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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

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This engaging video features commentary with researchers from U-M. Among these visits, 76% were with a primary care provider, 32% with a specialty care provider, and 18% with a mental health provider, the study found. Quality of care not as good as in-person (among 67% of older people).

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Women are less likely to use video for telehealth care

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A wide-ranging study published this past week in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that older people, women, Black and Latinx individuals, and patients with lower household incomes were less likely to use video for telemedicine care during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In A Declining Consumer Tech Spending Forecast, Consumer Health Tech Will Grow in 2022: Reading the CTA Tea Leaves

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However, there will be some bright spots of growth for consumer tech spending, for 5G smartphones, smart home applications, gaming, and health technologies, noted in the Consumer Technology Association’s CTA U.S. drop from 2021, CTA expects software, gaming, video and audio streaming spending will grow by 3.5% About 1 in 5 U.S.

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Consumers Intend to Invest in Technology — With Budget and Value in Mind

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Consumers continued to invest in and use several technologies that supported self-care at home in 2021, with plans to purchase connected health devices, sports and fitness equipment in the next year. TV penetration dropped to a new low of 89% with younger people employing other platforms for video viewing. 24% of U.S.

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

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The first chart illustrates consumers’ use of digital health tools, showing that online health information and online provider reviews. But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking.

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It’s Mental Illness Awareness Week: “What I Wish I Had Known” About Mental Health

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youth aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year… a growing concern. Those, and the ongoing stigma to reaching out for services — which can be partially alleviated through digital mental health connections. health system for patients across demographics. that NAMI wants us to know: 1 in 5 U.S.

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Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

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There’s an interesting and important nuance in this study which has implications for health systems’ planning beyond the pandemic era: telehealth services increased across all delivery methods — video calls, text messaging and chat, phone calls, alike.