care Quality Commission found 72 per cent of new mothers did not see the same midwife after leaving hospital. mHealth & Pregnancy: From SMS to Apps & Beyond what are the opportunities?

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

One early definition of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine (1984) was “…the construction of AI programs that perform diagnosis and make therapy recommendations. Today a broader definition may be applied: “the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. Artificial Intelligence (AI).