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Must-have medical apps for primary care

KevinMD

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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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

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. The proportion of people tracking at least one health metric digitally was 38% in 2018 and grew to over one-half, 54%, in 2020.

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The Demand for Self-Care At-Home Will Grow Post-Pandemic – Insights from IRI

Health Populi

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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Time To Travel And Wait In Health Care: The Opportunity For Self-Care At Home

Health Populi

Our homes are evolving into our health hubs — truly our “medical homes,” which have been formally defined as a primary care gatekeeper’s office. Why should that be, in a physical sense?

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

Health Populi

Self-care is the new black, as I have written and proselytized. Prevention is especially powerful for heart health – the social determinants of healthy eating/nutritious food, physical activity, and access to primary care all bolster a healthy heart and resilient living.

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Geriatric Telemedicine – 5 Examples of How It’s Already Being Used

GlobalMed

Software such as Skype or Zoom is used for primary care, follow-up visits, prescription management, chronic illness assessments, and psychotherapy sessions. This type of telemedicine is often used among physicians, nurse care practitioners, radiologists, and specialists for patients in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

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FDA and Digital Health Regulation

Health Blawg

Health Care Law and Consulting. Comments Digital health figures in FDA's 2018 strategic roadmap. The FDA had a digital health banner day on December 7, announcing one final guidance and two draft guidance documents (with a 60-day comment period). The Harlow Group LLC. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.