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COVID-19: The rise and rise of telemedicine

Mobi Health News

Telemedicine has experienced a huge surge in adoption over the past few months, during the coronavirus pandemic. With people locked down at home, it has become the 'new normal' way of accessing healthcare says digital health connector, Aline Noizet.

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Mercom: Telemedicine investments led 2020's $14.8B in digital health fundraising

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While equity investments in telemedicine rose 139% to $4.3 billion, other areas like data analytics and mobile health apps also earned strong support from investors.

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Doctors’ Recommendations Are Top Motivators for Consumers Who Buy Digital Health Devices: Trust and Health

Health Populi

Most consumers using digital health devices felt more trust in the technology when coupled with doctors’ office reviews — another lens on the importance of trust-equity between patients and physicians. adults in October 2024 to gauge peoples’ views on digital health tools, buying trends, and trust.

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“Digital Health Is An Ecosystem of Ecosystems” – CTA’s 2020 Trends to Watch Into the Data Age

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In CTA’s 2020 Consumer Tech Forecast launched yesterday at Media Day 1 at CES, Steve Koenig VP of Research, said that, “digital health is an ecosystem of ecosystems.”. Use cases bolster productivity, enhance workforce training (think Gray’s Anatomy in multiple dimensions or surgical training on digital humans). .

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. Fast forward nine years later.

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

Health Populi

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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SOC Telemed acquires Access Physicians to solidify its acute care telemedicine services

Mobi Health News

The deal is valued at about $194 million and will drive about a third of the telemedicine company's expected revenue moving forward.