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News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

Health Populi

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

About 1 in 2 patients now receive treatment at home instead of going to a provider’s office, using virtual tools like video conference calls (“Zoom-ing” for medical care), online chat, and mobile health apps downloaded on smartphones. 45% in pharmaceutical companies, and 44% in large retail pharmacy chains.

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

Health Populi

In early April 2020, “with shelter-in-place orders and the emotional need for people to connect for these major religious holidays, families and friends convened on videoconferencing platforms that had built their business models on companies convening meetings.

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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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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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How Stepping Up to Transform Mobile Medical Care around the Country Makes the Biggest Change in Wellness of Public Health

KB Dental Consulting

Mobile health is opening new opportunities for communication between patients and healthcare medical providers. Mobile medical health is starting to modify the way how health care is delivered and also received. Mobile medical clinics have a long way to go. The role of a mobile health clinic.