Seeing Health/Care Everywhere at CES 2025: My Preview for #CES2025
Health Populi
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Health Populi’s Hot Points: I leave time in my frenetic schedule at CES for serendipity to kick in.
From Bowling Alone to Eating Alone – What the Shift to Take-Out Food Means for Our Social Well-Being and Mental Health
Health Populi
MARCH 25, 2025
These life flows included shopping from home, working from home, exercising at home, and other pandemic-era behaviors that are persisting five years later since the pandemic was pronounced as the public health emergency. In fact, Americans shifted many activities to-home as shown in the lower-right quadrant.
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The She-Cession – a Financially Toxic Side-Effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Health Populi
AUGUST 4, 2020
Home became where our work is, where our school is, where we cook and bake sourdough bread, where we stream entertainment, exercise and like Peloton again, and hunker down. No longer could people even go to Starbucks and use the free WiFi connection as coffee shops were also shut down in the quarantine.
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The State of Healthcare in America, State-By-State
Health Populi
JUNE 23, 2023
I link to the League of Women Voters’ website , an organization I support and learn from; both my mother and mother-in-law were members of LWV, exercising their own political muscles at a quite different socio-political moment in time. ” Women’s health care is health care. Wade ( aka the Dobbs Decision).
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The Coronavirus Impact on American Life, Part 2 – Our Mental Health
Health Populi
APRIL 7, 2020
Exercise with a gym app , do Denise Austin’s indoor walking regime via AARP’s website , or join a yoga group online. So however you can, please reach out via whatever digital on-ramps you have on-hand, from a phone call to FaceTime, Google Hangout, Zoom, text, email, game, or app like Nod.
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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021
Health Populi
JANUARY 11, 2021
households with broadband have at least one connected health device, which could be a smart watch, a fitness tracker (such as Fitbit), connected exercise equipment (like a Peloton and the NordicTrack Vault), a heart rate monitor (like OMRON’s HeartGuide), a weight scale (like Withings smart scales), or a sleep monitor (e.g.,
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Changing Views of Retirement and Health Post-COVID: Transamerica’s Look At Workers’ Disrupted Futures
Health Populi
JUNE 29, 2022
Regular exercise was also more prominent among working people compared with those not working. TCRS assessed workers’ engagement in healthy activities, finding that employed people were more likely to eat healthier (especially self-employed folks) vs. unemployed people.
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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 1
Health Populi
APRIL 14, 2024
Pick Two and Meet Me in the Futures The two that make me most nervous because they’re so bloody important, and for which I’m also quite uncertain, are these two: America’s social ethos on one end individualistic and at the other, community-driven; coupled with, Health care financing, thinking mostly public-sector driven versus private/commercial.
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Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022
Health Populi
APRIL 28, 2022
.” One of the side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was the digital transformation of people — using Zoom for work, going to school from home via Internet connection, attending prayer services to connect with faith communities, taking exercise classes at home in groups, virtually — via tele-exercise whether via the Y, Orangetheory, (..)
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Access to Technology Is the New Pillar for Well-Being: CES & the UN Partner for Human Security for All
Health Populi
JANUARY 8, 2024
In the first six months of the pandemic, I collected all kinds of data about how consumers’ behaviors were adapting to the repurposing of homes for living, working, educating, praying, cooking and baking (sourdough breads posted on Pinterest), exercising, and socializing….all,
Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2
Health Populi
APRIL 16, 2024
The four stories we generate are: Retail Health For All, starring “The Consumer” DIY Healthcare, starring “The CEO” Fragmentation Meets Bureaucracy, starring “The Castaway,” and, “One World, One Health,” starring “The Health Citizen.” Federal investment in climate and environmental health are part of holistic health policy.
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Stress Is Playing A Big Role in Consumers’ Food Habits: Food-As-Medicine Update from IFIC
Health Populi
MAY 17, 2022
Most commonly, folks changed their life-flows for sleep (41%), exercise (40%), mental health (via therapy, mindfulness, or meditation, 30%), nutrition/diet (30%, and social and family life (29% each), with other areas of change to deal with stress shown in the green bars of the second chart.
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The ROI on Virtual Care – Thinking About Value and Future Prospects With the AMA
Health Populi
MAY 25, 2021
Payment arrangements and rates, from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance, shared-savings models, and other new-fangled reimbursement regimes, and, Social determinants of health of patient populations, dealing with health equity and barriers to care.
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Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2
Health Populi
JUNE 30, 2020
The phenomenon of Stress-due-to-Corona was evident in Volume One of the APA study, covered here in Health Populi. In that wave of research, APA discovered that, “The COVID-19 pandemic has altered every aspect of American life, from health and work to education and exercise.”
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New Model Telehealth Laws for Practicing Over State Lines: Uniform Telehealth Act
Telebehavioral Health Institute
AUGUST 4, 2022
Some of the most common concerns with inter-jurisdictional practice involve disagreements about the level of oversight to be exercised with out-of-state providers. Concerns of States Not Yet Approving Model Acts for Interjurisdictional Practice. Some model acts are not flexible at all.
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Diabetes and Independence Day: An Inflection Point for Rising Blood Sugar
Health Populi
JULY 2, 2018
The 4 th of July, then, is the first holiday “spike,” followed by the many holidays that mirror weekends — when people, us frail humans all, tend to let our nutrition-and-exercise guards down a bit. There’s another intriguing finding, shown in the second chart, “When BBQ & Kale Swap.”
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New Study Shows InsideTracker Members Make Sustained, Long-Term Improvements in Health
Digital Health Global
AUGUST 27, 2024
For tracking, InsideTracker looked at subjects’ genetic reports (specifically, polygenic risk scores), blood tests (it focused on 39 biomarkers known to predict age-related disease and overall health), and fitness tracker data (key metrics included VO2max, resting heart rate, and sleep quality).
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Will Consumers Cross the Cost-and-Trust Chasm Between Prescription Drugs and Hospitals?
Health Populi
OCTOBER 28, 2019
If surprise medical bills, out-of-network hassles, and waiting times for services persist, we may see this happen as patients-as-payors exercise their consumer muscles. Will consumers cross that cost-and-trust chasm and express similar outrage with the hospital sector as they’ve shown for a decade vis-a-vis Big Pharma?
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Digital Health Technologies for Alzheimer’s Disease
The Digital Health Corner
JANUARY 30, 2017
A handful of small studies have shown that ‘brain exercise’ in the form of cognitive augmentation games decreases the risk in normal individuals of getting Ad. There are various exercises and games on the platform which are both enjoyable and mentally stimulating. Some earlier studies suggested this was the case.
Bringing Telehealth to the Rehabilitation Industry
Advanced Medical Reviews
MAY 2, 2019
As the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) notes, different telehealth modalities include: Live video: referred to as “synchronous” format and uses live interaction between two parties over video. In addition, telehealth is presenting this industry with a lot more options with which to engage patients.
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88 Self-Care is Healthcare for Everyday People
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Patients are the new healthcare payors, and as such, taking on the role of health consumers. In fact, health and wellness consumers have existed since a person purchased the first toothpaste, aspirin, heating pad, and moisturizing cream at retail.
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Pharma Spending Gone Bipolar: Generics At One End, Specialty Drugs on the Other
Health Populi
APRIL 23, 2018
Note that treatments go beyond pills, including exercise, yoga, meditation, and pets in this example. Announced last week , 23andme is leveraging the wisdom-of-patients to crowdsource treatment opinions on eighteen medical conditions, such as ADHD, asthma, depression, and migraine, among others.
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Perspectives on Being a Health Psychologist
TheraNest
OCTOBER 29, 2018
In short, health psychologists focus on the relationship between physical and mental health. For example, we might help patients with cancer manage pain, or work with patients with obesity to work through the emotional and behavioral components of eating and exercise behavior.
Perspectives on Being a Health Psychologist
TheraNest
OCTOBER 29, 2018
In short, health psychologists focus on the relationship between physical and mental health. For example, we might help patients with cancer manage pain, or work with patients with obesity to work through the emotional and behavioral components of eating and exercise behavior.
Perspectives on Being a Health Psychologist
TheraNest
OCTOBER 29, 2018
In short, health psychologists focus on the relationship between physical and mental health. For example, we might help patients with cancer manage pain, or work with patients with obesity to work through the emotional and behavioral components of eating and exercise behavior.
Patient Advocacy Groups Take In Millions From Drugmakers. Is There A Payback?
Insulin Nation
APRIL 9, 2018
When so many patient organizations are being influenced in this way, it can shift our whole approach to health policy, taking away from the interests of patients and towards the interests of industry,” McCoy said. To learn how Kaiser Health News created the Pre$cription for Power database, read the full methodology, here.
Addressing Lives and Livelihoods with a Whole-of-Government Approach – The First Wave of Biden Health Policy
Health Populi
JANUARY 27, 2021
President Biden’s first few days on the job gave us a very clear view on how he sees conquering COVID: through a whole-of-government approach to public policies that bolster directly addressing the virus, along with the many forces shaping how we got here and how to come out of the pandemic era stronger. ” The plotline goes….
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American healthcare: The good, bad, ugly, future
Henry Kotula
AUGUST 28, 2023
So too have calls for increased exercise and proper nutrition, including restrictions on sugary sodas and fast foods. Weight-Loss Drugs Originally designed to help patients manage Type 2 diabetes, drugs like Ozempic have been helping people reverse obesity —a condition closely correlated with diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021
Health Populi
JANUARY 18, 2021
Reflecting on my many conversations during CES last week, I’m evolving the concept to our homes morphing into health delivery platforms. The pandemic has bolstered fitness at home with gyms largely closed and people making room at home for exercise.
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Hims and Hers and Hearts – Cardiology Blurs Into DTC Retail Health
Health Populi
AUGUST 7, 2023
Health Populi’s Hot Points: The drivers of heart health (aka Social Determinants of Health, or SDoH) are numerous and most modifiable at the individual and community level. The profound impacts that nutrition, fitness and exercise, and education have on a person’s well-being bolster cardiovascular health.
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Gaps in Health Equity in America Are Growing
Health Populi
JULY 2, 2019
Education is one of the key SDOH’s that can bolster health equity and a more civil, productive society. The last 25 years have been a sunk cost and exercise in health injustice and health disparities in America. We’ll continue on that downward trajectory in the U.S.
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A Tale of Two Americas as Told by the 2019 OECD Report on Health
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
That’s what came to my mind when reading the latest global health report from the OECD, Health at a Glance 2019 , which compares the United States to other nations’ health care outcomes, risk factors, access metrics, and spending. starts Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities. .
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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast
Health Populi
DECEMBER 22, 2022
“When it comes to dietary supplements, over-the-counter medicines (OTCs), and medical devices, consumers broadly think of these products as items used to support their overall health and wellness,” a team from CHPA (the Consumer Healthcare Products Association) explained in Nutra-Ingredients USA.
A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions
Health Populi
JULY 1, 2019
These interests, like many other battles being fought around the concepts contained in the Bill of Rights these days, can be complicated.
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216 The Healthiest Communities Are Built on Education, Good Food, Mindfulness, and the Power of Love
Health Populi
MAY 24, 2018
That is the viral nature of social networks, so that our own healthy behaviors can initiate a virtuous cycle of health for ourselves, our families, our friends, our work colleagues, and our communities. This is truly being and living out the change for good, for our own health and the health of our communities.
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The Healthiest Communities Are Built on Education, Good Food, Mindfulness, and the Power of Love
Health Populi
MAY 22, 2018
That is the viral nature of social networks, so that our own healthy behaviors can initiate a virtuous cycle of health for ourselves, our families, our friends, our work colleagues, and our communities. This is truly being and living out the change for good, for our own health and the health of our communities.
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The Healthiest Communities Are Built on Education, Good Food, Mindfulness, and the Power of Love
Health Populi
MAY 21, 2018
That is the viral nature of social networks, so that our own healthy behaviors can initiate a virtuous cycle of health for ourselves, our families, our friends, our work colleagues, and our communities. This is truly being and living out the change for good, for our own health and the health of our communities.
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120 Heart Disease in America: Zip Code Determines Cardiovascular Disease-Destiny
Health Populi
JULY 23, 2018
Researchers analyzed data on cardiovascular disease mortality, nonfatal health outcomes, and risk factors by age, sex, and year from 1990 to 2016 for the U.S. If you live in one of nine U.S. states, your chances of having heart disease are greater than living in the 41 others. population.
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Well-Being Burnout – Lululemon’s 4th Annual Study Into Our Pressured Lives
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Bite-sized and fun” can translate to small bursts of movement or exercise each day, short walks, or especially powerful, using physical activity to socialize with other people. That is, we don’t have to enter Iron Man/Woman competitions, train to run marathons, or be gym-rats every day to derive a positive impact for our well-being.
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Slow Food, Slow Medicine: What Italy Can Teach America About Health
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
Book I of the eight volumes Celsus wrote covered diet, hygiene, and the benefits of exercise. Celsus composed De medicina largely based on the teachings of Hippocrates. Fast-forward two thousand years, and we’re still preaching the benefits of nutrition and physical activity.
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6 challenges healthtech can help us tackle – Pt.1
Digital Health Global
OCTOBER 27, 2023
We can find academic research recommending that major health policies should emphasize reducing unhealthy lifestyles, dating three decades ago 3. The focus on lifestyle improvement to prevent pathologies is not new.
Food Is Medicine, Especially When You Are Hungry – The American Heart Association‘s FIM Initiative
Health Populi
APRIL 20, 2023
This partnership is focused on people who are at higher risk for heart disease — conditions that are generally amenable to lifestyle changes such as healthy food shopping and eating, exercise and activity, and mindfulness practices — all with growing evidence bases.
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Longevity Stalls Around the World And Wealth, More Concentrated
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Unhealthy behaviors like lack of exercise contributes to a growing burden of chronic disease in the U.S., This has driven diabetes prevalence to its apex, underpinned by unhealthy diets and low physical activity across Americans, young and older. starting at younger ages.
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The Rough Guide to Health/Care Consumers in 2025: The 2025 Health Populi TrendCast
Health Populi
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Prior to the event occurring, we might have classified this as a wild card event in scenario planning exercises; now that sort of event shifts into the category of uncertainties, as it is now part of our real lives, not imaginary theoretical exercises. Wishing everyone well on your individual and collective journeys in 2025.
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