Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2025

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%). While younger participants in the 50 to 59 age range were more likely to adopt these tools than those aged 60 and older, gender also played a role, with women outpacing men in usage.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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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Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

One of the public health hallmarks of the pandemic era has been stress, documented by the American Psychological Association’s Stress in America survey. FYI, on 1st – 3rd September 2020, Parks Associates will be convening a Connected Health Summit, focused on consumer engagement and innovation.

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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. Virtual care will be a lifeline for many older people who cannot leave home or do not want to do so.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This is borne out in Deloitte’s just-published survey research into health consumers, looking into t he growing disconnect between virtual health availability and consumer demand.

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Digital Health Mental health Telehealth Medicare 156

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic accelerated digital transformation of organizations, including health care providers.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

I haven’t yet read all 1,244 pages of the Rule, but I gleaned sections on consumer privacy which underpins one of my two pillars on what’s a Health Citizen (FYI, as described in HealthConsuming , the second feature is health care as a civil right in a nation providing universal health care).

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