Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2021

Among the least likely barriers were unqualified clinicians (compared with a “live” in-person doctor), the doctor’s inability to share health information with the patient, difficulty in booking an appointment, distractions from other online activities, and privacy issues.

Doctors 83

Doctors Hospitals Healthcare Healthcare Providers 83

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Consumers would likely have a fitness solution to improve mental and physical health, receive it as a gift, acquire it based on word-of-mouth, keep up with the latest tech, and/or have it at home based on convenience.

Prevention 109

Prevention Doctors Medical Services Medical Technology 109

Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

Once cleared (planned for Fall 2018), the clinical quality of the data output promises to be a huge advance for consumer-marketed wearable technology that doctors can trust. After mental health and diabetes, heart apps rank as the third largest categories for medical apps on the market in 2017.

Doctors 81

Doctors Prevention Healthcare Accountability 81

Health Populi

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The call-to-action Rx for this is to get to know a patient’s values in terms of the life-flows and personal goals, as well as their “value” for health care — the ability and willingness to pay, their personal definition of affordability, and how that plays into their potential or actual self-rationing behavior due to cost.

Patient Experience 69

Patient Experience Doctors Hospitals Home Care 69

Health Populi

JANUARY 13, 2021

The pandemic has digitally transformed those people who could work from home, school at home, and undertake daily life-flows as health citizens tried to keep the coronavirus (and other people) at-a-distance. Almost overnight, school lessons and doctors’ appointments were online.

Primary Care 71

Primary Care Doctors Medical Technology Patient Experience 71

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

On average, U.S. households with broadband have at least one connected health device, which could be a smart watch, a fitness tracker (such as Fitbit), connected exercise equipment (like a Peloton and the NordicTrack Vault), a heart rate monitor (like OMRON’s HeartGuide), a weight scale (like Withings smart scales), or a sleep monitor (e.g.,

Telemedicine 77

Telemedicine Doctors Medical Services Hospitals 77

Health Populi

MAY 16, 2022

Taken together, these accelerators disrupt the traditional physical hospital’s role in at least six ways: via, Care delivery transformation, defined holistically including well-being across physical, mental, social, emotional, financial, and spiritual health.

Regulations 71

Regulations Hospitals Medical Technology Doctors 71

Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2022

” Based on the Teladoc PR, the process begins with a consumer waking her Amazon voice assistant saying, “Alexa, I want to talk to a doctor.” Teladoc on Alexa will initially launch via audio with video visits coming soon.”

Doctors 62

Doctors Medical Technology Patient Experience Telemedicine 62

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

The heart has been a digital health focus at CES for several years as sensors got added to wristworn activity trackers and mobile apps married to medical technologies that were once only available for use in a doctor’s office or outpatient clinic. Home as hospital. Hygiene and the clean home.

Hospitals 77

Hospitals Doctors Patient Experience Health Technology 77

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: These so-called “digital front doors” are the on-ramps for health consumers/patients to access health care services away from brick-and-mortar doctors’ offices and hospital clinics.

Life Sciences 127

Life Sciences Telemedicine Doctors Urgent Care 127

Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2023

In this year’s golden anniversary news at CES 2023, OMRON launched the Viso remote health monitoring program with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), supporting patients in self-care in partnership with their doctors to improve Britons’ health and longevity.

Prevention 106

Prevention Doctors Hospitals Medical Technology 106