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

Health Populi

Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools. Use of mobile apps to track personal health activity fell from nearly 1 in 2 consumers to 1 in 3. As for improving health outcomes, reducing time spent with doctors, and lowering cost of care?

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TikTok’s Impact on Youth Mental Health and Public Health Under-Researched, Study Finds

Digital Health Global

Despite concerns about the potential effects of social media on youth mental health, there has been limited academic exploration of TikTok’s impact. In the first part of the study, researchers conducted a systematic review of studies related to TikTok and its association with public health or mental health from 2016 to 2021.

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Digital Phenotyping: The new era of Healthcare Technology or unauthorized pervasive surveillance?

Lloyd Price

The idea of deciphering a person's well-being from their online activities seems far-fetched in the first place. How could a simple mouse click or a few keyboard strokes accurately depict the inner working of a person's mind? hours of screen time every day. . "Our

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Digital Healthcare Marketing: Patient Engagement Tools for Healthcare Referrals

Telebehavioral Health Institute

One of the most heavily trafficked keywords on Google, “healthcare marketing,” has left many providers to fall prey to online directory services that can charge from $49 per month to $2500 per year for a digital profile or $10,000 for a simple website.

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SEARCH 2020 – Day Two

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

HRSA’s 8 bureaus and offices (Ryan White, Maternal and child health, rural health policy, healthcare systems, etc.) In 2019, Health Centers across the nation served 30 million patients. Specifically, they’re looking at three different types: in-person, telehealth, and a hybrid of the two.

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E&T: Health apps frequently neglect privacy of users, study finds

mHealth Insight

Hilary Lamb at Engineering & Technology reports on a study that has found “Health apps frequently neglect privacy of users” mHealth Insights. They studied how the apps stored and monitored personal data, such as information about past health conditions.

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Why Health apps are like the Wild West, with Apple just riding into town

Lloyd Price

But out of the spotlight, the FDA has been doing away with regulatory action altogether on many diagnostic health apps targeting consumers, seeking to accelerate digital health adoption by defining many of these as “low risk” medical devices. Google” keyword searches. The app will see you now? Source : [link]