Integrated fitness tracker, mobile health app potentially improves teachers' mental wellness - study
Mobi Health News
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Fitbit and MindFi have teamed up to study the impact of their combined solutions on teachers' mental well-being.
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Only 1 in 4 People Over 50 Use a Mobile Health App – And They Tend to Be Healthier and Wealthier
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
use at least one mobile health app, and 56% of older people have never used one. One in 3 older people who use a mobile health app do so for exercise, followed by nutrition (currently adopted by 22% of older folks), weight loss (for 20%), and sleep (17%). Just over 1 in 4 people over 50 in the U.S.
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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being
Health Populi
APRIL 12, 2024
Plainly put, we have 20 th Century laws governing 21 st century health care delivery. health care, bring people back into the system, bolster physician well-being, and deliver on the promise of high-quality care that the U.S. map and citizens’ access has been marked with mental health supply shortages.
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Our Mobile Health Data: Shared, Identifiable, and Privacy-Deprived
Health Populi
MARCH 28, 2019
As more mobile app users — consumers, patients, and caregivers — use these handy digital health tools, much of the data we share can be re-identified and monetized by third parties well beyond those we believe we’re sharing with. Will Americans benefit from a U.S.-style style GDPR?
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Mobile health program improved addiction outcomes despite low clinician engagement
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Integration of a practitioner-developed mobile health system within a primary care setting was well-received by substance use disorder (SUD) patients and generally improved outcomes, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
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From Dr. Fauci to Peloton, Healthcare and Wellness Baked Into Ad Age’s Top 20 Brands for 2020
Health Populi
JULY 13, 2020
” This moment to them as well as to me, is heavily baked with health and wellness on consumers’ minds. Among the brands that directly play into health and wellness are Dr. Fauci (yes, he’s a brand and the most-trusted voice on coronavirus science in the U.S.; In the U.S., Your brand certainly is.
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The future of the waiting room, and how telemedicine and mobile health could change it
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
David Berg, cofounder and chairman of the board of Redirect Health, a primary care national healthcare organization featuring telemedicine and mobile health, believes the healthcare industry should reduce unnecessary inconveniences – such as extensive travel or wait times – from the healthcare experience.
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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time
Health Populi
DECEMBER 27, 2021
I covered this announcement in the Health Populi blog at the time, and today want to double-down on the significance of Ford’s leading presence at #CES2022. When announced, the news was a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives.
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The Opioid Epidemic and Mental Health: How Remote Patient Monitoring Can Support Recovery and Wellness
DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
The opioid crisis has been driven by the over-prescription and misuse of prescription opioids, as well as the rise of illicit opioids such as fentanyl. Opioid use not only affects physical health but also mental health. Looking to use remote patient monitoring solutions to monitor opioid addiction and mental health disorders?
Why CES 2022 Will Be Keynoted by a Health Care Executive
Health Populi
OCTOBER 6, 2021
This news is a signal that health care and the larger tech-enabled ecosystem that supports health and well-being is embedded in peoples’ everyday lives. Our homes emerged as our health hubs in the #StayHome and quarantine times.
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Navigating parenthood made easy with SPA
Digital Health Global
JANUARY 24, 2024
Shefaly Shorey emphasized, “ Our study proved that the mobile health intervention was a good source of evidence-based yet localized information and reliable support to help parents care for newborns and their own emotional and overall well-being.
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The Demand for Self-Care At-Home Will Grow Post-Pandemic – Insights from IRI
Health Populi
MAY 5, 2022
The second graphic from IRI’s May 2022 Client Engagement work illustrates several aspects to self-care at home that’s holistic, covering food-as-medicine demand, home hygiene, well-being, health & beauty, and sustainability. and better-for-you ingredients and functional benefits.
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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health
Health Populi
MARCH 17, 2021
Authors of the report were Victoria Rideout, longtime expert on families, youth, and media; Susannah Fox, “Internet Geologist” well-known for her work on peer-to-peer health care and the origins of the Internet in health care (and in full disclosure, my close friend); and Alanna Peebles and Michael Robb, researchers at Common Sense.
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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds
Health Populi
JULY 20, 2020
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.
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Consumers’ Health Concerns Grow in the Pandemic Across All Categories – And More Trust Virtual Care
Health Populi
MAY 3, 2021
Similarly, 42% of global health citizens were very or extremely comfortable with consulting a therapist online or via a mobile health app for mental health counsel and support. In 2021 overall, over 40% of U.S.
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Digital Healthcare Transformation: Improving Patient Experience and Outcomes
Digital Health Global
MAY 10, 2023
Furthermore, digital health tools such as wearable devices and mobile health apps enable patients to take a more active role in their health and wellness. These tools provide patients with real-time access to their health data, enabling them to make better-informed decisions about their health.
The CES 2022 Tech Trends to Watch Have Everything To Do With Health/Care
Health Populi
JANUARY 4, 2022
Last night, Steve discussed these trends for media attendees, of which I am one (gratefully) participating in #CES2022 virtually from the hygienic comfort and safety of my home health hub (more on that later in this post). All four of these mega-themes impact health and well-being in some way. “Space Tech?”
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Health@Retail Update: Kroger and Hy-Vee Morph Grocery into Health, Walmart’s Health Center, CVS/housing and More
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
And it’s hummable to the tune of, well, Strangers in the Night. Now, to the news… and what it means… Start with Kroger and Hy-Vee, national grocery chains, both of which are expanding their health care reach via pharmacists’ licensure practice expansions, and new concepts of mobile health.
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Consumers Continue to Lean Into Digital Services: Beyond Tech and Hardware at #CES2023
Health Populi
JANUARY 4, 2023
Transportation and mobility. Health technology. Health and drivers of wellbeing cross these six trends, and the plethora of services quantified in the on-demand segmentation revealed in the first chart. Food delivery follows this pattern as well for those folks who don’t want to scratch-cook. Metaverse and Web 3.0
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A Breakthrough, Sobering Report on Teens and Young Adults, Digital Health and Social Media Use: Implications for Mental Health
Health Populi
JULY 31, 2018
There are also hundreds of stories written in both mass media outlets and professional journals on the topic of TYAs and mental health: especially relative to depression and suicidality. The report was co-written by Victoria Rideout and Susannah Fox, two names Health Populi readers should know. adults, found in other studies.
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Sharing IPS (sIPS)
Healthcare Exchange Standards
APRIL 5, 2024
It has been designed specifically to remove barriers to adoption, by leveraging architectures that are currently implemented, well-established, and robust. If you want a purely FHIR transport for this FHIR IPS, then look to the Mobile Health Document Sharing (MHDS) Profile YouTube presentation, long , and short.
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How Grocery and Retail Companies Are Delivering Health and Healthcare
Health Populi
MARCH 25, 2021
As more consumers view their homes as personal and safe health havens, there is no shortage of suppliers in the food, retail, and mobility sectors working fast to meet that demand for convenient and accessible services. “Self-care is a pandemic priority,” NCS intuited from their data.
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19Labs and Pro México Indígena Revolutionize Healthcare Access for Indigenous Communities
19 Labs
AUGUST 1, 2023
Over 120 communities in 12 municipalities of two states of Mexico are being served, providing care for members of the Mazahua, Otomi, and Tseltal language groups via state-of-the-art mobile health clinics. Hernández Ríos, Program Analysis and Strategy Coordinator of the Fundación Pro México Indígena.
Why Elevance Health is “Prescribing” Phones for Members
Health Populi
JANUARY 19, 2024
In their dialogue, Boudreaux discussed Elevance Health’s “whole-health approach… about simplifying healthcare and building rust with customers. Digitally enabled healthcare means building digital technologies into the fabric of our ecosystem to improve outcomes and enhance efficiency in day-to-day health and wellness.”
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Consumers’ Use of Digital Health is Just Part of Mainstream Life Now
Health Populi
MAY 8, 2023
Using the Internet and mobile health apps are as mainstream as swiping left for a date and researching features in a new car, based on the Digital 2023 Global Overview Report from Meltwater. Per user, this equated to about $33, growing year-on-year at 12%.
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UPMC Adult Spina Bifida Clinic Leverages Xealth to Make Complex Self-care and Monitoring Simpler
Xealth
AUGUST 28, 2023
Integrating the iMHere mobile health system into clinician EHR workflows simplifies the enrollment process and ability to monitor treatment. The iMHere mobile health system includes an app that helps patients with conditions like spina bifida manage their complex self-care and helps clinicians monitor their self-care regimens.
Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”
Health Populi
JANUARY 15, 2020
Physicians are evolving as digital doctors, embracing the growing role of data generated in electronic health records as well as through their patients using wearable technologies and mobile health apps downloaded in ubiquitous smartphones, described in The Rise of the Data-Driven Physician , a 2020 Health Trends Report from Stanford Medicine.
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Cybersecurity frameworks in APAC don’t support remote care: report
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
While policies allow data transfer between and beyond hospitals, these protections are also "not well-established" and challenges persist in enforcing them. They should also look at funding partnerships among stakeholders.
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Telehealth is the future but it is obscured by a dismal present
KevinMD
JULY 11, 2020
The redirection of patient flow has enabled the conservation of personal protective gear, decreased nosocomial transmission of the coronavirus, and, therefore, saved lives, especially those who are immunocompromised, who are far more likely to contract COVID-19 as well as […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Learn more.
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How Virtual Care Will Play Out in 2022 – a Look Post-CES and JPM
Health Populi
JANUARY 24, 2022
For many people, these visits matched or exceeded expectations compared with in-person encounters with clinicians, as well as satisfying on convenience and access values. Independa has been at the home health monitoring game for over ten years, so the organization well understands the business and now, the post-pandemic opportunity to scale.
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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
JUNE 8, 2021
What enables those deflating cost-reducers is the growing adoption of digital health tools, from telehealth and virtual care to self-care in patients’ hands at home and on-the-go via mobile health apps. In 2021, 4 in 5 providers and nurses see EHRs as important, and increasingly demand digital interactions with patients.
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Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender
Health Populi
MAY 17, 2022
While telehealth, mobile health apps, and wearable technology are all growing for mainstream consumers, there are gaps in adoption based on where a person lives, their health insurance plan type, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender. The report examines three areas of digital health adoption: Live video telemedicine.
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COVID-19 Has Accelerated Consumers’ Interest in Healthy Home Tech
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
adults say their concerns about personal health and wellness increased in the past year: in particular, stress and anxiety, and sleep and eating habits. adults in late July 2020, gauging consumers’ interest in personal health and well-being and home technologies’ potential impacts on mental and physical health.
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Consumers Want Help With Health: Can Healthcare Providers Supply That Demand?
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
The Oliver Wyman team explored the concept of the new front door in health care several years ago, and since then has been tracking consumers’ use of these alternate entry points. ” Specifically: 42% of consumers would consider receiving advice and recommendations on well-being via telehealth.
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Most Workers and their Employers Want to Receive Digital Healthcare On-Demand
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Fully one-half of employees would be keen on apps to help find a doctor or care when and where needed, and just about 1 in 2 workers would like an app that helps find expert physicians anywhere in the world (think: specialists via telehealth) as well as electronic and portable personal health records.
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How Remote Patient Monitoring Technology Enhances Communication and Care Delivery
Clear Arch Health
JUNE 5, 2023
In this blog post, Clear Arch Health will explore the various ways that RPM revolutionizes and enhances communication between patients and healthcare providers to faciliate interaction, proactive intervention and streamlined workflows. Furthermore, RPM facilitates frequent communication between patients and care providers.
News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health
Health Populi
JULY 28, 2020
Twelve years ago, when I began to attend CES, digital health was a nascent category featured with products featured in a couple of aisles in exhibit booths then dominated by Fitbit, Nike and UnderArmour.
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The Growth of Emerging Consumer Electronics Categories Adds to Digital Health Platforms
Health Populi
JULY 16, 2019
Along with calling out the emerging tech platforms that can support health and medical applications, we should remember that smartphones are already a wellness channel and have reached saturation with over a 90% household penetration rate, CTA calculates.
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Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 19, 2022
Health systems can take a number of steps toward ensuring the benefits of virtual care are fully realized, they said, including pushing for expanded broadband access and reimbursement incentives. And geographic and economic factors continue to play a role as well. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD. Twitter: @kjercich.
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NIH seeks proposals for advanced mobile hospital
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 18, 2024
These include the development of a miniaturized self-shielded CT scanner that achieves >80% reduction in size, weight and power from standard scanners along with software that connects remote medical devices with electronic health records and provides real-time, interactive decision support.
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How telemedicine can help patients and solve physician burnout
KevinMD
MARCH 6, 2019
Well, what a difference a few years makes. In 2015, I had to beg doctors to work in telemedicine. Because so many doctors were wary of it, I started to get licensed in multiple states, and now, I have 15 state licenses. Now, in 2019, I […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.
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As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks
Health Populi
OCTOBER 3, 2018
.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: As workers bear a greater financial risk for covering their and their families’ healthcare costs, how to bend that cost curve downward? Adoption of wearable tech and mobile health apps in companies’ wellness programs is expanding. employers ask.
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Which Type of Mobile Health Vehicle is Right for My Practice – Gasoline or Diesel?
KB Dental Consulting
JANUARY 26, 2018
There are a lot of things that should be evaluated when a person wants to buy a mobile dental/medical van or trailer which would match his/her expectations. Every model of engine in conjunction with mobile healthcare clinic has its specific features with essential paraphernalia which would serve the health professionals and the patients.
Revolutionizing Healthcare: The power of Digital Health in dietary education for chronic conditions
Digital Health Global
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
In this context, digital health emerges as a catalyst for revolutionizing healthcare delivery. Digital health encompasses electronic health (eHealth) and mobile health (mHealth), which leverage electronic platforms and mobile technologies, including wearable devices and apps, to provide health information and services.
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