Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2019

Secure US to Secure ME calls out the risk of cybersecurity across healthcare organizations’ entire ecosystem of inter-connected payers, providers, technology vendors and, to be sure, patients whose data are a personal precious asset at increasing risk of hacking.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

MAY 18, 2023

Josh Makower, a physician-inventor, entrepreneur, and professor at Stanford University, testifies about the challenges faced by medical technology innovators in accessing timely reimbursement for their breakthrough medical technologies. Kesselheim MD, JD, MPH Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 17, 2022

In today’s digitalized healthcare environment, keeping the best outcomes for patients at the center of all activity increasingly depends on the smart use of medical data. Challenges for healthcare professionals along the patient pathway. Roles in healthcare are changing.

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Health Populi

APRIL 18, 2024

Trust in media for “my” healthcare also plummeted in the U.S. in the past year, falling by 21 percentage points to only 35% of American health citizens trusting the media to report accurate information about health care.

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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.

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2020

” The most trusted spokespeople globally were found to be — far and away #1 — doctors and health authorities, among 4 in 5 consumers across the 12 nations polled. Finally, 61% of U.S. But the situation still gets worse.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The idea of health care consumerism isn’t just an American discussion, Deloitte points out in its 2019 global survey of healthcare consumers report, A consumer-centered future of health. consumers 18-64 years of age assessed the state of medical debt in the U.S. Those least likely to disagree live in the UK and Singapore.

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Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

DOCTOR DELIVERS LETHAL EPIDURAL AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL An article last week in The New York Times told the story of an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn public hospital, with a history of making life-threatening errors in administering epidurals, who made a fatal mistake in July 2020. Adverse drug events accounted for 39.0%

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? One-fourth of doctors plan to implement this capability in the next two years. from Deloitte.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 1, 2023

More than a decade ago, Joe made it his life’s purpose to eliminate preventable medical harm and create safer healthcare systems around the world. Joe will be the keynote speaker at our 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit on June 1–2 in Newport Beach. Yours, Michael A.E.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 27, 2023

We in the medical profession must be sure that this organ donor does not sustain any preventable harm by ensuring that all healthcare safety measures are adhered to. This would seem obvious and something rapidly endorsed by healthcare professionals. Medical technology companies are developing new devices to assist us.

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 25, 2023

Don Berwick—one of the original giants in patient safety and a founding member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement—gave an inspiring keynote address. First, he recognized the superb healthcare force we have in the US, how dedicated they are, and how frustrated they are by the avoidable harm to patients that is occurring.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This was an excellent meeting focused on medication safety. She brings to her board role a clear vision and keen understanding of the essential contributions advanced technologies will make in improving patient safety across healthcare delivery systems globally.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 4, 2022

That patient must manage many clinical and lifestyle workflows through one 24-hour day — for example, measuring blood glucose levels, tracking blood pressure and activity/exercise, and communicating with a nurse practitioner, health coach, or doctor’s office as well as receiving advice or support from clinical team members.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In October 2021, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that Robert Ford, CEO and President of Abbott, would give a keynote speech at CES 2022, the world’s largest annual convention of the technology industry.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 28, 2023

In healthcare, it is an opportunity to look at the state of disparities that exist by race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability status, highlighting populations that are disproportionately impacted by inequities. We have much to do to make healthcare safe! In the United States, about 6.9

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

CTA’s research shows that the public health crisis has expanded consumers’ healthcare behaviors at home via telehealth for mind, body and spirit, and for adapting the home as the new gym space for fitness. Finally, one-third of consumers project using online health and fitness services more frequently after the pandemic.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 31, 2018

” I’m glad to report that we’ll be there before the end of the year, based on my meet-up with Omron Healthcare at #CES2018. 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.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Managing diabetes as early as possible is key, which is why this year’s theme for National Diabetes Month is building a healthcare team. The patient is the most important member of their own healthcare team, as diabetes treatment involves a lot of self-care and preventative lifestyle choices.

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Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It’s important to speak with a healthcare professional if any unusual changes in the breast or nipple are detected. Of particular concern, according to the article, “even if doctors recommend genetic testing, they may lack the expertise to determine which tests people need and how to interpret the results.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2018

Googling the words “disruption” and “healthcare” today yielded 33.8 “Disruption” as a noun and an elephant in our room has been with us in healthcare since the September/October 2000 issue of Harvard Business Review. This emerged out of Christensen’s 1997 book, The Innovator’s Dilemma.

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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2022

Medical technology, with prolific sensors and devices that connect consumers, patients, and caregivers across the continuum from healthy to high-risk acute patients (that’s the Hospital@Home segment of people). Digital transformation, built on “radically interoperable” data on open, secure platforms.

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We need to create a healthcare system that supports that oath. The doctors and hospital took no responsibility for what had happened. The goal of the National Patient Safety Board (NPSB) is to prevent and reduce patient safety events in healthcare settings. Like other physicians, I took an oath to “first, do no harm.”

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Health Populi

JANUARY 13, 2021

Almost overnight, school lessons and doctors’ appointments were online. “Historically, people have often been quick to adopt new digital technology and slower to adapt to what it can help them achieve,” Fjord noted.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As consumers, people have great expectations from the organizations on the supply side of health care — providers (hospitals and doctors), health insurance plans, pharma and medical device companies. 55% would value live chat and instant message for medical tasks. Some of the key U.S.

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Vie Healthcare

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

So you have a ton of patients in a healthcare system getting tests that may not be helpful in their diagnosis for creating a treatment plan. Costs to the healthcare system, accuracy of the diagnosis, like you mentioned with your family member, and ultimately the outcomes. heart disease is the number one killer of all Americans.

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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.,

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

The healthcare sector must act now to protect our youngest and most vulnerable population,” ECRI asserts from the start of the report. This, in ECRI’s words, “recognizes that children and youth are facing a true crisis.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

The WeDoctor app, part of Tencent, deployed 20,000 online doctors donating time for free. A couple of intriguing examples: Ali Health, part of Alibaba (the e-commerce giant), launched a free online clinic in locked-down Hubei (whose capital is Wuhan) where in five days, 100,000 patients received remote consultations.

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Healthcare Success

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 has increased access to healthcare services for previously uninsured populations. The coronavirus pandemic has significantly increased the usage of “smart” wearable medical technologies , like smartwatches and fitness trackers. Know Your Buyer Persona.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 31, 2024

What You Should Know: – ECRI , an independent healthcare safety organization, has released its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list for 2024 , highlighting critical safety concerns for healthcare providers and the medical device industry. packaging) included with each product.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2023

The most compelling argument against privatizing the NHS has always been that the provision of healthcare should not be left to the vagaries of market forces. About Ivor Campbell Ivor Campbell is the CEO of Snedden Campbell , a UK-based recruitment agency for the global medical technology industry.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Chris Luoma, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, GHX Advancements in medical technology have increased the demand for surgical implants. Although this growth is exciting, it also highlights the need for healthcare to transform digitally. The implantable device market is projected to reach $166.3 billion by 2032.

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Patient Safety Movement

AUGUST 29, 2023

Peter Pronovost urged that people stop believing that harm in healthcare is inevitable and start believing that it is entirely preventable. 2C: Advance interoperability of healthcare data and assure free access to the tracking of harms and use of evidence-based solutions. 4B: Harness revolutionary advances in information technologies.

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Patient Safety Movement

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Medication harm accounts for 50% of the overall preventable harm in medical care. $42 42 billion of total health expenditure worldwide can be avoided if medication errors are prevented. 1 in 20 patients in healthcare facilities is exposed to avoidable medication harm. In addition, guest speaker Rt.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

What do these nations get in return for allocating one-tenth, or just a bit more of their countries macro-economies, to healthcare? spends a much lower (inverse) proportion on social care compared with healthcare in other peer nations (again, using the latest OECD data available). Even China has lately exceeded the U.S.

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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. Home as hospital.

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