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Trust is a Superpower for Public Health – The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer Through the Health Lens

Health Populi

In addition, the politicization of health, dispersion of authority (with friends and family at least as trusted as scientists to “tell the truth on health”), and self-guided health (not necessarily in partnership with a licensed clinicians) can all be risks for health outcomes.

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Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health

Health Populi

Investments in the digital health sector have fast-grown in the past decade, reaching $14bn in 2020 based on Rock Health’s latest read on the market. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the field across many industry segments. Three in five said their growth was due to COVID-19. How to deal?

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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

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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How Social Media Can Get Public Health So Wrong

Health Populi

This week, public health truths have collided with social media, the infodemic, and health citizenship. First, I read in Becker’s Health IT on February 16 that the peer-reviewed policy journal Health Affairs was prevented by a social media outlet from promoting its February 2022 issue themed “Racism and Health.

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FDA creates a “super office” to manage device cybersecurity and digital health

Digital Health Global

This strategic move will enhance the agency’s capabilities in addressing future public health challenges while prioritizing patient voices, innovation, safety, and service excellence. Digital Health Center of Excellence (DHCoE) will accelerate digital health advancement and regulatory innovation to meet evolving healthcare needs.

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A Digital Health Checkup for the US – #1 in AI, Meh in Interoperability – An OECD Update

Health Populi

While health care has been slower than other industries to leverage digital transformation, COVID-19 accelerated change — revealing some key barriers blocking the potential for more fulsome transformation, the OECD explains in its latest version of Health At A Glance for 2023 with a detailed chapter on “digital health at a glance.”

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Can the U.S. Improve Health System Performance with Digital Health Tools? Pondering A Big Question for #HIMSS21

Health Populi

It’s interesting that Rock Health’s digital health funding line graph echoes the left side of the Economist graph. The pandemic has accelerated funding in digital health tools across many forms, shown in Rock Health’s second chart here on top funded value and clinical propositions.