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Cybersecurity frameworks in APAC don’t support remote care: report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This is based on a new report by the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed) and L.E.K. An interesting suggestion from the report is a policy ensuring assessment for each medical device for remote care is customised based on their risk level instead of applying a blanket assessment process.

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Health Is Everywhere at #CES2021 – CTA’s CES 2021 Tech Trends to Watch

Health Populi

Increase in virtual telemedicine appointments increased ten times in 15 days. the CTA forecast saw a 73% increase in connected health device spending in 2020, and expects 34% growth in 2021. By 2023, connected health monitoring revenue will exceed $1 billion – akin to a blockbuster drug. For the U.S.,

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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Health Populi

Rock Health’s research has tracked peoples’ use of telemedicine, wearable technology, digital health tracking, and online health information since 2015, and the results this round show relative flattening of adoption across these various tools. What do health trackers track, then?

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IoT and The Rise of the Machines in Healthcare

Health Populi

These technologies are emerging from both the medical-tech developers as well as consumer-grade and -facing companies: think HIMSS and RSNA vis-a-vis CES/the Consumer Technology Association. Back to the Ordr report, noting the rise of also the Internet of Stranger Things, abounding.

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

Medical literacy, such as understanding medical instructions following up procedures, lab tests, and inpatient discharges to the home.

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From Security to Regulation: Exploring the Hidden Challenges of the Digital Health Revolution

Healthcare IT Today

The Rise of Digital Technology in Healthcare One of the most prevalent use cases of digital technology in healthcare today is remote patient monitoring and diagnostics. Healthcare providers, researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical technology specialists will all need to take a phased approach to deploying new technologies.

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Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

Health Populi

But while the new ONC rules may make it easier for health consumers to access personal health information, the Field of Dreams phenomenon subverts the noble goal: we may “build” a system for people to access health data (like Blue Button), but patients may not “come.”