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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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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated. The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. The President signed the $8.3

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Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Health Populi

In 2016 at CES, I spoke with Ranndy about the company’s project #GoingforZero, a public health education campaign aiming for “zero” incidence of stroke. Physicians are loathe to recommend or prescribe consumer-facing digital health apps and devices that haven’t been proven out with hard data in real people.

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A Springtime Re-Set for Self-Care, From Fitness to Cozy Cardio: Peloton’s Latest Consumer Research

Health Populi

Peloton gathered new health consumer data in February and March 2024 to gain insights into peoples’ perspectives on engaging in fitness activities as the weather warms in springtime – a season Peloton’s research found people see as a good time for a “re-set” when it comes to physical and mental health.

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Stay Calm In Your Head(space) – An Update on Meditation-As-Medicine

Health Populi

Resetting events with wellness. I’ll focus on #1, although mindfulness and mental health play into every single one of the eight other trends in the GWI line-up. But back to mental health, because it is indeed the epidemic within the pandemic. Just breathe! The self-care renaissance. “Hollywood?”

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

UPMC launching a social impact program focusing on SDoH, among other projects investing in social factors that bolster public health. As I pointed out in my 2020 Health Populi trendcast , the private sector is taking on more public health initiatives as policy progress at the Federal level feels frozen.