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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

use at least one mobile health app, and 56% of older people have never used one. Among seven mhealth tools, the most commonly-used is to track exercise. 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%).

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Digital health in Africa: hype or hope?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Digital health in Africa is a rapidly growing field, with the potential to improve access to healthcare and quality of care across the continent. Cost: Digital health technologies can be expensive, which can make them inaccessible to low-income populations.

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Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

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Physicians are evolving as digital doctors, embracing the growing role of data generated in electronic health records as well as through their patients using wearable technologies and mobile health apps downloaded in ubiquitous smartphones, described in The Rise of the Data-Driven Physician , a 2020 Health Trends Report from Stanford Medicine.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

Looking for health information online is just part of being a normal, mainstream health consumer, according to the third Rock Health Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey published this week. adults were online health information hunters. By 2017, 8 in 10 U.S. adults; the poll was fielded in 2017.

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

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Growing digital health investments that will push patient utilization up. Health systems finding ways to provide more care using less resources. What a difference a decade makes for clinicians’ embrace of electronic health records. Preparations for the next pandemic, and.

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5 Digital Health Predictions for 2018 by Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price

2018 Digital Health Prediction 2: Voice technology will be the first step to personalising pharma. By the end of the year we will see the use of Virtual Assistants by patients to help interact with their health data and "transact" via voice technology to order repeat prescriptions, pain management and medication requests.

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HealthTech EMEA Predictions 2024: Europe, Middle East and Africa

Lloyd Price

The growth of telemedicine: Telemedicine allows patients to receive healthcare services remotely, via video conferencing or other digital channels. The development of new telemedicine platforms: Telemedicine platforms allow patients to receive healthcare services remotely, via video conferencing or other digital channels.

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