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Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement of large companies heretofore not focused on healthcare.

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Grow Therapy Raises $88M Sequoia Capital-Led Series C to Advance Effective Mental Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Additionally, the company announced the launch of its enhanced measurement-informed care system, which will allow it to elevate the care experience for clients and providers and make value-based behavioral care accessible for all patient populations, including Medicaid and Medicare members.

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Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches.

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Only 1 in 4 People Over 50 Use a Mobile Health App – And They Tend to Be Healthier and Wealthier

Health Populi

One in 3 older people who use a mobile health app do so for exercise, followed by nutrition (currently adopted by 22% of older folks), weight loss (for 20%), and sleep (17%). Blood pressure apps are used by only 9% of older Americans, meditation 8%, and mobile apps for mental health and stress management used by only 5% of people 50 and over.

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Can Consumer Electronics Help Stem the Decline of U.S. Life-Years? A Preface for #CES2023

Health Populi

How can digital health and other consumer-facing technologies help our health? We cannot expect Technology itself to be a panacea to this national tragedy that public policies must help solve in terms of underlying drivers of health and well-being. Life-Years?

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

health citizens face physical, financial, and mental health challenges of a syndemic, inflation, and stress – all of which will shape peoples’ demand side for health care and digital technology, and a supply side of providers challenged by tech-enabled organizations with design and data chops.

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Bonus Features – August 6, 2023 – 83% of hospitals are collecting SDoH data, 46% of hospitals planning to use large language models in the call center, and more

Healthcare IT Today

KMS Healthcare launched CONNECT , an interoperability platform for developers of digital health technology. Behavioral health program provider United We Care launched its mental health and wellness coaching program in the United States.

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