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Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

Health Populi

Stanford Medicine interviewed 523 physicians and 210 medical students and residents in September and October 2019 to assess clinicians’ perspectives on digital health topics for this study. The vast majority of doctors are using electronic health records, and four in ten have adopted telemedicine in their workflow.

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HealthTech M&A Case Study Series: Medtronic + Digital Surgery

Lloyd Price

Medtronic is a global leader in medical technology, and the acquisition of Touch Surgery is part of the company's strategy to expand its digital surgery business. It is a sign that major medical technology companies are taking digital surgery seriously, and it is likely to accelerate the adoption of digital surgery solutions.

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Physicians Lean In to Digital Health, Especially Telehealth and Remote Monitoring

Health Populi

doctors are using digital health tools in patient care, with quickening adoption of telehealth and remote monitoring technology, according to a study from the American Medical Association (AMA). Adoption of digital tools has grown across physicians of all ages, specialty, and gender across all technologies studied.

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Telecardiology – a quick overview and a list of AI-integrated providers

Digital Health Hub

Challenges to be addressed More studies are needed to assess how practitioners can effectively embrace telecardiology at primary healthcare centers. A successful integration of telecardiology into the usual practice would require training about computers and telemedicine laws and practices.

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Telecardiology – a quick overview and a list of AI-integrated providers

Digital Health Hub

More studies are needed to assess how practitioners can effectively embrace telecardiology at primary healthcare centers. A successful integration of telecardiology into the usual practice would require training about computers and telemedicine laws and practices. Challenges to be addressed. Global Telecardiology Market Report.

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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Health Populi

Rock Health’s research has tracked peoples’ use of telemedicine, wearable technology, digital health tracking, and online health information since 2015, and the results this round show relative flattening of adoption across these various tools. ” How not-so-far we have come, right? What do health trackers track, then?

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Disruption Is Healthcare’s New Normal

Health Populi

Anne Stey and her UCSF colleagues write in JAMA , “The entrance of the business and technology sector in the health care market creates an opportunity because of the accessible platforms, analytics, and marketing expertise that many of these companies already have in place.”