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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

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. 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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Telehealth is the future but it is obscured by a dismal present

KevinMD

In so far as our current public health emergency is concerned, telehealth has obvious, indisputable benefits.

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

Health Populi

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 Platforms: Building Blocks for Omnichannel, Networked Healthcare

Health Populi

One of the most compelling telehealth access scenarios in the first months of pandemic will be told by consumers accessing virtual care for teletherapy and counseling. One of the public health hallmarks of the pandemic era has been stress, documented by the American Psychological Association’s Stress in America survey.

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

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!

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How Grocery and Retail Companies Are Delivering Health and Healthcare

Health Populi

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.