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Health Privacy and Our Ambivalent Tech-Embrace – Lessons for Digital Health Innovators

Health Populi

This ambivalence will flavor how health citizens will adopt and adapt to the growing digitization of health care, and challenge the healthcare ecosystem’s assumption that patients and caregivers will universally, uniformly engage with medical tools and apps and technologies. 46% of U.S.

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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

mHealth : mHealth stands for mobile health and refers to healthcare apps and services delivered via mobile technology like smartphones and tablets. This technology could be in the form of connected healthcare devices like a smartwatch or heart monitor, health monitoring and wellness apps, or connected home devices.

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American Medical Association launches a Healthcare Interoperability & Innovation Challenge with Google

mHealth Insight

” This is an incredible turn around as the AMA CEO has been pointing fingers at mHealth and making claims it’s little more than modern day snake oil. Physicians have entrusted the AMA to advance the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health on behalf of patients for more than 170 years.

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The Digital Pharmacy: Walgreens’ Emerging Strategy

Chilmark Research

First, Walgreens and WebMD have been collaborating for months on a partnership that brings WebMD tools (namely an online goal-setting/care coaching program) to the Walgreens website, and introduces Balance Rewards-based incentives for users of the WebMD app who are tracking fitness, nutrition, or other health data.

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What HealthyThinker Is Thinking About Health at CES 2020

Health Populi

To give you a sense of how health and wellness at CES have grown since 2013, consider Asthmapolis, a pioneer in digital respiratory health. At CES 2013, David Van Sickle, CEO and founder of Asthmapolis, spoke in a CES keynote panel about the usefulness of health data in the cloud.

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7 Telehealth Terms You Need to Know

BHM Healthcare Solutions

According to the HRSA , telehealth “is the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care , patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration.”. Telemedicine. Remote patient monitoring.

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How mHealth Apps are redefining the medical sector

Waracle

Today we’re exploring how mHealth apps are redefining the medical sector. That’s right, the health and medical sector has been touted as one of the top three industries being transformed by the humble mobile device, and will likely retain its spot on the podium for some time if the figures are anything to go by. mHealth App Types.

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