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Blood Pressure From the Wrist for the First Time – Welcome, Omron HeartGuide

Health Populi

[I didn’t do this because Omron compensated me to; I do this to share the good news and gift of health, which is part of my mission-driven work]. Wishing everyone a loving, healthy holiday — and my gift to you on Boxing Day, 26th December 2018, will be the annual Health Populi TrendCast for 2019.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

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. Check out Estonia and Switzerland for case studies on that. In the meantime, in the U.S.,

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Study in the Journal of the American Heart Association Links Hello Heart Usage to Significant Reductions in Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Weight

Digital Health Global

The study, “ Comprehensive Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control with a Mobile Health Cardiovascular Risk Self-Management Program ,” highlights the potential use of digital health technology in the comprehensive control of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death and disability in the United States.

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Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Since the initial correlation between loneliness, social isolation and poor health outcomes, new reports have emerged to try and understand why people are lonely and what can be done to mitigate it. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , Technology - AARP. Read more. .

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AstraZeneca launches Evinova, a health-tech business to accelerate innovation across the life sciences sector, the delivery of clinical trials and better health outcomes

Digital Health Global

Digital health The application of digital health technologies is seen as a solution to reduce healthcare costs, while also helping to improve patient experience and outcomes​. 2 Digital health is a large (+$900bn by 2032) and growing (13.6% Implementation of digital health technology in clinical trials: the 6R framework.

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Five Things Digital Health Companies Need to do to Achieve Success

The Digital Health Corner

It has been a long time since my last post of 2018. The digital health economic, clinical, regulatory, and political landscapes have changed significantly since then. It has always been my belief that most digital health technologies are most successful when partnered with other technologies.

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Five Reasons why the FDA got it Right with Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

Innovation and improvements in digital health occur at lightning speed in comparison to other FDA regulated industries and require different approval and oversight strategies (see below). The Action Plan is a major step in the right direction because it recognizes digital health’s unique attributes which span both IT and clinical arenas.