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

Health Populi

One in four people would consider online options as their first-line to evaluating personal health issues — a kind of “digital step therapy,” if you will. UHC’s research has revealed the bullish demand side among consumers seeking greater convenience, control, empowerment, and access for health care services.

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Crossing the Pond by Plane in the Age of Corona – My View From the Hygienic Skies and on the Ground in Belgium

Health Populi

I chose to go this route because I had greater assurance that my test result would be “interoperable” with United’s system, thereby ensuring even if I didn’t upload my (hopefully negative) result before I left for the airport, United authorities would receive it.

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

Health Populi

Today, one-half of the categories speak to more “medical”/clinical areas that are disease specific, addressing women’s health, medication adherence, and healthcare administration workflows.

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

mHealth Insight

The Challenge we’re announcing today is an extension of the AMA’s work and will explore possible uses of mobile health technology to provide patients and physicians with a rich stream of medical data that is important for improving care and long-term wellness.”. FULL PRESS RELEASE: . Media Contact: Robert J. AMA Media & Editorial.

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The Buzz at Davos: A Digital Health Revolution

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

Mobile apps and wearable devices empower individuals to manage their health and wellness,” Ferguson says in his blog post. “Big All of this technology and data ultimately result in low-cost wellness and high-value healthcare.”.

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The Future of Health Is “Now,” Deloitte Says; But Are Consumers Living and Loving It?

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The pandemic revealed rough spots and “warts” in the U.S. health care system, one of which has been access to data and lack of its interoperability.

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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.