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Only 1 in 4 People Over 50 Use a Mobile Health App – And They Tend to Be Healthier and Wealthier

Health Populi

use at least one mobile health app, and 56% of older people have never used one. Among seven mhealth tools, the most commonly-used is to track exercise. One in 3 older people who use a mobile health app do so for exercise, followed by nutrition (currently adopted by 22% of older folks), weight loss (for 20%), and sleep (17%).

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Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement of large companies heretofore not focused on healthcare.

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Shaping the future of health technologies

Digital Leaders HealthTech

I’m a health systems guy and these lists are about health technologies that have moved health systems forward, rather than deep or niche technologies. Whilst health systems still remain heavily siloed and lack connectivity, a health system without internet connectivity, at the very least, is now unthinkable.

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Why CES 2022 Will Be Keynoted by a Health Care Executive

Health Populi

Digital health as a category has been a growing feature at CES for over a decade, starting with the early wearable tech era of Fitbit, Nike, Omron and UnderArmour, early exhibitors at CES representing the category. This is an actual intersection of the Internet of Things for Health — a new riff on mobile health/care, literally!

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The CES 2022 Tech Trends to Watch Have Everything To Do With Health/Care

Health Populi

That AI-powered counsel can emanate from the digital health technologies, apps, and algorithms that people are increasingly using — choosing to do so on their own, as well as adopting new tools based on health care provider and wellness coach recommendations (or “prescriptions”).

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

The Digital Health Corner

Giving patients tools to support them in their journey of recovery is imperative. Digital technology use in the addiction space is not a new concept. I will touch on some potential applications of digital technologies to all relevant stakeholders. It has spawned interest in telehealth as a treatment tool.

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#DHIS15 Recap: B2B2C, Mobile First, Telehealth 2.0, and more

American Well

Panelists addressed the mobile workforce, security challenges in health tech, population health management, the advent of telemedicine, and above all, the challenge of delivering effective care tools that will engage consumers and clinicians while also providing a cost incentive for industry support.