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Reimagining Health Care Without Walls – Deloitte’s Vision

Health Populi

These enablers include, Technology, such as the proliferation of mobile phones, DNA sequencing, and fast-declining data storage costs – all examples of Moore’s Law; and, Human factors, with technology enabling social connectivity, well-being, decentralization, and DIY ( which I detail in my book, Health Citizenship ).

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

Health Populi

The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. For example, only health care providers that have an existing relationship with a Medicare patient would be eligible per the requirements in the legislation.

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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

Health Populi

I noted this Morning Consult survey , data shown here, finding that people of color who were lower-income as of June 2020 had a more difficult time paying for Internet and phone bills than white people with lower incomes.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

Heart health at home. The heart has been a digital health focus at CES for several years as sensors got added to wristworn activity trackers and mobile apps married to medical technologies that were once only available for use in a doctor’s office or outpatient clinic.

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Five Healthcare Industry Changes to Watch in 2020

Henry Kotula

The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), intended to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection, will become effective in 2020, for example. Technological innovations are occurring due to booming private sector interest and investment in medical technology innovation.

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Trust Plummets Around the World: The 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer in #CES2021 and Microsoft Context

Health Populi

For example, 57% of consumers share or forward news items they find interesting, but only 29% of these folks have good information hygiene (specifically, vetting the source and veracity of the shared story). Based on this index, only one in four people around the world have “good” information hygiene.