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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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The Growth of DIY Digital Health – What’s Behind the Zeitgeist of Self-Reliance?

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2025

With heart health now table stakes for wearable technology sensors, smartwatches mainstreaming for many medical and wellbeing tracking issues with more sensors embedded on the wrist (and on the hand within smartrings), health tracking is no longer relegated to an elite group of people affiliating with the Quantified Self movement.

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

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

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

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

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. Consumers expressed different vaccine site preferences depending on their ethnicity/race and age group.

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The Demand for Self-Care At-Home Will Grow Post-Pandemic – Insights from IRI

Health Populi

MAY 5, 2022

When it comes to peoples’ relationship to consumer packaged goods (CPG), the public health crisis has indeed impacted consumers’ purchasing behaviors and definition of “value,” based on IRI’s latest analysis of CPG shifts in 2022 and 2023.

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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In fact, 60 percent of 18 to 34-year-olds admit to smartphone overuse, the highest level of any age group. Furthermore, voice technologies are “making noise,” according to Deloitte in A New Era in Mobile Continues, the 2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey : US Edition. which 1 in 2 U.S. adults over 55 manage. [I

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People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2022

” The researchers used spatial analysis to explore disproportionate mortality outcomes for COVID-19 experienced by different racial and ethnic groups: comparing overall death rates with those of Hispanic or Latinx, Non-Hispanic Black or African-American, and Non-Hispanic White populations. Underneath the overall statistic of 2.4

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Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 19, 2022

The researchers noted that the decrease in video visits among those demographics may reflect the hurdles to telemedicine access for many already vulnerable groups. THE LARGER TREND. The data emerging from telehealth patterns amid the pandemic has suggested that virtual care use may be a complicated issue.

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Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender

Health Populi

MAY 17, 2022

While telehealth, mobile health apps, and wearable technology are all growing for mainstream consumers, there are gaps in adoption based on where a person lives, their health insurance plan type, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender. The report examines three areas of digital health adoption: Live video telemedicine.

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How Footwear Became Our Favorite Apparel Item in the Pandemic

Health Populi

APRIL 16, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic era of retail and consumers, it’s useful to consider Brand Finance’s findings in terms of where people found value in the face of the public health crisis. We changed our clothes in the pandemic, as the NPD Group re-assessed the Wear-to-Work trends in apparel re-shaped by the coronavirus era.

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

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

health consumers the importance of personal health data as an asset — that is both a personal one and, in aggregate mashed up with fellow health citizens’ data — a public health asset. The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S. Trust is in short supply in the U.S. Part of re-building U.S.

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

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

health consumers the importance of personal health data as an asset — that’s both a personal one and, in aggregate mashed up with fellow health citizens’ data — a public health asset. .” The coronavirus pandemic has shown U.S. Trust is in short supply in the U.S.

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Revolutionizing Healthcare: The power of Digital Health in dietary education for chronic conditions

Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In this context, digital health emerges as a catalyst for revolutionizing healthcare delivery. Digital health encompasses electronic health (eHealth) and mobile health (mHealth), which leverage electronic platforms and mobile technologies, including wearable devices and apps, to provide health information and services.

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Why Elevance Health is “Prescribing” Phones for Members

Health Populi

JANUARY 19, 2024

Digitally enabled healthcare means building digital technologies into the fabric of our ecosystem to improve outcomes and enhance efficiency in day-to-day health and wellness.”

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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Continue Education Journal

JUNE 12, 2019

Webinar options: Southern California Telemedicine Learning Center , American Telemedicine Association and Midwest Alliance for Health Education. Amwell’s Online Care Group (OCG) is an online medical practice that connects providers with patients through live video visits. To join the Online Care Group, click here.

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What the 2019 Nobel Prize Winners in Economics Teach Us About Health

Health Populi

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The trio then tested different combinations of factors adding into different groups remedial tutoring, access to credit (especially microcredit programs), technology, and health care services, along with new models for teacher accountability and school governance.

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DocGo Establishes Medical Advisory Board

Digital Health Global

JUNE 17, 2024

Leading Mobile Health Provider Brings Together Industry Experts to Help Drive Innovation and Elevate Patient Care NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DocGo Inc. During his 30-year career in academic medicine and public health, Dr. Bobrow has been dedicated to promoting equitable, high-quality medical care for all.

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Bringing Telehealth to the Rehabilitation Industry

Advanced Medical Reviews

MAY 2, 2019

Though it’s already being deployed by health systems and physician practices, telehealth is becoming more prevalent in rehabilitation services, including the areas of physical, occupational and speech therapy. Remote patient monitoring (RPM): involves the remote monitoring of patients’ health and medical data over secure electronic means.

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Partnering with Community Organizations and Ensuring Equitable Access to Healthcare Services for Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Colby Takeda, Co-Founder and CEO at Pear Suite As the healthcare industry recognizes the critical role of social determinants of health, new providers are emerging as key partners in providing quality care, including community health workers (CHWs). Expanding community-based care, telehealth, mobile health units, etc.,

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For Ryan Health, telehealth seeds planted during the pandemic have flourished

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

Ryan Health is a federally qualified health center based in Manhattan that has been providing comprehensive and affordable primary and specialty care to New York’s diverse and underserved communities since 1967. The system also did not work well for the behavioral health providers because they often provided group therapy.

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How Stepping Up to Transform Mobile Medical Care around the Country Makes the Biggest Change in Wellness of Public Health

KB Dental Consulting

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Mobile health is opening new opportunities for communication between patients and healthcare medical providers. Mobile medical health is starting to modify the way how health care is delivered and also received. Mobile medical clinics have a long way to go. The role of a mobile health clinic.

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What the Latest Pew Consumer Data Means for #HIMSS18

Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2018

The Pew Research Group polled 2,002 U.S. Health Populi’s Hot Points : Health is social: isolation is a social determinant for ill health. Only 3 % of social media users say they have a lot of trust in information they find on these sites. adults age 18 and over in early January 2018 for this study.

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Nurses: The Force for Change

Mobile Health Matters

MAY 7, 2018

Additionally, hospital floors are a collaborative environment and mentors often not only train and inspire new colleagues, but also serve as advocates for their peers and participate in focus groups to initiate evidence-based nursing practice in their patient units. Traditionally, the nurses’ role was limited in the hospital.

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

The Digital Health Corner

JANUARY 19, 2017

After a hiatus I am returning to my beloved Digital Health Corner. In a previous post I discussed important public health issues that digital technology can address. The NIDA of the NIH has a group of evidence-based screening tools for adolescents and adults to be used by health professionals.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

The quickly evolving COVID-19 public health emergency has warranted the growing use of telehealth and non-invasive remote monitoring devices to facilitate patient monitoring while reducing patient and healthcare provider contact and possible exposure to the virus.

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Join us at “Transforming Community Pharmacies in to High Street Clinics”

mHealth Insight

OCTOBER 28, 2018

The conference will highlight the potential of delivering high quality and easily accessible, personalised healthcare in North East London, including clinical and public health services and the NHS 10-year plan. Integrated Care Ceri Jacobs, Managing Director, Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge Clinical Commissioning Groups.

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Turbocharged Digital Health Investment in 2020

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This funding record (“already” before year-end, tallied by the third quarter as Rock Health notes) was driven by “mega”-deals accelerated during the public health crisis of COVID-19. based digital health start-ups adding up $9.4 In the third quarter of 2020, some $4 billion was invested in U.S.

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Health, Tech, Government Leaders Join CTA and CHI Coalition to Address Health Disparities Amplified by COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

We are at a tipping point for wider use of digital health tools because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Brian Scarpelli, senior global policy counsel, CHI. “As As this public health emergency illustrated, technology can assist providers in treating patients no matter their location.

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Digital Health Hub

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Last Update: January 27, 2023 Number Journal Name Impact Factor (2021) Publishing Options Publisher Country G1 The Lancet Digital Health 36.615 OA Elsevier Ltd. OA JMIR Publications Inc. UK POPULATION HEALTH P1 JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 14.56 OA JMIR Publications Inc.

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Digital Health Hub

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Number Journal Name Impact Factor (2021) Publishing Options Publisher Country G1 The Lancet Digital Health 36.615 OA Elsevier Ltd. OA JMIR Publications Inc. UK POPULATION HEALTH P1 JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 14.56 OA JMIR Publications Inc. USA H10 Methods of Information in Medicine 1.8

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. The most notable impact of the non-renewal of the PHE was the end of continuous Medicaid public health insurance coverage.

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Telehealth, Right Here, Right Now: Calling on Congress to Vote for America’s Health and Well-being

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

That was, in fact, the name of a research paper I wrote on behalf of the California Health Care Foundation in 2008. President Trump smartly expanded Medicare telehealth coverage on March 17, 2020, shortly after COVID-19 emerged as the public health emergency which has had lingering physical, mental, and fiscal impacts on U.S.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

UPMC launching a social impact program focusing on SDoH, among other projects investing in social factors that bolster public health. As I pointed out in my 2020 Health Populi trendcast , the private sector is taking on more public health initiatives as policy progress at the Federal level feels frozen.

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The Social Determinants of Food for Health, Farms, and the Economy

Health Populi

JULY 11, 2018

Another important policy that embeds health for the nation would be for States and local governments to identify opportunities to use agriculture, education, transportation, tax, and zoning approaches that would bake health into the policies. And that benefits all Americans for public health and well-being.

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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

Black surgical patients used telehealth more often in late 2020

Digital Health Adoption Across Communities is Uneven By Rurality, Race, Health Plan, and Gender

How Footwear Became Our Favorite Apparel Item in the Pandemic

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

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

Revolutionizing Healthcare: The power of Digital Health in dietary education for chronic conditions

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

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