Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: I leave time in my frenetic schedule at CES for serendipity to kick in. Every year, keeping eyes and ears wide open, I spot something adjacent or somehow influential on health or well-being. My favorite example of this discovery happened at CES in 2015: that would make it a decade ago.

Digital Health 156

Digital Health Health Policy Mental health Medicare 156

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. broadband households in 2020 from 17% in 2015.

Connected Health 194

Connected Health Digital Health HIPAA Telemedicine 194

Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Ironically, more social spending by the public sector could help address health outcomes for people, something for which we’ve had evidence for many years. This Health Affairs research published in 2015 made it clear that State spending on social health services builds citizens’ health beyond medical services.

Public Health 326

Public Health Mental health Medicare Primary Care 326