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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

Health Populi

These dynamics and these young health citizens’ coping mechanisms are captured in the report, Coping with COVID-19: How Young People Use Digital Media to Manage Their Mental Health. sought health information online in 2020, a slight decline from 2018. Some 8 in 10 younger people in the U.S.

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Telehealth Popularity for Generation Z’s Mental Health Crisis

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Introduction The mental health challenges faced by Generation Z (born in 1997 or later) are reaching alarming levels, with high school and college students experiencing unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. Unfortunately, the healthcare resources available to them are often limited.

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TikTok: doctors and nurses are the most popular professions

Digital Health Global

The study found that TikTokers have spent an average of 630 million hours watching videos involving doctors, surpassing 628 million hours watching teachers and around 427 million hours watching nurses’ videos. In short, people flock to TikTok for health information, a trend that is not new.

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How to switch from phone to video telehealth on a limited budget

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Most payers reimburse significantly less for a phone visit than a video visit." " Elizabeth Lever, Institute for Family Health. “Our goal was to enable patients to access many of our primary care, mental health and social support services by video or phone while remaining safely at home,” she said.

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

Health Populi

The first chart illustrates consumers’ use of digital health tools, showing that online health information and online provider reviews. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Digital health tools generate data.

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Telehealth Popularity for Generation Z’s Mental Health Crisis

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Introduction The mental health challenges faced by Generation Z (born in 1997 or later) are reaching alarming levels, with high school and college students experiencing unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. Unfortunately, the healthcare resources available to them are often limited.

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Healthdirect Australia partners with Coviu to power its video consulting service

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthdirect Australia , a national public health information service in the country, recently announced that it will be working with home-grown telehealth startup Coviu, to power its government-funded healthdirect Video Call service. THE LARGER TREND. In April 2019, Swinburne started working with Coviu for telehealth education.