2019, Connected Health and Mobile Health

Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app. AARP sponsored the poll. This engaging video features commentary with researchers from U-M.

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A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Patients searching online for health information and health care provider reviews is mainstream in 2019. Digital health tracking is now adopted by 4 in 10 U.S. Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health.

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MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies.

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Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

Statistically, this was an inverse-shift: In the previous year, the second quarter of 2019, 15% of telehealth encounters happened through a local physician’s practice, versus 46% in Q2 2020; and, In the second quarter of 2020, 41% of telehealth occurred through a telehealth company with a nationwide network of doctors, versus 13% in Q2 2020.

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Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

Health Populi

JANUARY 15, 2020

Physicians are evolving as digital doctors, embracing the growing role of data generated in electronic health records as well as through their patients using wearable technologies and mobile health apps downloaded in ubiquitous smartphones, described in The Rise of the Data-Driven Physician , a 2020 Health Trends Report from Stanford Medicine.

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

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

The proportion of people tracking at least one health metric digitally was 38% in 2018 and grew to over one-half, 54%, in 2020. This and other studies have tracked consumers’ growing use of digital tech and wearables during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 10% point growth from 2019 to 2020 is notable.

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Consumers’ and Physicians’ Growing Embrace of Digital Health via PwC

Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2019

We’ve reached an inflection point on the demand side among consumers for digital health options, PwC suggests in their report on the New Health Economy coming of age. The report outlines health/care industry issues for 2019, with a strong focus on digital health.

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Consumers’ most trusted stewards of health care trust are health care professionals — hospitals doctors, pharmacies/pharmacists, and labs. But even trust in the most trusted steward, my doctor, eroded between 2019 and 2020. Three-fourths of U.S. consumers were also uncomfortable with the idea of machine learning.

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Most Health Consumers Expect Technology To Play a Larger Role As Tech-Angst & Privacy Concerns Grow

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Uncertainty in sharing is highest for AI research firms at 31%, followed by tech at 26% and health providers at 16%. Since 2014 to 2019, the proportion of people who said technology makes life more complicated grew from 26% to 33%.

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Most Consumers Are Interested in Using a Voice Assistant for Some Type of Health Care

Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

But over one-half of consumers would like to access a voice assistant for some aspect of their health care, according to a study from Orbita and Voicebot , Voice Assistant Consumer Adoption in Healthcare. adults 18 and over in September 2019. In 2019, few health care providers have adopted voice assistants into their workflows.

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How Virtual Care Will Play Out in 2022 – a Look Post-CES and JPM

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2022

Their research shows growing demand for connected solutions for air quality, telehealth, independent living solutions, and other health-adjacent services: Consumer usage of telehealth services increased from 15 percent in Q2 2019 to 64 percent in 2021. 55 percent of U.S.

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The Growth of Emerging Consumer Electronics Categories Adds to Digital Health Platforms

Health Populi

JULY 16, 2019

Of the $401 billion that will flow through retailers for consumer technology products, many of the fastest-emerging categories will play a role as platforms for health and medical care at home and in wearable tech. Consumer Technology Sales and Forecasts, July 2019 , from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

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The Persistent Rural/Urban Broadband Gap Is Bad for Health

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2019

rural residents’ access to broadband at home continues to lag behind urban and suburban dwellers, the Pew Research Group noted in a May 2019 research note on Americans’ use of technology. In the U.S.,

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The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

Health Populi

MAY 2, 2019

Five years later, patients still share their personal health information on Facebook groups, with the promise of crowdsourcing cures, accessing support and advice, and finding community.

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The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors

Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2020

The digital health presence at CES 2020 is the fastest-growing segment of consumer technologies at the Show this year, increasing by 25% over 2019. In fact, in our search for devices and tools underpinned with clinical proof, evidence is growing for consumer-facing technology for heart-health, demonstrated by this year’s CES.

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Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

adults 18 and over to determine peoples’ perspectives on personal health information in light of their pandemic era experiences. This study re-confirms the current state of the health consumer who has a “concerned embrace” of technology. I called this out in my 2019 book, HealthConsuming: from health consumer to health citizen.

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When Life and Health Insurance Blur: John Hancock, Behavioral Economics, and Wearable TEch

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

These offerings will begin to be marketed to consumers in 2019. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The health/care ecosystem continues to morph, with data-tracking-and-sharing, along with behavioral economics, baked into consumer-facing healthcare products and services.

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Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

adults 18 and over to determine peoples’ perspectives on personal health information in light of their pandemic era experiences. This study re-confirms the current state of the health consumer who has a “concerned embrace” of technology.

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9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry

Enzyme Health

MARCH 27, 2019

Blog Login Sign Up 9 Best Telemedicine Newsletters You Should Be Reading to Keep Up With the Industry Enzyme Health Team March 27, 2019 In an industry that can feel isolating, it’s important to keep connected. Only 20% are listed here. Sign Up to see them all. For Understanding Telemedicine Technology 5.

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mHealth Insight

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

ACCIO-IWC Innovation World Cup Pitch & Award Ceremony 2019 BARCELONA. MD, Global Lead, Connected Health, Digital. MD, Global Lead, Connected Health, Digital. In this discussion we hear from the global pioneers who are changing the conversation about the value of industrial data. Matt Hatton. Independent.

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Providence Health’s Bot Grace engages and guides patients to the digital front door for care

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

According to the 2019 Accenture Digital Health Consumer Survey , patient’s expectations are increasing for providers to offer digital capabilities. Providence Health’s Innovation team continuously monitors these trends to identify ways to deliver a better patient care experience.

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Turbocharged Digital Health Investment in 2020

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

based digital health start-ups adding up $9.4 billion, up 22% from 2019. Within the mega-deal trend, Rock Health pointed to three facets of the go-go digital health investment climate: expanding virtual care, research and development digital transformation, and fitness and wellness demand. billion in 2020… so far.

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What HealthyThinker Is Thinking About Health at CES 2020

Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2020

At CES 2013, David Van Sickle, CEO and founder of Asthmapolis, spoke in a CES keynote panel about the usefulness of health data in the cloud. Later in 2013, Asthmapolis changed its name to Propeller Health. The company was acquired by ResMed exactly one year ago during CES 2019. Food-tech for health.

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Despite Greater Digital Health Engagement, Americans Have Worse Health and Financial Outcomes Than Other Nations’ Health Citizens

Health Populi

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The idea of health care consumerism isn’t just an American discussion, Deloitte points out in its 2019 global survey of healthcare consumers report, A consumer-centered future of health. The third chart arrays health consumers’ interest in price comparison tools, and it’s no surprise that one in two U.S.

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The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In the pandemic, consumers’ adoption of wearable tech and health monitoring tools used at-home grew, the Consumer Technology Association told us in CTA’s mid-year 2021 forecast. I reported out this trend in my 2019 book, Health Citizenship , which looked at U.S.

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The Most Important Trends For Health in Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Report Aren’t About Health Care

Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2019

The health care section of Mary Meeker’s 334-page annual report, Internet Trends 2019 , comprises 24 of those pages (270 through 293). The blurring of mobile and digital into overall business process is a meta-trend for the global economy, and certainly for the health care ecosystem.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

the health/care ecosystem warmly embraced social determinants of health as a concept in 2019. A few of the mainstreaming-of-SDoH signposts in 2019 were: Cigna studying and focusing in on loneliness as a health and wellness risk factor. Across the U.S.,

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

A Health Future with Lyft and Uber as Patient Data Stewards: Rock Health’s 2019 Consumer Survey

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

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Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

For Health Consumers, Trust, Privacy, & Good Experience Must Be Baked Into Digital Health Care

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

Consumers’ and Physicians’ Growing Embrace of Digital Health via PwC

Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Most Health Consumers Expect Technology To Play a Larger Role As Tech-Angst & Privacy Concerns Grow

Most Consumers Are Interested in Using a Voice Assistant for Some Type of Health Care

How Virtual Care Will Play Out in 2022 – a Look Post-CES and JPM

The Growth of Emerging Consumer Electronics Categories Adds to Digital Health Platforms

The Persistent Rural/Urban Broadband Gap Is Bad for Health

The Promise of Digital Health and the Privacy Perils – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 4

The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors

Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

When Life and Health Insurance Blur: John Hancock, Behavioral Economics, and Wearable TEch

Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

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mHealth guide to Mobile World Congress 2019

Providence Health’s Bot Grace engages and guides patients to the digital front door for care

The Coronavirus Pandemic Turbocharged Digital Health Investment in 2020

What HealthyThinker Is Thinking About Health at CES 2020

Despite Greater Digital Health Engagement, Americans Have Worse Health and Financial Outcomes Than Other Nations’ Health Citizens

The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

The Most Important Trends For Health in Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Report Aren’t About Health Care

The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

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