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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. But a telehealth encounter was seen as more convenient than an office visit by 56% of older people.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

Patients embraced virtual care and communications at very high rates in the first months of the pandemic, and want to continue to use telehealth platforms after the pandemic ends. Fully one-third of patients starting using each of these 3 telehealth modalities during COVID-19. We’re calling it Consumer Directed Virtual Care.”.

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Closing the Chasm Between Patients and Clinicians With Digital Health Tools – Some Health Consumer Context for #HLTHUSA

Health Populi

As the annual HLTH conference convenes this week in Las Vegas , numerous reports have been published to coincide with the meeting updating various aspects of technology, health care, providers and patients.

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Survey: Telehealth on the rise in New Zealand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth is increasingly being used to connect clinicians within and between New Zealand’s hospitals and to reach into people’s homes, a new survey revealed. The Telehealth Leadership Group’s most recent stocktake questionnaire was sent to all 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) in October 2018.

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Connecting for Health at Home: A Unified Field Theory from #CES2025 (On Samsung, Withings, and Panasonic)

Health Populi

Samsung In the company’s CES 2025 opening press conference, Samsung’s Vice Chairman and CEO Jong-Hee (JH) Han presented a talk onAI for All: Everyday, Everywhere.” ” He expounded on Samsungs Home AI, integrating home appliances and devices to simplify life.

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

Health Populi

The four top trends to watch for this week at CES 2022 are transportation, space tech, sustainable technology, and digital health, based on Steve Koenig’s annual read-out that kicks off this largest annual conference featuring innovations in consumer electronics.

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

Health Populi

A new study from CIGNA and its subsidiary MDLive touts the cost-effectiveness of telehealth to improve health outcomes, reducing the need for unnecessary lab work, reducing duplication of care, and connecting patients with high-performing providers. How will virtual care play out in 2022? 55 percent of U.S.