Tailor fit digital health tech to the elderly's needs: study
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Based on latest survey in South Korea, there is a difference in the use of mobile health apps and devices between frail and healthy seniors.
Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender
Health Populi
MAY 17, 2022
While telehealth, mobile health apps, and wearable technology are all growing for mainstream consumers, there are gaps in adoption based on where a person lives, their health insurance plan type, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender. The report examines three areas of digital health adoption: Live video telemedicine.
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Survey: Gen X Leads Charge On Digital Health Adoption
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 2, 2020
American consumers are moving toward making mobile health applications a part of their regular routines to manage chronic conditions or daily health and fitness, according to a 2019 online survey conducted by Redox.
Managing the Risks of Fast-Growing Digital Health
Health Populi
APRIL 5, 2021
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. Beazley conducted a survey among 376 digital health and wellness practitioners and divined four key themes from the research on risk, growth, insurance, and understanding.
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For Health Consumers, Trust, Privacy, & Good Experience Must Be Baked Into Digital Health Care
Health Populi
AUGUST 24, 2020
Accenture probes this question in a report published today asking, How Can Leaders Make Recent Digital Health Gains Last? had adopted wearable technology for health tracking, a nearly 50% decline from 2019 (from 33% in 2018 to 18% in late 2019).
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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research
Health Populi
MARCH 10, 2020
Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools. Some, but not necessarily a majority, of consumers see benefits in using digital health — primary for wellness and prevention, and to get a better understanding of personal health.
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COVID-19 Accelerated Digital Health Investments…But It Helps to Be Bigger, Mature and Scaling
Health Populi
MAY 12, 2021
“Compare digital health to airlines, cruise lines, and other industries” and the sector looks quite privileged, opined Matthew Holt in a discussion on a study diving deeply into the State of Digital Health , conducted by Catalyst @ Health 2.0 and sponsored by WIPFLI. million, with a median of $3.9
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Health Privacy and Our Ambivalent Tech-Embrace – Lessons for Digital Health Innovators
Health Populi
OCTOBER 8, 2021
At the same time, 2 in 3 people were also concerned aobut the privacy of their health information on apps. And there’s the ambivalence of “concerned embrace” of digital health. The phrase “concerned embrace” was coined in a 2017 Deloitte consumer study on mobile technology trends.
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Consumers’ and Physicians’ Growing Embrace of Digital Health via PwC
Health Populi
JANUARY 30, 2019
We’ve reached an inflection point on the demand side among consumers for digital health options, PwC suggests in their report on the New Health Economy coming of age. The report outlines health/care industry issues for 2019, with a strong focus on digital health.
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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4
Health Populi
MAY 2, 2019
The supply side of digital health tools and tech is growing at a hockey-stick pace. There are mobile apps and remote health monitors, digital therapeutics and wearable tech from head-to-toe. Today in America, electronic health records (EHRs) are implemented in most physician offices and virtually all hospitals.
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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Furthermore, voice technologies are “making noise,” according to Deloitte in A New Era in Mobile Continues, the 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey : US Edition. I’ve mined the US data of this global survey to divine insights for health/care. They are licensed, trained, and tested for service.
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A Profile of People in Medicare Advantage Plans – HealthMine’s Survey of “Digital Immigrants”
Health Populi
AUGUST 21, 2019
Better understanding this group of people will be critical to helping manage a fast-growing health care bill, and growing burden of chronic disease, for America. To that end, HealthMine conducted a survey among 800 people enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans ag 65 and over with at least one diagnosed chronic condition in April and May 2019.
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Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”
Health Populi
JANUARY 15, 2020
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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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey
Health Populi
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Patients searching online for health information and health care provider reviews is mainstream in 2019. Digital health tracking is now adopted by 4 in 10 U.S. Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health.
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A Breakthrough, Sobering Report on Teens and Young Adults, Digital Health and Social Media Use: Implications for Mental Health
Health Populi
JULY 31, 2018
In a breakthrough study, Hopelab and the Well Being Trust have sponsored the first deep-dive into the many dimensions of young people, their relationship with social media, and depression in Digital Health Practices, Social Media Use, and Mental Well-Being Among Teens and Young Adults in the U.S. , adults, found in other studies.
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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health
Health Populi
AUGUST 27, 2018
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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Most Workers and their Employers Want to Receive Digital Healthcare On-Demand
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Most employers and their workers see the benefits of digital health in helping make health care more accessible and lower-cost, according to survey research published in Health on Demand from Mercer Marsh Benefits. The title of the report, “Health on Demand,” speaks to the first bar chart.
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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast
Health Populi
JUNE 8, 2021
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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Despite Greater Digital Health Engagement, Americans Have Worse Health and Financial Outcomes Than Other Nations’ Health Citizens
Health Populi
DECEMBER 2, 2019
The idea of health care consumerism isn’t just an American discussion, Deloitte points out in its 2019 global survey of healthcare consumers report, A consumer-centered future of health. The third chart arrays health consumers’ interest in price comparison tools, and it’s no surprise that one in two U.S.
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The CES 2022 Tech Trends to Watch Have Everything To Do With Health/Care
Health Populi
JANUARY 4, 2022
The four top trends to watch for this week at CES 2022 are transportation, space tech, sustainable technology, and digital health, based on Steve Koenig’s annual read-out that kicks off this largest annual conference featuring innovations in consumer electronics.
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Consumers’ Health Concerns Grow in the Pandemic Across All Categories – And More Trust Virtual Care
Health Populi
MAY 3, 2021
Similarly, 42% of global health citizens were very or extremely comfortable with consulting a therapist online or via a mobile health app for mental health counsel and support. Around one-third to nearly 40% of all health citizens were concerned about these health issues a year into the pandemic.
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The COVID-19 Era Has Grown Health Consumer Demand for Virtual Care
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Over one-half of Americans would likely use virtual care for their healthcare services, and one in four people would actually prefer a virtual relationship with a primary care physician, according to the fifth annual 2020 Consumer Sentiment Survey from UnitedHealthcare.
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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford
Health Populi
MARCH 2, 2021
But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.
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436 Health Consumers After COVID-19 – A View from the Consumer Technology Association
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
I covered the event here in Health Populi, as I have for most of the past decade, highlighting the growth of digital health and, this year, the expanding Internet of Healthy Things called-out by Dr. Joseph Kvedar in 2015. CTA conducted a survey among 2,000 U.S. adults ages 18 and over in the second half of July 2020.
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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds
Health Populi
JULY 20, 2020
The new era of virtual care has begun and is here to stay, Accenture expects in its latest look at How COVID-19 will permanently alter patient behavior , a patient survey conducted in May 2020. Accenture polled 2,700 patients around the world, 450 participants each from China, France, Germany, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S.
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Most Health Consumers Expect Technology To Play a Larger Role As Tech-Angst & Privacy Concerns Grow
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
GlobalWebIndex “connects the dots” of consumers trends in 2020 including the topics shown in the first graphic including commerce and retail, gaming, travel, human touch, nostalgia, privacy and digital health — the first of these trends discussed in the report. A health tracking app to help manage my help, 42%.
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Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S.
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How Virtual Care Will Play Out in 2022 – a Look Post-CES and JPM
Health Populi
JANUARY 24, 2022
Next, consider some up-to-the-minute health consumer survey data from Parks Associates which convened their annual CONNECTIONS Summit at CES 2022. broadband households owned a connected health device, and 25 percent owned a connected medical device. 55 percent of U.S. Nearly one-half of U.S.
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JUNE 14, 2018
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.
The Digital Home: A Platform for Health, via Deloitte and the COVID-19 “Stress Test”
Health Populi
JUNE 16, 2021
In this year’s 2021 annual report by Deloitte into Connectivity & Mobile Trends, their report details How the pandemic has stress-tested the crowded digital home. Deloitte’s Center commissioned an online survey among 2,009 U.S. Deloitte found that U.S.
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Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers
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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BHM Healthcare Solutions
MAY 6, 2015
Technology may be revolutionizing the healthcare industry but while mobile health applications and cloud-based management are convenient, many think they may be compromising the privacy of healthcare data. It’s also important to note that mobile health isn’t just for patients either. Preventative Measures.
Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Earlier this year, Accenture found that U.S.
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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health
The Digital Health Corner
JUNE 14, 2017
Digital health is unquestionably becoming part of healthcare lexicon and fabric. Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal fitness trackers have helped create awareness through use. By no means is this a complete discussion of opportunities for digital health.
The Promise of Telehealth for Older People – the U-M National Poll on Healthy Aging
Health Populi
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Health Populi’s Hot Points: I recently collaborated with HealthMine on a survey looking into Medicare Advantage members’ views of health and digital technology. It’s not enough to build/offer digital health tech to patients. We’re in the Field of Dreams moment in telehealth, especially for older people.
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In the Pandemic, We’re All About Food
Health Populi
JUNE 11, 2020
consumers’ food habits in the organization’s annual 2020 Food & Health Survey , the fifteenth year of the study. Furthermore, two-thirds of people using that digital health tool said the device led to healthy changes in their life. Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S.
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Philips’ Future Health Index 2019 report focuses on the role digital health technology plays in improving both the clinician and patient experience
Lloyd Price
JUNE 11, 2019
Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, today announced the publication of its Future Health Index (FHI) 2019 report: ‘Transforming healthcare experiences: Exploring the impact of digital health technology on healthcare professionals and patients’ [1].
How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health
Health Populi
MARCH 17, 2021
Authors of the report were Victoria Rideout, longtime expert on families, youth, and media; Susannah Fox, “Internet Geologist” well-known for her work on peer-to-peer health care and the origins of the Internet in health care (and in full disclosure, my close friend); and Alanna Peebles and Michael Robb, researchers at Common Sense.
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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns
Health Populi
AUGUST 25, 2020
This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app. The survey was conducted online in June 2020 among 2,074 U.S. adults ages 50 to 80 years of age.
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The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors
Health Populi
JANUARY 10, 2020
The digital health presence at CES 2020 is the fastest-growing segment of consumer technologies at the Show this year, increasing by 25% over 2019. In fact, in our search for devices and tools underpinned with clinical proof, evidence is growing for consumer-facing technology for heart-health, demonstrated by this year’s CES.
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Together is the first app to use generative AI to make cumbersome healthcare tasks “magically easy”
Digital Health Global
JUNE 20, 2023
In fact, the 2023 annual State of Patient Access survey by Experian revealed that the number one digital health wish of 76% of healthcare consumers was just the ability to make doctor’s appointments online. Together makes that wish come true.
People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic
Health Populi
MARCH 25, 2022
” Together, the JAMA Network Open research paper and AMA physician survey inform us with useful insights to close that health care digital divide which could make a major difference between some patients’ lives versus their demise. The post People in the U.S.
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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology
The Digital Health Corner
APRIL 28, 2017
A survey by athenahealth reveals that although 87% of patients want electronic access to their medical records only 29% actually use portals. Consolidation often results in providers needing to go to new hospitals or offices, necessitating training on new EHR systems.
Digital Health Technologies in Clinical Trials
Digital Health Global
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Digital Health Technologies ( DHTs ) have revolutionized the landscape of clinical trials, particularly in neurology research, by enabling the collection of real-world data outside traditional clinical settings. In a recent review paper appeared on Nature , Mittermaier et al. in 2010 to 11.4%
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