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Study: NYC Black, Latino patients less likely than white patients to use telehealth during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This remains true, said researchers from the Department of Population Health Sciences and Policy, even after adjusting for age, comorbidities and preferred language. "While telehealth has many benefits, especially during a global pandemic, it may create and/or exacerbate health disparities," wrote the research team.

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The technology category that cannot be spoken aloud – serving older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

billion in Digital Health ( which means whatever you want it to mean.) Optum acquires DaVita Medical Group and Humana acquires Kindred Healthcare. And even Best Buy connects the acquisition to its interest in ‘human needs’ – true, but not clear. category tags: Aging technology , Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Voice, Health, and Well-being – Launching a New Report for 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

But is that true? The research/report process seeks to understand the role that voice-activated technologies can play in monitoring and improving health, engaging multiple age groups, including boomer-senior adults living at home or in senior living. The process will incorporate interviews with 20-30 experts/stakeholders.

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Isn’t It Eyeconic? Vision Care in the Evolving Health Care Ecosystem

Health Populi

And that’s true for health care as well as generic retail, Marge asserted, introducing Deborah Weinswig who is CEO and Founder, Coresight Research. When Andy spoke of us all being part of the “digital nation” as “digital citizens,” his remarks resonated with me. “We She said, “of course it can,” as the day’s content proved out.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Columbia Orthopaedic Group in Missouri, like so many ambulatory surgery centers across the country, do procedures today that are far more complex than those it did five years ago. Columbia Orthopaedic Group felt it was representative of its quality and reputation to create a system that improved the care it offered patients.

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So, about this “big data” thing …

Society for Participatory Medicine

She tagged a number of other members (and non). I know and respect Nosta from his days creating a LinkedIn Digital Health group with a zillion members, so I wasn’t surprised to see his perspective. Today, outgoing SPM board members Peter Elias and I were among those tagged.

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Gen Z and Millennials: What They Want from Healthcare

MeMD

Millennials, the age group born between 1981 and 2000, now make up 35% of today’s employees. The pandemic pushed digital health to new heights – and there’s no going back. This is especially true of Gen Z and Millennials, who are disproportionately affected by mental illness in the era of COVID-19. The Demand for Virtual Care.