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The Latest Health Technology Vision and Consumer Behavior Insights From Accenture

Health Populi

AUGUST 18, 2020

Two new reports from Accenture update our understanding of the changed health consumer in the context of both “home: and the health care ecosystem. The 2020 tech vision for health is summarized here, tying to Accenture’s previous two years of forecasts.

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Digital Health Technologies in Clinical Trials

Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Digital Health Technologies ( DHTs ) have revolutionized the landscape of clinical trials, particularly in neurology research, by enabling the collection of real-world data outside traditional clinical settings. It has been used in various studies in Europe with great results.

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Digital Health Gaps in the Pandemic Through the Eyes of Younger Physicians

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

More younger doctors recognize the “immediate value” of telehealth, Philips found: 61% of younger doctors said telehealth was among the top digital health technologies that would have most improved their experience during the pandemic. Philips presented more granular data for each of the five countries studied.

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Consumers’ and Physicians’ Growing Embrace of Digital Health via PwC

Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2019

We’ve reached an inflection point on the demand side among consumers for digital health options, PwC suggests in their report on the New Health Economy coming of age. The report outlines health/care industry issues for 2019, with a strong focus on digital health.

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Small study finds apps could boost testing for HIV among young men

Mobi Health News

MARCH 25, 2021

The bulk of study participants would recommend the HIV-focused app. .

Dr. Roboto? Stanford Medicine Foresees Digital Doctors “Maturing”

Health Populi

JANUARY 15, 2020

Stanford Medicine interviewed 523 physicians and 210 medical students and residents in September and October 2019 to assess clinicians’ perspectives on digital health topics for this study. Similarly, one-half of consumers expressed demand for digital health technologies in a study from GlobalWebIndex last year.

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Digital health literacy as a social determinant of health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

But not everyone enjoys the same level of self-determination – or access to digital healthcare, in general, said speakers at the WEDI Quest for Health Equity event on Tuesday. As such, he said, digital health equity is "essential for our success and the sustainability of digital health overall."

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Growing Investments in Digital Health Are Driven by Consumer Demand, Clinical Outcomes, and Cost-Savings

Health Populi

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The marketing for purchasing digital health technologies is expecting to grow, driven by increased consumer demands for tech-based solutions, improved outcomes enabled through the innovations, and cost savings derived from deploying the technologies.

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Stroke Prevention and Digital Health

Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The American Heart Association recently conducted a systematic review using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines to shed light on the current knowledge, challenges, and opportunities of digital health in primary stroke prevention.

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The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health

Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2018

Looking for health information online is just part of being a normal, mainstream health consumer, according to the third Rock Health Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey published this week. adults were online health information hunters. Check out Estonia and Switzerland for case studies on that.

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Diabetes management tools not worth the cost, study finds. But digital health companies push back on 'flawed' analysis

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MARCH 24, 2024

" "The digital health industry is maturing and as it matures, it's very important that we raise the bar on expectations and evidence," Caroline Pearson, executive director of PHTI.

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“My Doctor’s Office” Should Accept Wearable Tech Health Data, Most Patients Say

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Unique to this study is the patient sample polled: Software Advice surveyed 876 patients in September 2023 to gauge their perspectives on wearable tech and health. This also continues to remind us the primacy of (many) patients’ relationships with physicians or other trusted prescribers or health coaches.

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Sound security practices key to fulfilling telehealth's promise, study shows

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 18, 2020

"We must remain vigilant in our efforts to protect and secure telehealth and other digital health technologies," said Russell P. "With the opportunities of digital health also come inherent security risks – but digital health's risks are manageable.

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New AMA blueprint seeks to tap the full potential of digital health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The American Medical Association's had offered a blueprint as a call to action to address the divide between the unprecedented levels of digital health funding, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions – and their underwhelming impact, thus far, on healthcare quality improvement. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Newel Health Launches Groundbreaking Parkinson’s Disease Study Leveraging Real-World Data for Enhanced Treatment Strategies

Digital Health Global

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The study prioritizes free-living data collection to understand patients’ daily challenges, symptoms’ patterns, adherence to medication and the overall response to medication to validate algorithms for treatment optimization. This study strategically complements Newel’s R&D activities, addressing gaps in previous research.

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Digital health apps could save NHS billions, says report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 4, 2019

Digital health could save public health services in England £7.5 The report also noted adoption of digital health technology among private employers has prevented 600 days of workplace absence (per 100,000 people), equivalent to an annual productivity benefit across the U.K. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Apple, University of Michigan share first results from Apple Hearing Study

Mobi Health News

MARCH 3, 2021

One in four participants has a noise exposure over WHO's daily limit and many have undiagnosed hearing loss.

Koneksa Announces New Multi-Domain Model for Functional Status Assessment Enabled by Digital Health Technologies

Digital Health Global

JANUARY 4, 2024

Koneksa’s innovative digital model aims to address limitations in existing functional status assessments by leveraging digital health technologies (DHTs) for both objective and self-reported outcomes. Chief Medical Officer, Koneksa. Chief Scientific Officer, Koneksa. Chief Scientific Officer, Koneksa.

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Health-Tech at the Holidays: 2024 Consumer Health-Tech Trends Under the Tree

Health Populi

DECEMBER 16, 2024

adults plans to purchase at least one health and wellness digital health technology product to gift during the winter 2024 holiday season, according to the 2024 Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns study served up by CTA, the Consumer Technology Association — aka the annual host of CES.

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Digital Health Tools, Telemedicine, and Mobile Health Applications: How They’re Enhancing Population Health

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Though our movement into a digital and remote world was accelerated by the COVID-19 Pandemic, it is a movement that has proven to be quite beneficial. We were able to roll out various digital health tools , telemedicine , and mobile health applications that not only better the lives of our patients but also our staff.

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

Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Research from Circana, who would not be a typical HLTH exhibitor but who provide us with great research into consumers and retail behavior, looked at The Digital Health Consumer in a September 2024 report. consumers), managing weight (among 59%), fine-tuning lifestyle habits for health (57%), and to boost energy (for 39% of consumers).

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Big Tech + Digital Health: Even Big-Ticket Mistakes Won’t Dissuade Companies From Healthcare

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

“Big Tech has the capability to disrupt healthcare, though the complexity of healthcare ecosystems is not making it easy for these companies,” according to Big Tech & Digital Health , a detailed update from HealthXL published last week.

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Apple-backed Stanford study suggests iPhone, Apple Watch could remotely monitor heart patients' frailty

Mobi Health News

MARCH 25, 2021

Published yesterday in PLoS ONE, the data suggests an alternative to the six-minute walk test often conducted in clinics to measure functional capacity.

Fitbit, Stanford Medicine team up to study COVID-19 spread among college athletes

Mobi Health News

APRIL 7, 2021

The new research collaboration will zero in on athletes across Pac-12 universities.

News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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Indivi to Collaborate with Biogen to Advance Digital Health Technology and Digital Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease

Digital Health Global

MARCH 26, 2024

BASEL, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Indivi, a leading MedTech company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, has entered into an agreement with Biogen to advance digital health technology and develop digital biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease.

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Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement of large companies heretofore not focused on healthcare.

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Trust-Busted: The Decline of Trust in Technology and What It Means for Health

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

study, Edelman interviewed 1,500 U.S. Health Populi’s Hot Points: This 21-year low for the tech industry has implications for health care as digital health technology blurs into everyday healthcare the way “e-business” and the Internet melted into our daily work and personal life-flows.

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Health Consumers Keen to Share and Download Data, But Privacy Remains a Concern

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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Sickle Cell Disease Foundation Announces Research Collaboration with FDA on the Use of Digital Health Technologies to Bridge Health Care Gaps

Digital Health Global

JUNE 4, 2024

Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) to develop best practices for the safe and effective use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems and digitally-derived measures that matter to patients. At the FDA, patients are at the heart of everything we do.

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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 1 of 5

Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

From connectivity to home care, entertainment and food — and for the first time, two pharma companies named in a study largely focused on consumer goods and services — people adapted their homes for health and wellness across all domains: physical, mental and emotional, financial, and social.

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Cleveland Clinic researchers evaluate Smartphone ECG in post AFib ablation care

Mobi Health News

APRIL 8, 2021

The study found that patients using AliveCor Kardia Mobile required fewer follow-up EGCs and cardiac monitoring than their peers in the control group.

Aktivolabs joins Innovators’ Network at American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation

Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Center is focused on building and fostering health technology relationships to develop innovative and scalable solutions. Innovators’ Network members also have access to the Association’s digital guidelines, recommendations, and best-in-class science as they develop digital healthcare technologies.

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FDA releases guidance for remotely acquiring data in clinical investigations

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2022

Food and Drug Administration has released a draft guidance focused on using digital health technologies to acquire data remotely from participants in clinical investigations of medical products. The FDA notes that digital health tools used for remote data acquisition can offer an important role in clinical research.

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Sonde Health and MassGen Selected for MassAITC Pilot Study to Examine Use of Voice in Remote Detection and Monitoring of Mild Cognitive Impairment

Digital Health Global

MARCH 1, 2023

The longitudinal study will examine the potential for Sonde’s vocal biomarker platform to monitor and detect changes in cognitive function for individuals at home. Project to leverage vocal biomarkers for cognitive assessment of patients ages 55 and above in home environment.

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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Being Philips, what underpins that quality and experience is technology; Philips explored telehealth, AI, digital health records (DHRs), and other digital health tools that can engage patients. Patients view their health care professionals as “sherpas” to digital health data.

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Newel Health Announces the Last Patient Last Visit (LPLV) in NWL-SOT-CS-001 Parkinson’s Disease Study Funded by The Michael J. Fox Foundation

Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Soturi, Newel Health’s Digital Solution for Parkinson’s Disease concluded the patient participation phase of a study to assess Soturi’s potential to collect Real World Data for improving Parkinson’s disease management. for Soturi, a Digital Therapeutic solution for Parkinson’s disease management.

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Home-Based Care for Complicated Pregnancies: A Safe and Effective Solution

Digital Health Global

MARCH 8, 2023

A recent study published in The Lancet Digital Health by Mireille N Bekker and colleagues has shed light on the effectiveness of telemonitoring in high-risk pregnancies. The study found that telemonitoring was at least as safe as hospital admission, with fewer primary outcome events in the telemonitoring group.

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Voice assistants predict driving accident risk in seniors

Mobi Health News

APRIL 12, 2021

A JMIR study conducted in Japan links speech data indicators to driving-accident risks in older adults.

Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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Why Prioritizing Patients Changes How Study Teams Approach DHTs

ActiGraph

JULY 14, 2023

Although technology provides vast opportunities to improve clinical trial efficiency and unlock new patient insights, many sponsors and CROs struggle with the operational complexities of adoption and deployment.

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Toku joins Innovators’ Network at American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation

Digital Health Global

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Center is focused on building and fostering health technology relationships to develop innovative and scalable solutions. The Innovators’ Network is a health care technology consortium that connects entrepreneurs, providers, researchers, and payers.