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AI Tops ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2025

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – ECRI , a non-profit organization focused on healthcare safety, has released its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards report for 2025. Unmet technology support needs for home care patients: Challenges in using complex medical devices at home.

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7 Behavioral Health Technology Trends to Watch in 2025

HIT Consultant

At its core, AI and digital health technologies hold immense promise for expanding access to mental health services and addressing social determinants of well-being. Improving access.

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HLTH 2023—Peterson Health Technology Institute sets out to build clinical evidence for digital health tools

Fierce Healthcare

LAS VEGAS—As HLTH 2023 kicks off, the next four days will be buzzing with hype over digital health and virtual care innovations. | The Peterson Health Technology Institute aims to raise the bar in digital health by providing independent, evidence-based assessments of emerging products, something that is currently lacking in the market.

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Industry Voices—Why older adults are adopting health technology at a higher rate

Fierce Healthcare

Older adults are adopting digital health tools at a higher rate than ever before. | At Elevance Health, we are seeing an increasing acceptance of virtual care and technology by older adults to help manage their health.

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Connected health tools help seniors, but a digital divide persists

Healthcare It News

Most adults aged 50 to 80 in the United States are now using digital health technologies (DHTs), with patient portals leading adoption rates, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

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AI chatbots boost patient engagement and reduce clinician workload, study shows

Healthcare It News

Dr. James Colbert, chief medical officer for patient/provider experience at AI developer Commure, whose Memora Health technology was examined in the study, says the company is already seeing these tools deliver measurable results.

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The Latest Health Technology Vision and Consumer Behavior Insights From Accenture

Health Populi

Two new reports from Accenture update our understanding of the changed health consumer in the context of both “home: and the health care ecosystem. The 2020 tech vision for health is summarized here, tying to Accenture’s previous two years of forecasts.