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Hospital at Home: Aligning Provider Needs with Patient Wishes

HIT Consultant

2020 saw three factors combine to define the future of “Hospital at Home” care in a way that will become a new care reality over the coming years. Changing Patient Attitudes. Patients became more reluctant and concerned about going to hospital s. Medical Economics. Arik Ben Ishay, CEO & Co-Founder of Biobeat.

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What Person-Centered Interoperability Looks Like: Seqster

Health Populi

He had me at the statement, “I believe health data is medicine.”. Turbocharging, really inspiring that bold statement is the love of a son for his parents coupled with tech-innovation chops that could, indeed, eventually bring that audacious claim of being health care’s OS to fruition.

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Healthcare Information In-Security Is the New Normal

Health Populi

Three-fourths of healthcare providers experienced a data breach in 2017, according to the HIMSS 2018 Cybersecurity Survey. Health data insecurity is the new normal. I explain th e current state of cybersecurity and health data insecurity in a new HIMSS blog linked here. You can read the full HIMSS blog here.

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Designing Digital Health for Public Health Preparedness and Equity: the Consumer Tech Association Doubles Down

Health Populi

That second point is illustrated by the first diagram, showing the interconnected nature of data sources that are generated by the U.S. health/care ecosystem of: Some 3,000 health departments and boards of health. 59 state and territorial health departments. Tribal health departments. Health plans.

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Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance

Health Populi

There have also been digital health divides found in the COVID-19 pandemic, discussed in a timely essay in JAMA, Digital Health Equity as a Necessity int he 21st Century Cures Act Era. Finally, the third issue long overlooked in health care technology: user-centered design, and especially “inclusive” design.

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

Health Populi

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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Think Like a LEGO Builder in Healthcare – Considering PwC’s New Health Economy Vision

Health Populi

.” PwC sees a new putting-together in healthcare: “Now emerging in place of this siloed industry is a modular ecosystem that operates similarly to industries such as retail, technology and hospitality.