Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

Here is ECRI’s list of patient safety concerns a decade ago in 2015. Many more of these have to do with “technology” and devices (e.g., as more patients get discharged to hospital-for-home and more acute-care workflows that fall on burdened caregivers (that is, family members and friends).

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2024

My favorite example of this discovery happened at CES in 2015: that would make it a decade ago. Every year, keeping eyes and ears wide open, I spot something adjacent or somehow influential on health or well-being.

Digital Health 156

Digital Health Health Policy Mental health Medicare 156

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

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. Smart appliances, increasing to at least one per broadband household from 33% of homes in 2015 to 42% in 2020.

Connected Health 194

Connected Health Digital Health HIPAA Telemedicine 194

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Convenience, adherence, and relationship — these are areas that patients value, and physicians see the role of tech in bolstering these features. I hearken back to a favorite column from JAMA published in 2015 but retaining its relevance ongoing: Value-Based Payments Require Valuing What Matters to Patients.

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Digital Health Telehealth Remote care Primary Care 256

Health Populi

JANUARY 20, 2019

The consulting team assesses both patient experience and care pathways, beyond just the historical role of selling medical devices to health care providers. “We have designers embedded in each business unit from consumer health through clinical medical technology products,” Sean explained.

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Patient Experience Digital Health Leadership Medical Technology 242