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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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Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Health Populi

JULY 23, 2020

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

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2025

I would expand that more generally to say that UX, CX, and service design principles should/must be baked into consumer-facing connected health technologies.

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A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

JULY 20, 2020

About 1 in 2 patients now receive treatment at home instead of going to a provider’s office, using virtual tools like video conference calls (“Zoom-ing” for medical care), online chat, and mobile health apps downloaded on smartphones. 45% in pharmaceutical companies, and 44% in large retail pharmacy chains.

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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2021

For most young people, the public health crisis has been more about that social distancing from friends, a collective sense of isolation, and mental and behavioral health impacts. A new mental health risk arose in 2020 in the U.S.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

In the Fear of Going Out Era spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients were loath to go to the doctor’s office for medical care, and even less keen on entering a hospital clinic’s doors.

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

Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This is an actual intersection of the Internet of Things for Health — a new riff on mobile health/care, literally! As cars grow more connected via Bluetooth like our TVs, autos morph into a third space for health, which I’ve considered here in Health Populi and in some of my futures work with clients.

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How Grocery and Retail Companies Are Delivering Health and Healthcare

Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2021

It was the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerated some early-adopting health consumers viewing their home as their ultimate site for self-care and health care. New data from NCSolutions (NCS) polled 2,017 U.S. consumers in March 2021 on perspectives one year into COVID.

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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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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. during the public health crisis. The Atlantic offered this take this week].

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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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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

How would you improve what’s in the bill to optimize the use of telehealth in this challenging public health moment? What can we expect to hear relevant to the public health challenge? Check out this last public health poster about Medicare and COVID-19. The President signed the $8.3

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Transforming Chronic Care Management: A Comprehensive, Technology-Driven Approach

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Mental Health Integration : With approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experiencing mental illness each year, integrating mental health into chronic disease management is a public health imperative. Optimized Care Coordination: Enhancing communication tools and collaborative strategies for better patient outcomes.

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COVID-19 Has Accelerated Consumers’ Interest in Healthy Home Tech

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

health consumers would eventually morph into health citizens, owning and not just renting our health. That book ended with a chapter asking whether U.S. cast to communicate their collective political will.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

The pandemic era relaxation of state licensure requirements addressed this chasm, providing greater access to patients who needed services as well as de-tabooing that access when patients felt nervous about in-person visits to therapists in a community, in-person setting.

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Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

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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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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Most Americans Follow an Eating Pattern in Search of Energy, Protein, and Well-Being – With Growing Financial Stress: A Food as Medicine Update

Health Populi

JUNE 20, 2024

Department of Agriculture) which is responsible for the SNAP nutrition assistance program in the U.S. published this month on spending by program for FY 2023. The accounting found that SNAP comprised $2 in $3 of spending on nutrition security in America.

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Why Elevance Health is “Prescribing” Phones for Members

Health Populi

JANUARY 19, 2024

Now we see the emergence of telecomms-as-medicine — or more specifically, a driver of health, access, and empowerment. You’ve heard of food-as-medicine and exercise-as-medicine.

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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. This chance gives positive feedback by improving the outcomes and enhancing the patient experience. Mobile medical health is starting to modify the way how health care is delivered and also received.

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The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

But the coronavirus era also saw broadband households spending more on connecting health devices, with 42% of U.S. consumers owning digital health tech compared with 33% in 2015, according to research discussed in Supporting Today’s Connected Consumer from Parks Associates. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S.

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What the Latest Pew Consumer Data Means for #HIMSS18

Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2018

The median American uses 3 social networking platforms in 2018. Facebook is the primary platform for most Americans who use social media in 2018: two-thirds of U.S. adults use Facebook, and 3 in 4 of them check in on a daily basis.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

The result is a high-sensitivity P-wave monitor that is comfortable for all patients during extended wear. The CAM Patch can serve as a remote patient monitoring system during the COVID-19 pandemic, the vendor said. Providers need minimal training to efficiently use the clinical dashboard, the company contended.

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Patient Engagement and Patient Portals by 2030

Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Promoting preventive care and population health: Patient portals can be used to promote preventive care and population health. For example, patients can use their portals to receive reminders for vaccinations and screenings.

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The Future of Health Is “Now,” Deloitte Says; But Are Consumers Living and Loving It?

Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2020

Sharing data in a public health crisis is important for both identifying people who have been infected to stop-the-spread of the virus, as well as sharing personal health information for developing treatments to cure disease.

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Crossing the Pond by Plane in the Age of Corona – My View From the Hygienic Skies and on the Ground in Belgium

Health Populi

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Every passenger traveling to the country is compelled to fill out the details in this form, which includes the flight number, seat location, and arrival date, along with a mobile phone number and local address in Belgium where one was staying (especially key for potential quarantine needs).

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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

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. health citizens and businesses.

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Consumers Are Financially Stressed – What This Means for Health/Care in 2025

Health Populi

MARCH 6, 2025

health citizens and, truly, for public health and health citizenship around the world. The post Consumers Are Financially Stressed – What This Means for Health/Care in 2025 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. We will keep tracking these issues very closely, hoping for the best for all U.S.

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News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

Telehealth Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

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

A New Era of Virtual Care Has Begun, Accenture Finds

How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

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

How Grocery and Retail Companies Are Delivering Health and Healthcare

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

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

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

Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Transforming Chronic Care Management: A Comprehensive, Technology-Driven Approach

COVID-19 Has Accelerated Consumers’ Interest in Healthy Home Tech

A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

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

Most Americans Follow an Eating Pattern in Search of Energy, Protein, and Well-Being – With Growing Financial Stress: A Food as Medicine Update

Why Elevance Health is “Prescribing” Phones for Members

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

The Digital Consumer, Increasingly Connected to Health Devices; Parks Associates Kicking Off #CES2021

What the Latest Pew Consumer Data Means for #HIMSS18

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Patient Engagement and Patient Portals by 2030

The Future of Health Is “Now,” Deloitte Says; But Are Consumers Living and Loving It?

Crossing the Pond by Plane in the Age of Corona – My View From the Hygienic Skies and on the Ground in Belgium

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

Consumers Are Financially Stressed – What This Means for Health/Care in 2025

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