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Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Digital literacy, access to technology, and the ability to effectively communicate with providers through virtual platforms have now become critical social determinants of health," they added. The data emerging from telehealth patterns amid the pandemic has suggested that virtual care use may be a complicated issue.

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Health Consumers After COVID-19 – A View from the Consumer Technology Association

Health Populi

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. Telehealth, too, is embraced by 3 in 5 people for both physical and mental health services.

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What exactly is HealthTech? What is the difference between Digital Health and HealthTech?

Lloyd Price

Wearable devices: These are devices that are worn on the body and can track health data such as heart rate, sleep, and activity levels. Telehealth: This is the delivery of healthcare services remotely, using technology such as video conferencing or phone calls. Examples include telehealth, e-prescriptions, and patient portals.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

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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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

The authors lay out several dimensions of digital literacy and access, including: Skills. Training the tech support. The first illustration, from the paper, illustrates the “super social” impacts that digital literacy and access bolster for SDoH. Connectivity. Applications. Food systems, and finally.

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

The Digital Health Corner

After a hiatus I am returning to my beloved Digital Health Corner. In a previous post I discussed important public health issues that digital technology can address. The NIDA of the NIH has a group of evidence-based screening tools for adolescents and adults to be used by health professionals.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. Hospitals will also lobby hard to receive revenues from telehealth services.