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Connected health tools help seniors, but a digital divide persists

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Most adults aged 50 to 80 in the United States are now using digital health technologies (DHTs), with patient portals leading adoption rates, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The study found 81 percent of older adults reported using at least one form of DHT, including telehealth services (49%) and mobile health apps (44%).

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Our Mobile Health Data: Shared, Identifiable, and Privacy-Deprived

Health Populi

This compromised health data privacy scenario comes out of research published this month in the BMJ , Data sharing practices of medicines related apps and the mobile ecosystem: traffic, content, and network analysis. Beyond this third-party data analysis, the research identified fourth-party sharing in the mobile app ecosystem.

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The Growth of DIY Digital Health – What’s Behind the Zeitgeist of Self-Reliance?

Health Populi

Importantly, impactfully in terms of health care, three-fourths of folks using medical devices at home said after receiving that alert, their issue was successfully diagnosed once consulting with a doctor. Thus the call for being design-ful along the way of designing, deploying, and supporting connected health devices.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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The CES 2022 Tech Trends to Watch Have Everything To Do With Health/Care

Health Populi

See that connected sports and fitness equipment grew by 7 percentage points in U.S. Another important data point in this consumer-tech environmental analysis is that more people are open to artificial intelligence baked into the tasks of daily living, shown in the third chart. households owning this form of technology.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

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. Once adjusted for volumes, the higher expenses are more evident as hospitals struggle to hold down per-patient costs.”

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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.