Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2022

The four top trends to watch for this week at CES 2022 are transportation, space tech, sustainable technology, and digital health, based on Steve Koenig’s annual read-out that kicks off this largest annual conference featuring innovations in consumer electronics.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 21, 2019

Many technologies may be comforting in the immediate term, but could also be preventing innovation at the edge. I think a lot about fax machines in this way: yet providers are still highly dependent on faxing, as I’ve learned from people in my Twitter feed who are quick to remind me this. When is the right time to “jump the curve?”

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The most common conditions employers, plans, and health systems are covering via digital tools are diabetes, among two-thirds of the purchasers; primary care, for 62%; and mental health, preventive care, and cardiovascular conditions for over 50% of purchasers.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2024

Here we see the flywheel that initiates when health citizens feel empowered: the more trust, the more health engagement, the greater the likelihood to access vaccines and to self-care for prevention.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Gary talked of a vision, “that our society would look this straight in the eye, prevent, treat with love and empathy and with programs based on science.” This vision weaves together elements shared in the conference by all of the speakers, with Gary’s family’s learning this in the most personal, devastating way.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

Dr. Amy Serin developed the technology for preventing and treating PTSD for elite military. The product comes in pairs, one band worn on each wrist, using haptic microvibrations — a technology with acronym “BLAST,” which stands for bi-lateral alternating stimulation tactile.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 1, 2023

On the first day of the Summit, global patient safety leaders call for increased urgency in reducing preventable deaths. In a keynote address, Don Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pointed out that one in four hospital patients experience injury as a result of their care.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Most basic in the latter has been the lack of broadband connectivity preventing some people from the digital transformation from which other “have’s” in society benefited: the ability to work from home, attend school from home, exercise at home, and access medical services through virtual care platforms like telemedicine.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

That’s all well and good, and when designed for clinicians’ and patients’/consumers’ best interests, values, and work-flows, the outcomes can be efficient, effective, and aligned for all stakeholders. However, there remain several key barriers preventing the full use of digital health, the PHTI group identified.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

“We” was a trio including Antoinette Thomas (@NurseTechExec1), Chief Patient Experience Officer with Microsoft, David Ryan (@DavidPRyan), former long-time Global Head of Intel’s Health/Life Science business; and, me. The answers seems illogical in wealthy countries, he notes, as most dollars in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 17, 2019

Health begins at home. I found evidence for that, beyond my own N of 1 understanding, in a research article published in the U K in 2000 by Lyn Harrison and Frances Heywood.

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Vie Healthcare

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

HeartFlow’s non-invasive, cutting edge technology aims to improve the patient experience and make cardiovascular care easier for physicians. 13:30 Invasive treatments impact the patient experience Lauren said that over half of patients undergo diagnostic cardiac catheterization unnecessarily.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2023

And that includes heart health, which is ubiquitous at #CES2023 if you consider the holistic journey of the consumer and her heart, from prevention and fitness to tracking and treatment, and care at home — clinical, social, and nutrition.

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Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation are known for our recognition of loved ones who have lost someone from preventable harm in healthcare. However, we also very strongly support the heroic efforts of our healthcare workers as we seek solutions to the system faults that lead to preventable errors occurring.

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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. Heart health at home.

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The distinguished PCAST Working Group on Patient Safety was co-led by PSMF Founder Joe Kiani and Microsoft’s Chief Scientific Officer, Eric Horvitz. More than 40 percent of these events are due to preventable errors. Just a few days before on September 6, the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) held its Stoelting Conference.

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