Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

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. The American Pharmacists Association offers additional insights on the program here.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2021

Furthermore, more LGBTQ+ younger people sought health information online compared with others, as well as used mobile health apps, connected with providers online, and sought to connect with other people “like me” online. A new mental health risk arose in 2020 in the U.S.

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BMC Digital Health

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The use of mobile health apps for remote monitoring has considerable potential for patient care. However, more research is needed to gather patients’ experience with their use. This study evaluates heart failu.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

MARCH 28, 2025

According to the European Commission , the purposes of digital health are to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and management of health-related issues and to monitor and manage lifestyle habits that impact health. This is necessary for a number of reasons.

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KevinMD

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

After attending the first telehealth awareness week hosted by the American Telemedicine Association, I’ve become aware that there are more possibilities to improve clinical operations and patient experience with telehealth.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

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.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

APRIL 3, 2025

Beyond the Hospital Walls More than 80% of a person’s health is determined by factors outside traditional medical care. As we navigate the complexities of public health, it is becoming clear that the future lies beyond hospital walls. Mobile health clinics, employer-driven wellness programs, and digital-first care [.]

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2025

The Propel study’s insights build on what we know is a growing ethos among health consumers seeking to take more control over their health care and the rising costs of medical bills and out-of-pocket expenses. Most people in the U.S. use at least one medical device at home — likely a blood pressure monitor.

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Health Populi

MAY 5, 2022

The pandemic provided an opportunity to reimagine a “distributed, highly coordinated, truly patient-centered care ecosystem that is centered in the home and community,” less focused on typical facility- and institution-based care, the authors describe.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

JANUARY 15, 2019

We felt it would be valuable to extend TapCloud to our general oncology patients because we had seen such a positive response using it for those with high symptom burden and advance disease. We believe many patients and caregivers will benefit from having this tool available to use” Patient Experience.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

For more on the connected car as a third-space for health care, see my post from CES 2017, Your car as a mobile health platform.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 14, 2025

There were over 4,500 exhibitors on the show floor of the 2025 CES in Las Vegas last week, addressing every imaginable aspect of consumers’ daily lives as we increasingly coexist with technology to support life, liberty, and our personal pursuits of happiness… … and health.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 16, 2024

adults plans to purchase at least one health and wellness digital health technology product to gift during the winter 2024 holiday season, according to the 2024 Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns study served up by CTA, the Consumer Technology Association — aka the annual host of CES. One in two U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2024

As the annual HLTH conference convenes this week in Las Vegas , numerous reports have been published to coincide with the meeting updating various aspects of technology, health care, providers and patients.

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Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2018

(See the Hot Points , below, for how these patient life-flows are being met by innovative providers both inside and outside the healthcare system). I divulged that my favorite supermarket chain is Wegmans (who is not a client of THINK-Health).

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Health/care is everywhere is the mantra on the back of my business card. And at #CES2025 , that will indeed be the situation. The 2025 convening of CES (once known as the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas officially kicks off on 7 January 2025.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic accelerated digital transformation of organizations, including health care providers.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2022

The four top trends to watch for this week at CES 2022 are transportation, space tech, sustainable technology, and digital health, based on Steve Koenig’s annual read-out that kicks off this largest annual conference featuring innovations in consumer electronics.

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2019

In my own vision of the retail home health/care ecosystem, these five categories can blur and combinations can serve the consumer’s health at home and on-the-move (for truly mobile health, not just “mHealth” via phone apps).

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Digital Health Global

APRIL 23, 2024

Digital health has emerged as a critical component in reshaping healthcare systems across the 53 countries in the WHO European Region. The report highlights the various ways countries are leveraging digital health technologies, such as telehealth, mobile health, and Big Data, to enhance the delivery and accessibility of healthcare services.

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Digital Health Global

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Evolution and Benefits of DHTs in Neurology Trials DHTs – like wearables, mobile health apps, and telemedicine platforms – have for example significantly impacted the design and execution of neurology trials. In a recent review paper appeared on Nature , Mittermaier et al. in 2010 to 11.4%

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In our report, A Call for Care That’s Personal, Accessible and Social , we identify older patients as “digital immigrants,” newer to mobile platforms and digital health tools…but learning how to speak this new ”language” and work-flows of telehealth, mobile health apps, and patient portals.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

About pCare pCare’s interactive patient experience solution helps healthcare providers engage, educate, and entertain patients across the care continuum. The pCare open platform integrates with existing EHR/EMR systems, patient portals, and mobile health applications to connect patients, families, and caregivers.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Buoy Health AI triage bot True to their mission “Making health care easier, so life can be better”, Banner Health has invested in digital health technologies to support their patient experience.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

patients anticipate AI will create a more efficient patient experience , according to a recent Talkdesk survey. Additionally, 67% would feel more comfortable making appointments for sensitive health issues with an online chatbot than a human staff member. Research Half of U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2020

Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

Another tactic to embed in dealing across all three of the calls-to-action is the role that telehealth and virtual care can play for two of the three factors — dealing with staff shortages and sustainability in reducing carbon and saving people time while bolstering patient experience and convenience.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We were able to roll out various digital health tools , telemedicine , and mobile health applications that not only better the lives of our patients but also our staff. Mobile health technologies, such as nudges, self-scheduling, and asynchronous communication, empower patients to modify their behaviors.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The Oliver Wyman team explored the concept of the new front door in health care several years ago, and since then has been tracking consumers’ use of these alternate entry points.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Let’s travel to Shanghai, China where, “the covid-19 epidemic has brought millions of new patients online. Will the coronavirus inspire greater adoption of telehealth in the U.S.? They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 15, 2025

Remote patient monitoring will evolve beyond tracking basic vitals to providing predictive health insights through the integration of AI and machine learning.

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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.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

That would be health care, a report from Altarum notes. What industry compels its “consumers” to wait longer and travel further for services more than any other in a person’s daily life?

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Mend

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

[Schedule a demo to learn more] Automate Patient Engagement Automating different steps of the patient journey can help engage patients early on in their care. Artificial intelligence and other innovative technologies are excellent ways to improve the patient experience and therefore increase patient engagement.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

The 21st Century Cures Act emphasizes patients’ control of personal health information. ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. But the emergence of the coronavirus in the U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

adults say their concerns about personal health and wellness increased in the past year: in particular, stress and anxiety, and sleep and eating habits. One in two U.S. Despite spending more time at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, few people believe they live in a “healthy home.”

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