Reports: Mobile health market to surpass $28B in 2018; teleradiology gaining steam
Mobi Health News
MAY 29, 2018
A pair of recently published market research reports have outlined upward trends among mobile health technologies.
The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Furthermore, voice technologies are “making noise,” according to Deloitte in A New Era in Mobile Continues, the 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey : US Edition. I’ve mined the US data of this global survey to divine insights for health/care. In 2018, one in five U.S. which 1 in 2 U.S.
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2018: Shifting Healthcare’s Mindset to the Mobile Patient
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.
Adoption of digital health is stalling. What is turning consumers off?
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 10, 2020
Consumer uptake of wearables and mobile health apps has stalled. consumers are not using any digital tools to manage their health. The use of wearable technology has decreased from 33% in 2018 to just 18% in 2020. Find out what is turning consumers off from digital health. One-third of U.S.
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5 Digital Health Predictions for 2018 by Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price
JUNE 14, 2018
2018 Digital Health Prediction 2: Voice technology will be the first step to personalising pharma. By the end of the year we will see the use of Virtual Assistants by patients to help interact with their health data and "transact" via voice technology to order repeat prescriptions, pain management and medication requests.
Part Two: Our 2018 Health IT Wish List
Mobile Health Matters
JANUARY 18, 2018
The healthcare IT industry enters 2018 with a lot of potential, along with the need to overcome structures that have historically stunted progress. What is on our health IT wish list? My wish for 2018 is for health systems to crack the code and finally find their operational cadence.
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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health
Health Populi
MARCH 17, 2021
The first chart details what younger people, ages 14 to 22, searched online in 2018 compared with 2020. sought health information online in 2020, a slight decline from 2018. More young women than young men looked for health info online, as well as more Hispanic/Latinx and White youngers compared with Blacks.
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Must-have medical apps for primary care
KevinMD
JANUARY 23, 2019
Earlier this year, we put together a list of what we thought were the best medical apps for health care providers. Now at the end of 2018, we’re augmenting that list to give you a full picture of what we think are must-haves medical apps for those in primary care. Safe Motherhood Initiative: ACOG DII SMI […].
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For Health Consumers, Trust, Privacy, & Good Experience Must Be Baked Into Digital Health Care
Health Populi
AUGUST 24, 2020
In Accenture’s words, “COVID-19 forced a surge” in virtual health care following a stalling of consumers’ adoption of digital health in late 2019: by December 2019, 35% of consumers had been using mobile health apps on phones and tablets, down from 48% in 2018; and 18% of consumers int he U.S.
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As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks
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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Most Consumers Are Interested in Using a Voice Assistant for Some Type of Health Care
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.
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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford
Health Populi
MARCH 2, 2021
Most of these live video calls were also done through a service offered by consumers’ health care providers (doctors/clinicians), followed by services offered by insurance companies. In 2018, consumers’ tracking of at least one health metric crossed over from an analog method to digital tracking, illustrated in the line chart.
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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
MAY 20, 2024
.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new peer-reviewed study in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that Hello Heart ’s digital heart health program was associated with reductions in blood pressure (BP), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and weight.
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Older People Are Digital Migrants, and Best Buy Health Is Paving the Road for the Journey
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Clearly, while supporting older peoples’ healthy living at home was part of Best Buy Health’s initial vision that went public in August 2018, the pandemic has accelerated the demand for services the Lively Flip supports.
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The Tyranny of Automation, with Mitchell Goldburgh, NTT Data Services at HIMSS 2018 — Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
APRIL 17, 2018
At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. Health Care Law and Consulting. At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. Comments Comments.
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The Tyranny of Automation, with Mitchell Goldburgh, NTT Data Services at HIMSS 2018 — Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
APRIL 17, 2018
At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. Health Care Law and Consulting. At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. Comments Comments.
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The Demand for Self-Care At-Home Will Grow Post-Pandemic – Insights from IRI
Health Populi
MAY 5, 2022
Wearing our health and wellness lens, IRI’s data has shown broad-based category growth for wellness supplements since 2018, with a 10% growth rate per annum. IRI coins this post-COVID-19 preventive-health momentum, especially for functional supplements addressing stress, sleep, and hair loss.
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Consumers Want Help With Health: Can Healthcare Providers Supply That Demand?
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
And maintaining good mental health and staying on-track with health goals come close to managing uncovered costs, Oliver Wyman’s 2018 consumer survey learned. health-insured adults in July 2018. 39% of consumers would consider receiving treatment for minor medical events in a retail clinic.
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The Tyranny of Automation, with Mitchell Goldburgh, NTT Data Services at HIMSS 2018 — Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
APRIL 17, 2018
At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.
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The Tyranny of Automation, with Mitchell Goldburgh, NTT Data Services at HIMSS 2018 — Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
APRIL 17, 2018
At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services.
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60 The Tyranny of Automation, with Mitchell Goldburgh, NTT Data Services at HIMSS 2018 — Harlow on Healthcare
Health Blawg
APRIL 17, 2018
At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. At HIMSS 2018, I spoke with Mitchell Goldburgh, Global Solutions Manager, Enterprise Imaging and Analytics Solutions, NTT Data Services. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.
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60 A Breakthrough, Sobering Report on Teens and Young Adults, Digital Health and Social Media Use: Implications for Mental Health
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.
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What the Latest Pew Consumer Data Means for #HIMSS18
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.
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Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers
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.
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New Study of Mindfulness Apps & Online Programs
Telebehavioral Health Institute
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
We’re honored to be an Apple BEST OF 2018 award winner, Apple’s App of the Year 2017, Google Play Editor’s Choice 2018, and to be named by the Center for Humane Technology as “the world’s happiest app” (accessed February 2023 by the current author). Why Focus on Workers? Ciulla, R.
A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey
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!”
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Survey: Telehealth on the rise in New Zealand
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 3, 2019
The Telehealth Leadership Group’s most recent stocktake questionnaire was sent to all 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) in October 2018. Telehealth is increasingly being used to connect clinicians within and between New Zealand’s hospitals and to reach into people’s homes, a new survey revealed.
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95 National TRC Webinar Series: Expanding Quality Metrics to Include Telehealth
South Central Telehealth Resource Center
JANUARY 31, 2018
Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 1 PM CDT. Expanding Quality Metrics to Include Telehealth. Register Today!
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Nudging Patients to Use EHRs: Moving Toward a Tipping Point for Consumer Health IT
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.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Approved Separate Reimbursements for Non-Traditional Patient Visits
eVisit
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
November 1, 2018 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) made a significant step in overcoming this obstacle. One of the main barriers reported by HCPs for not embracing the powerful tool of telehealth has been the lack of reimbursement.
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Time To Travel And Wait In Health Care: The Opportunity For Self-Care At Home
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.
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282 #Engage4Health: How Patients Are Morphing Into Healthcare Consumers, for #HIMSS18
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.
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The Measurement of Healthcare Quality
Mobile Health Matters
OCTOBER 22, 2018
This discussion is particularly timely, since this is National Healthcare Quality Week (October 22-October 26, 2018) and defining quality is one of the overarching themes. As a result, the product is continually evaluated and quality can be enhanced, with a goal of producing more satisfied customers.
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Geriatric Telemedicine – 5 Examples of How It’s Already Being Used
GlobalMed
DECEMBER 5, 2018
Mobile Health Services. Mobile health uses smartphones, tablets, and other wireless services. This include electronic health records, software applications, and healthcare apps. Geriatric Telemedicine – 5 Examples of How It’s Already Being Used was first posted on December 5, 2018 at 11:01 am.
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40 Part One: A Look Back on Health IT in 2017
Mobile Health Matters
JANUARY 16, 2018
As we enter a new year, it is important to celebrate the industry’s successes in 2017, and reflect on the ways these changes, incidents, and regulations both pushed health IT forward and established a foundation for 2018. With these reflections in mind, what is our wish list for health IT in the New Year?
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67 Why 2020 Will Be The M&A Tipping Point
Mobile Health Matters
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Over a year ago, we predicted that 2019 would be the era of health IT M&A , with the transition to value-based care as a primary driver. The M&A activity in the first half of 2018 is proof of this momentum – healthcare-related M&A increased 23% compared to the second half of 2017.
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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research
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?
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Brazil’s HealthTech sector is new hot spot
Lloyd Price
OCTOBER 10, 2018
Telehealth and mobile health apps To help make healthcare advice, diagnosis and monitoring more accessible, telehealth services in Brazil are expanding. Mobile health apps have grown in popularity in Brazil, in part due to a high prevalence of diseases like diabetes and hypertension and a large number of internet users in the country.
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Healthy.io enables the Smartphone camera to be used as a Clinical grade Diagnostic device
Lloyd Price
JULY 30, 2018
While other mobile health technology companies have been granted FDA approval, this is the first time the agency cleared a device based solely on existing smartphone cameras for Class II clinical claims. In April, a study initiated by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and Geisinger, based on the Healthy.io In the UK, Healthy.io
Asynchronous video telemedicine helps TB patients, saves costs in Guam
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 18, 2019
To help overcome the challenges it faced with directly observed therapy, the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services turned to a healthcare technology from emocha Mobile Health. "Between August 2018 and January 2019, the program fostered a series of successes," Mbakwem said.
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103 Magellan Health uses smartphone-based AI tech to help Hep C patients
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 12, 2019
While the numbers are widely variable, a 2018 analysis showed that costs attributed to “all causes” non-adherence ranged from $5200-$52,000 per person, said Dr. Caroline Carney, chief medical officer at Magellan Health Rx management.
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131 American Medical Association launches a Healthcare Interoperability & Innovation Challenge with Google
mHealth Insight
APRIL 16, 2018
“The winning ideas will demonstrate how the applicant uses patient-generated health data in meaningful ways to have maximum impact on improving physician workflow, improving clinical outcomes, and reducing cost in the health care system.
Blood Pressure From the Wrist for the First Time – Welcome, Omron HeartGuide
Health Populi
DECEMBER 20, 2018
[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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Moving at the speed of Eugene Borukhovich, Bayer’s Global Head of Digital Health Innovation — Harlow On Healthcare
Health Blawg
MAY 28, 2018
G4A Ventures: This is the latest piece, focused on bringing a startup from an idea or a field of opportunity to one penny of revenue, while putting the health care consumer at the center, using human-centered design. Eugene and his team are just getting this off the ground (Summer 2018). Health Care Law and Consulting.
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