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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app.

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Older People Are Digital Migrants, and Best Buy Health Is Paving the Road for the Journey

Health Populi

Connecting from our homes — now our health hubs, workplaces, schools, entertainment centers, and gyms — is necessary like air and water for survival across daily life flows. Digital connectivity can ameliorate social isolation and anxiety, bolster mental health, and access needed medical care via telehealth channels.

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How Grocery and Retail Companies Are Delivering Health and Healthcare

Health Populi

Kroger is the fourth-largest pharmacy operator by script count,” the Journal noted, adding details about Walmart, CVS Health, and Walgreens all fast-expanding their respective health care footprints. Note that ScriptDrop has contracts with grocery chains and retail pharmacies, along with health systems.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

How would you improve what’s in the bill to optimize the use of telehealth in this challenging public health moment? What can we expect to hear relevant to the public health challenge? Health Populi’s Hot Points: So, can the U.S. Joseph Health (literally “Ground Zero” for Patient 1 of COVID-19 in the U.S.)

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COVID-19 Accelerated Digital Health Investments…But It Helps to Be Bigger, Mature and Scaling

Health Populi

The survey report curates many colorful and insightful quotes from survey respondents, both investors and digital health companies. The third graphic from the report notes that smaller start-ups and investors don’t necessarily meet eye-to-eye.

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Heart-Love – Omron’s Holy Grail of Blood Pressure Tracking on the Wrist

Health Populi

” I’m glad to report that we’ll be there before the end of the year, based on my meet-up with Omron Healthcare at #CES2018. In 2016 at CES, I spoke with Ranndy about the company’s project #GoingforZero, a public health education campaign aiming for “zero” incidence of stroke.

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A Springtime Re-Set for Self-Care, From Fitness to Cozy Cardio: Peloton’s Latest Consumer Research

Health Populi

Meet “The Guy Who Didn’t Know His Cholesterol” conceived by Roz Chast, the great cartoonist regularly featured in The New Yorker, this one in the magazine’s March 11th, 2024 issue. What is also persisting is the fitness-committed health consumer’s embrace of a virtuous circle of mind, body, and social health.