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Trust-Busted: The Decline of Trust in Technology and What It Means for Health

Health Populi

” The first chart shows the one-year trend on trust across industries through U.S. Ironically, the more people share data in a public health crisis, the more that information can be used for good to, in the case of the coronavirus, test, track, and snuff the virus. consumers’ eyes.

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Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons sought to take a closer look at the patients who sought surgical consultations in-person and via telemedicine in 2020. THE LARGER TREND. "Importantly, telemedicine use patterns continue to evolve during the pandemic. ON THE RECORD.

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Digital health in Africa: hype or hope?

Lloyd Price

Digital health technologies can be used to improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery, provide remote care to patients in rural areas, and collect and analyze data to improve public health. iSanté also collects data on patient health, which can be used to improve public health. The growth of the internet.

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

Health Populi

In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022. during the public health crisis.

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

Health Populi

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 home has emerged as our health hub in the pandemic, and that won’t be just a trend: that will persist.

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

Health Populi

Growing orders for Peloton and other connected exercise equipment were noted by CTA’s 2021 consumer-tech forecast , anticipating this as a trend that would mainstream as scale economies and competition expanded the market segment while prices fell.