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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S.

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Our Home Is Our Health Hub: CTA and CHI Align to Address Digital and Health Equity

Health Populi

Black people have had a more difficult time paying for phone and Internet connections during the COVID-19 crisis, we learned in a Morning Consult poll fielded in June 2020. One of those SDoH factors is connectivity, WiFi, broadband to the N of 1 — not just to the “last mile.”

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McKinsey’s Six Shifts To Add Life to Years — and One More to Consider

Health Populi

The bar chart illustrates the result of the meta-analysis which considered 148 studies on mortality and risk factors. Here, we see that the risks of smoking 15 cigarettes a day on mortality (the fourth bar down from the top) ranked close to loneliness as a damaging factor on health and life.

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The Most and Least Telehealth-Friendly States

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Editor’s Note: Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to adopt telehealth programs, but they face a number of policy barriers that hinder their plans, according to the Center for Connected Health Policy. Payers are rapidly becoming educated and are keen on closing the gap.

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People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

Health Populi

” The researchers used spatial analysis to explore disproportionate mortality outcomes for COVID-19 experienced by different racial and ethnic groups: comparing overall death rates with those of Hispanic or Latinx, Non-Hispanic Black or African-American, and Non-Hispanic White populations.

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Necessity is the Mother(board) – How COVID-19 Inspires Local Communities to Build Broadband

Health Populi

On the can-do side addressing the connectivity chasm has been innovative communities and private sector partners, aligning to build broadband where people live, work, play, pray, learn, and shop. The second map titled “Community Networks” comes from ILSR’s analysis of the many communities throughout the U.S.

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SEARCH 2020 – Day Two

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

HRSA’s 8 bureaus and offices (Ryan White, Maternal and child health, rural health policy, healthcare systems, etc.) In 2019, Health Centers across the nation served 30 million patients. She closed her presentation with some tips… conduct a meta-analysis, conduct surveys/questionnaires, conduct a task analysis.