Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Family premiums for health insurance received at the workplace grew 5% in 2018: to $19,616, according to the 2018 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). Over the past decade the share of workers in plans with annual deductibles has grown from 59% in 2008 to 85% in 2018.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Medical Billing Health Data 166

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

For more on the connected car as a third-space for health care, see my post from CES 2017, Your car as a mobile health platform.

HIPAA 174

HIPAA Mobile Health Digital Health Health Information 174

Mobile Health Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2017

They frequently move, and with the option to work on the go, it will be critical for health systems to mobilize patient data with the individual. While health IT will help care for mobile patients, ensuring the technology is secure must also be the top priority. Meeting Mobile Health Challenges.

Mobile Health 73

Mobile Health Health IT Medical Technology Health Information 73

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Using digital health tech is a new normal for U.S. consumers, including Seniors, found in the 2018 digital health consumer survey from Deloitte. The title of the report, “Consumers are on board with virtual health options,” summarizes the bullish outlook for telehealth. Deloitte surveyed 4,530 U.S.

Digital Health 273

Digital Health Telehealth Connected Care Health Information 273

Health Populi

JULY 31, 2018

teens and young adults, ages 14 to 22, polled in February and March 2018. What’s fascinating about the top several responses is that they match the health topics most often sought by most U.S. The study is based on a survey of over 1,300 U.S. adults, found in other studies.

Mental health 217

Mental health Digital Health Mobile Health Health Information 217

Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

Omron has been one of the few consumer-facing digital health companies that has taken the long-view and done the work to file for FDA clearance for a medical-grade technology that mainstream consumers can use. Omron seeks to jump that hurdle through FDA clearance.

Digital Health 204

Digital Health Connected Health Public Health Mental health 204

Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Yet with that bullish supply side of digital health, there was a marked decline in peoples’ use of them in the past two years, found by Accenture in their latest health consumer survey, Digital is Transforming Health, So Why is Consumer Adoption Stalling?

Digital Health 348

Digital Health Health Data HIPAA Mental health 348

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Our homes are evolving into our health hubs — truly our “medical homes,” which have been formally defined as a primary care gatekeeper’s office. An article published in Health Services Research in August 2018 talks about Trends in the Types of Usual Sources of Care: A Shift from People to Places or Nothing at All.

Primary Care 282

Primary Care Telehealth Mobile Health Patient Experience 282

Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2018

The median American uses 3 social networking platforms in 2018. Facebook is the primary platform for most Americans who use social media in 2018: two-thirds of U.S. adults age 18 and over in early January 2018 for this study. Health Populi’s Hot Points : Health is social: isolation is a social determinant for ill health.

Digital Health 174

Digital Health Health Data Health IT Mobile Health 174

Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2018

It takes a good nudge from a provider to motivate a patient to access online medical records, found by ONC in their latest research into consumers’ use of EHRs detailed in Individuals’ use of online medical records and technology for health needs , the ONC Data Brief No. 40, published April 2018.

EHR 209

EHR Health IT Patient Experience HIPAA 209

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Second in sharing-line were “my health insurance company” and “my pharmacy” for just over one-half of consumers, a percentage which stayed fairly flat between 2017 and 2019. The proportion of consumers willing to share personal health information with pure-play tech companies has grown exponentially!”

Digital Health 196

Digital Health Health Information Health Data EHR 196

Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2018

These findings are based on Rock Health’s survey of some 4,000 U.S. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Trust is fundamental to a consumer’s health engagement. adults; the poll was fielded in 2017.

Digital Health 128

Digital Health Health Information Telemedicine Health Data 128

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

This blog appears today as part of a #HIMSS18 primer series for attendees, and the industry at large, to discuss major health IT issues that will help move health and healthcare delivery forward in 2018 – and beyond.

HIPAA 120

HIPAA Patient Experience EHR Health Information 120

Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

My guest for this edition is Dave Ryan, Intel GM for Health and Life Sciences at its Internet of Things Group. We spoke at the Connected Health conference in Boston, an annual get-together of innovators in digital health and healthcare transformation which has long been on my list of regular stops on the conference circuit.

Remote care 60

Remote care Life Science Digital Health Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

My guest for this edition is Dave Ryan, Intel GM for Health and Life Sciences at its Internet of Things Group. We spoke at the Connected Health conference in Boston, an annual get-together of innovators in digital health and healthcare transformation which has long been on my list of regular stops on the conference circuit.

Remote care 60

Remote care Life Science Digital Health Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

My guest for this edition is Dave Ryan, Intel GM for Health and Life Sciences at its Internet of Things Group. We spoke at the Connected Health conference in Boston, an annual get-together of innovators in digital health and healthcare transformation which has long been on my list of regular stops on the conference circuit.

Remote care 60

Remote care Life Science Digital Health Healthcare Innovation 60

Health Blawg

OCTOBER 29, 2018

My guest for this edition is Dave Ryan, Intel GM for Health and Life Sciences at its Internet of Things Group. We spoke at the Connected Health conference in Boston, an annual get-together of innovators in digital health and healthcare transformation which has long been on my list of regular stops on the conference circuit.

Remote care 60

Remote care Life Science Digital Health Healthcare Innovation 60

mHealth Insight

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

MD, Global Lead, Connected Health, Digital. Intelligent connectivity and mobile technology are key enablers for accessing a range of life-enhancing services such as mobile health – 1 billion subscribers used mobile to access health services in 2017 alone. Ronan Wisdom. Harrison Lung.

mHealth 28

mHealth Digital Health Health science BioTech 28

Consumer eHealth Engagement

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

. “With the tremendous growth of chatbots and voice assistants, we decided to develop a virtual health assistant and begin to understand how to support the patients in their search for care”, explains Maryam Gholami, Chief Product Officer at Digital Innovations, Providence Health.

Patient Experience 36

Patient Experience Telehealth Digital Health Mobile Health 36

Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2020

.” Self-care in the pandemic drove virtual health care visits up across generations due to elective procedures and primary care shifting to telehealth platforms, and some consumers’ concerns about heading back to brick-and-mortar health care settings for in-person high-touch care.

Public Health 263

Public Health Primary Care Interoperability Health Information 263

Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2019

This chart, on page 262, is important for healthcare delivery because a large proportion of the healthcare labor force is indeed foreign-born — at all levels of the system, from hyper-specialists in the operating room and research labs to home health aides helping elders with activities of daily living.

eHealth 276

eHealth mHealth Public Health FHIR 276

Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The World Health Organization called for “prescribing” clean air for the world’s children, 90% of whom were breathing toxic air in 2018. The good news is that within a short period of time, respiratory health can improve once air quality is addressed, this study found.

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Public Health Mental health Medicare Primary Care 326