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Five Digital Health Imperatives for Patient Safety

The Digital Health Corner

In fact, low health literacy is related to higher mortality rates. In a post I wrote here in 2012, I discussed some of the implications of low health literacy. A technology called blockchain was developed in 2008 and has found its biggest interest in the financial industry.

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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

VA was an early adopter of digital health tools and remains a leader within US health care in leveraging technology to enhance patient engagement. million veterans interacting with the site, including their personal health data, every month. In FY19, there were more than 20.6 million Rx refill requests.

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Why are older adults demeaned by the health and tech industry?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Telehealth was a pioneering concept in 2008. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring , Technology - AARP. Perhaps they had or have a grandmother who fell down and want to launch a new tech to prevent others from having a similar experience. This is laudable.

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Review of Mobile Devices and Health by Ida Sim in the NEJM

mHealth Insight

who is a Primary Care Physician, Professor at UCSF & coFounder at Open mHealth (follow her on Twitter @IdaSim ). mHealth Insights. health care spending, 3 so the promise of mobile health is especially attractive.” 46 As patients independently bring mobile health data to clinicians (e.g.,