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

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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. The post The COVID-19 Era Has Grown Health Consumer Demand for Virtual Care appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Privacy and Our Ambivalent Tech-Embrace – Lessons for Digital Health Innovators

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consumers), followed by exercise, sleep, weight, nutrition, and then new things like medication, mental health, mood, meditation, and blood sugar all attracting at least 1 in 5 new health tracking people. Mental health nearly doubling to 25%. consumers likely to use an FDA-approved health tracking tool.

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

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during the public health crisis. Alcohol use among consumers grew moderately for 54% of people, with another 17% confessing to a significant increase — net, that’s 71% of consumers using alcohol more during the pandemic. The Atlantic offered this take this week].

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

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and intriguingly, “Health care professionals seem most excited about adopting consumer technologies that we already use.” ” “Clinicians have this combined feeling of being overwhelmed by current technology and feeling those systems aren’t doing enough to help them care for patients.”

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

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Without access to connectivity during the pandemic, too many people could not work for their living, attend school and learn, connect with loved ones, or get health care.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In a survey based in the US, patients that experienced telehealth visits highly rated this type of healthcare (recommendations: > 80%) 5,6 , stating it was beneficial for their mental health as well. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. BMC Public Health. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. ” 27.

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Why telemedicine and remote patient monitoring demand will skyrocket in 2019

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If you were to ask someone on the street what they consider the most impactful digital health innovation over the last five years, there’s a good chance their response would be, “telemedicine”. Oddly, even with its place in the general public’s lexicon, telemedicine utilization is still rather low.