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Only 1 in 4 People Over 50 Use a Mobile Health App – And They Tend to Be Healthier and Wealthier

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use at least one mobile health app, and 56% of older people have never used one. Among seven mhealth tools, the most commonly-used is to track exercise. One in 3 older people who use a mobile health app do so for exercise, followed by nutrition (currently adopted by 22% of older folks), weight loss (for 20%), and sleep (17%).

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Why CES 2022 Will Be Keynoted by a Health Care Executive

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People w3re already adopting digital tech for health before the pandemic began; Apple and Xiaomi dominated market shares for wearable tech globally, and mobile apps for health, wellness, and fitness approached 40,000 available in app stores. Our homes emerged as our health hubs in the #StayHome and quarantine times.

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Why #CES2022 Will Be Keynoted By A Health Care Innovator for the First Time

Health Populi

People w3re already adopting digital tech for health before the pandemic began; Apple and Xiaomi dominated market shares for wearable tech globally, and mobile apps for health, wellness, and fitness approached 40,000 available in app stores. Our homes emerged as our health hubs in the #StayHome and quarantine times.

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Post-Pandemic, U.S. Healthcare is Entering a “Provide More Care For Less” Era – Pondering PwC’s 2022 Forecast

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What enables those deflating cost-reducers is the growing adoption of digital health tools, from telehealth and virtual care to self-care in patients’ hands at home and on-the-go via mobile health apps. As we ponder health care utilization and medical spending in 2022, the wild cards that could increase PwC’s 6.5%

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Consumers’ Health Concerns Grow in the Pandemic Across All Categories – And More Trust Virtual Care

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Family and friends dropped from 5th place to seventh, product labels fell from 7th to 8th place in trust, and Fitness trainers or coaches declined from 8th place to 10th — perhaps a sign that we were less dependent on the traditional in-person fitness trainer in the physically-distanced pandemic compared with our 2020 normal exercise routines.

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In the Pandemic, We’re All About Food

Health Populi

Finally, as we’ve seen hockey-stick growth of telehealth in the pandemic used by health consumers who sought to avoid in-person visits to doctor’s offices or hospital clinics, one in five people were also using a mobile health monitoring device or app. Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S.

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For Health Consumers, Trust, Privacy, & Good Experience Must Be Baked Into Digital Health Care

Health Populi

In Accenture’s words, “COVID-19 forced a surge” in virtual health care following a stalling of consumers’ adoption of digital health in late 2019: by December 2019, 35% of consumers had been using mobile health apps on phones and tablets, down from 48% in 2018; and 18% of consumers int he U.S.