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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020. But even trust in the most trusted steward, my doctor, eroded between 2019 and 2020. To the issue of trusting my doctor to keep my information secure, the survey found a decline from 89% trusting my doctor in 2019 to 83% in 2020.

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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Health Populi

The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019. Under the current privacy regime of HIPAA for healthcare, indeed, we are. legislators can get on the same privacy page.

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

Health Populi

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

Health Populi

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic drove U.S. Parks Associates’ research identified other categories of consumer electronics growth in the 2020 year of the coronavirus, including: Smart home devices, growing to 30% of U.S. broadband households in 2020 from 17% in 2015.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 1

Health Populi

When we think through these different worlds and the factors shaping them, we are better prepared to deal with “stuff” that inevitably happens that can shift our world slightly, or blow it apart – like rushing about for PPE when supplies from Asia dried up in the second quarter of 2020. Just sayin’.

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Understanding the athenahealth Product Suite: Is It Right for You?  

Medical Advantage

In terms of patient engagement, athenahealth has developed tools and services designed to foster stronger relationships with patients and improve the overall patient experience. In 2020, athenahealth merged with Virence Health, further expanding its product suite and customer base.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

Where we physically lived in 2020 transformed into sites for the many daily verbs in our lives: working, learning, praying, cooking/baking/dining, exercising, and indeed, self-caring for wellness and medical care. In my consumer-facing health care work, I’ve adopted the mantra that our homes are our health hubs.