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The COVID-19 Era Has Grown Health Consumer Demand for Virtual Care

Health Populi

One of the key toxic side effects of the COVID-19 public health crisis has been peoples’ growing sense of isolation and feeling lonely, increasing peoples’ need for mental and behavioral health services.

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Digital Health Tools Are Finding Business Models – IQVIA’s 2021 Read on the Health of Digital Health

Health Populi

We are seeing the curation and expansion of digital health “formularies” as we understand approved lists of medicines that undergo scrutiny for cost-effectiveness. Business models are emerging to support the adoption of apps, four general commercial models shown in the picture Exhibit 31.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Nearly 3 in 4 (73%) of mental health practitioners have seen an increase since the start of the pandemic , and 45% said they’ve had to turn patients away, according to research from Wiley. Medically Home added Arcadian Health , a Louisiana-based mobile health service, to its network.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The patient engagement space will see M&A activity with those vendors with the most intuitive and interoperable user interfaces staying strong. The enterprise imaging IT space will drive up to $2 billion in investments toward imaging workflow efficiency, interoperability and analytics. billion in the US alone.

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Six in ten people are open to health and wellness services via virtual channels, over half like the idea of remote monitoring linking with at-home devices, and 1 in 2 people would be open to routine appointments through telehealth. Nearly one-half would also be keen on mental health appointments and specialty visits for chronic conditions.

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Why telemedicine and remote patient monitoring demand will skyrocket in 2019

Redox

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) : the use of connected electronic tools to record personal health and medical data in one location for review by a provider in another location, usually at a different time. Mobile health (mHealth) : health care and public health information provided through mobile devices.