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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

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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. adults over 55 manage. [I

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DEA and HHS extend virtual prescribing for controlled substances through 2025

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The agencies also said they would continue to develop the final rule governing the virtual prescribing of controlled substances in the post-pandemic era to be consistent with public health and safety and to mitigate drug diversion risks.

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TikTok’s Impact on Youth Mental Health and Public Health Under-Researched, Study Finds

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In the first part of the study, researchers conducted a systematic review of studies related to TikTok and its association with public health or mental health from 2016 to 2021. 2018), while qualitative studies were assessed using the CASP (2018) checklist. million likes, 13,775 comments, and 21,254 shares.

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DEA and HHS push off new telemedicine prescribing rules to end-of-year

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The DEA has had a responsibility to create a telehealth prescribing registry under the 2018 Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, known as the SUPPORT Act.

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

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But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

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For most young people, the public health crisis has been more about that social distancing from friends, a collective sense of isolation, and mental and behavioral health impacts. The first chart details what younger people, ages 14 to 22, searched online in 2018 compared with 2020. Some 8 in 10 younger people in the U.S.

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In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

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Workers receiving health insurance through their jobs have seen their portfolio of benefits changing over the years. In 2020, KFF found that 89% of large companies offered a telemedicine benefit, compared with 82% in 2019 and 74% in 2018. 2016 – Employer Health Insurance Costs Reach $18,142.