Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

RockHealth, the “first venture fund dedicated to digital health”, has declared this year a turning point in the market of offerings for older adults (aka baby boomers, particularly those 65+). Of course, in the not-cited part of that survey, only 59% expected to be able to do so. Agin in place – the latest trend.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Patient Matching and Transparency in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act of 2024 , which would standardize the way demographic information is entered into certified health IT products and ensure more precise patient matches.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Studies Almost half (48%) of American women don’t have a PCP or get regular preventive care , according to a survey from Tia Health. More than 60% of consumers said the ability to schedule appointments online is very important when choosing a new provider , according to a Kyruus survey.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Consumers’ satisfaction with both health plan websites and information and communication. On the supply side, BDO surveyed 100 C-level leaders across the health care provider landscape in January 2021 to assess the executives’ views on digital health technology infrastructure and tools nearly one year into the pandemic.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

I’m glad to be getting back to health economic issues after spending the last couple of weeks firmly focused on consumers, digital health technologies and CES 2019. There’s a lot for me to address concerning health care costs based on news and research published over the past couple of weeks.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2023

Nearly half (46%) of providers already have or plan to deploy large language models in their call centers , according to a survey from Hyro. According to an AdvancedMD survey of providers, 84% of patients are reporting stress levels that are higher today than they were in 2020.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Brian Klepper of Worksite Health Advisors , longtime consigliere to self-insured employers, unions, and value-oriented providers of medical services, explained the growth in value-based care he expects to see in the coming months: “Today’s descendants of the disruptor Managed Care companies of the 1980’s are value-focused and high performing….that

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Foley’s 2017 Telemedicine and Digital Health Survey reflects a surging demand for telemedicine services among providers and patients, and a broader acceptance of the technology by other major players in the health care industry. Click HERE to discuss how BHM helps payers. Report Highlights: Telemedicine delivers ROI.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Patients are the lifeblood of the healthcare industry — especially small healthcare clinics — yet a recent survey conducted by Weave found that 2 out of 3 small healthcare businesses claim they are short-staffed, with little evidence that these shortages will end anytime soon. Jason Gorevic, CEO at Teladoc Health.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

One early survey of physicians on their use of social media found that “85% of oncologists and primary care physicians use social media at least once a week or once a day to scan or explore health information.

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The Digital Health Corner

MARCH 26, 2018

Interestingly, an IBM survey of 200 healthcare executives in 16 countries focused on interest in adopting blockchain technology revealed that this is a very rapidly evolving area. One of the most obvious benefits of blockchain resides in improving privacy of electronic health records.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

According to the hospital’s most recent employee engagement survey, the hospital’s overall employee engagement score was 89 percent and its employee retention rate is 92.6 Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas). For employees over 55 years old, the hospital offers free Medicare and health claims assistance.

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mHealth Insight

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

“A major challenge of mobile health is the high drop-off rate in sensor and app usage. 40 In one survey, more than half of users of activity trackers stopped using their device, and a third did so in the first 6 months. Higher-risk mobile health technologies are considered medical devices under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Key aspects of health for which consumers are seeking support from the grocery store aisles are resilience and energy, brain health, sleep and rest, and to be sure, weight loss. Organic food, too, will continue to go even more mainstream in 2024, expected by The Packer survey on Organic Fresh Trends 2024. In 2023, 2 in 3 U.S.

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