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Aging and the New Home Health, Tech-Enabled – Learning from Nature

Health Populi

“Digital technologies offer tremendous potential for shifting from traditional medical routines to remote medicine,” with the role of wearables playing a growing role in the new home care for healthy aging. But what are the challenges of deploying this promising tech with older people keen to be independent at home?

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Evidation Partners With USC on the Understanding America Study to Characterize Healthy Aging Using Wearables and Real-world Data

Digital Health Global

The goal of the partnership is to power research that will generate insights into healthy aging. Launched in 2014 and supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Understanding America Study is a nationally representative panel of over 12,000 people across the United States.

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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

Health Populi

Demographics collected included age, gender, race/ethnicity, and LGBTQ+ identity. The first chart details what younger people, ages 14 to 22, searched online in 2018 compared with 2020. Compared with 2018, all online health search topics fell in engagement except for smoking/vaping. fielded between September and November 2020.

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SuperAgers Family Study Reaches First National Recruitment Milestone Using Digital Methods Powered by Vibrent Health’s Research Software

Digital Health Global

The SuperAgers Family Study demonstrates effectiveness of multi-modal participant enrollment, data collection, and engagement in reaching aging populations FAIRFAX, Va.–(BUSINESS –(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, just one in every thousand people in the United States reaches the age of 95 or older.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

The table arrays data the researchers analyzed from 2002 to 2016, identifying patterns of six types of medical services used by race and age group. We can see that health care spending varied by race and ethnicity after adjusting for age and medical conditions. than on white people. than on white people.

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Health Is Social – The Social Determinants of Health at HIMSS19

Health Populi

These inputs include education, personal economics (like job security and financial stability), physical built environments (think: transportation access, safe and healthy housing), food and nutrition, and access to health care. Our theme is Embracing Social Determinants (SDoH) for Highly-Integrated, Coordinated Care.

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The Lonely Epidemic: Social Isolation and Technology

Healthcare IT Today

The National Academy of Sciences finds that 43% of adults over the age of 60 report feeling lonely. When conversation turns to depressing or difficult topics, the platform could prompt members to deal with the feelings more constructively. The Surgeon General advisory on youth points that out on page 6.