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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

This drove health consumers to virtual care platforms in the first months of the public health crisis — including lots of older people who had never used telemedicine or even a mobile health app. Virtual care will be a lifeline for many older people who cannot leave home or do not want to do so.

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The COVID-19 Era Has Grown Health Consumer Demand for Virtual Care

Health Populi

Over one-half of Americans would likely use virtual care for their healthcare services, and one in four people would actually prefer a virtual relationship with a primary care physician, according to the fifth annual 2020 Consumer Sentiment Survey from UnitedHealthcare.

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

Health Populi

This is not a build-it-and-they-will-come business proposition anymore: digital health tools must address specific clinical conditions and deliver on outcomes. These clinical priorities vary by purchaser-type: for example, diabetes and obesity solution in particular are in highest demand by health plans.

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

Health Populi

Concerningly, more people dealing with a chronic condition avoided health care more than people without a chronic disease — 48% versus 31%, meaning that 1 in 2 patients with a diagnosed condition delayed health care during the pandemic in 2020. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Digital health tools generate data.

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Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Health Populi

One of the public health hallmarks of the pandemic era has been stress, documented by the American Psychological Association’s Stress in America survey. That further enhances patient experience, and further enables the patient to self-manage care at home where it’s safe, hygienic, and risk-managed.

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Health@Retail Update: Kroger and Hy-Vee Morph Grocery into Health, Walmart’s Health Center, CVS/housing and More

Health Populi

Now, to the news… and what it means… Start with Kroger and Hy-Vee, national grocery chains, both of which are expanding their health care reach via pharmacists’ licensure practice expansions, and new concepts of mobile health.

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Why CES 2022 Will Be Keynoted by a Health Care Executive

Health Populi

Or an expanded definition of a “digital therapeutic” with the car as a delivery channel or vessel for care and information source. This is an actual intersection of the Internet of Things for Health — a new riff on mobile health/care, literally!