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Survey: Health app adoption has tripled since 2014

Mobi Health News

But they also have high expectations for their health technology, which the industry may not be able to meet. New survey data out this week from Accenture shows that healthcare consumers are using more wearables and apps, and are more bullish on virtual care, than ever before.

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

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: This 21-year low for the tech industry has implications for health care as digital health technology blurs into everyday healthcare the way “e-business” and the Internet melted into our daily work and personal life-flows.

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Four Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from March 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

That’s the way it seemed in 2014 to those comments from Witlingo founder, Ahmed Bouzid, interviewing for a job at Amazon – after interacting with the newly invented Echo, he wanted to stand up and start applauding. Is voice first indistinguishable from magic?

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ActiGraph to Discontinue GT9X Link Wearable Device

ActiGraph

Effective August 23, 2023, ActiGraph is discontinuing the sale of one of our wearable digital health technology (DHT) devices, the GT9X Link. Originally launched in 2014, the GT9X Link is a multi-sensor wearable device that has been used to collect actigraphy data in clinical research studies across public health and academia.

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Unifying the Healthcare Assembly Line

Mobile Health Matters

This shift had two serious consequences: Health systems had to reorganize their workflows to support this foreign technology, rather than the technology advancing care team coordination and improving efficiencies as promised. Keep in mind that many ACOs and IDNs have numerous EMRs throughout their systems.

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Digital Health Unplugged Podcast: Why is the NHS so difficult to sell to?

Lloyd Price

The company is led by Jon Hoeksma, a highly experienced health IT journalist and commentator. link] Digital Health Unplugged covers all things health technology and NHS IT. Hosted by Digital Health's news reporter Jordan Sollof , the podcast delves into key issues and news stories in the sector.

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Sword Health Lands $130M, Unveils Phoenix AI

Digital Health Wire

Founded in 2014, Sword pairs motion tracking technology with in-house clinicians to deliver virtual physical therapy programs for muscle and joint issues. Besides the valuation refresh, Sword also wanted to give its employees some long-awaited liquidity.