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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

The remaining 80% comes from the social determinants of health, such as public safety, the availability of stable jobs, access to green spaces, cultural practices, and more. Rural communities may lack easy access to preventive care and screenings. Technology can play a crucial role in advancing health equity by bridging the data gap.

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LifeMD Integrates with Withings: GLP-1 Weight Loss with In-Home Monitoring

HIT Consultant

. – With these devices, LifeMD is setting a new standard in virtual care by providing clinicians with near real-time and actionable patient data that can drive compliance, enhance clinical decision-making, encourage preventive healthcare, and, most importantly, improve long-term outcomes.

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NuraLogix Unveils Telehealth Platform Performing Continuous Health/Vital Signs During Video Calls

HIT Consultant

. – This is the latest addition to its AnuraTM platform that uses conventional video cameras to extract facial blood flow information to accurately calculate a host of medical vitals and health risk assessments using numerous consumer devices in the hands of billions of people.

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Healthcare’s Evolution: Important Healthcare Trends in 2024

GoMoHealth

As it relates to the revenue side of healthcare, AI aids proactive healthcare by identifying high-risk individuals for preventive interventions and better chronic condition management. Patient Engagement at the Forefront In the world of healthcare, patient engagement is stepping into the spotlight as a game-changer for health outcomes.

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The Digital Transformation of Patients – Update from Rock Health and Stanford

Health Populi

But the big growth areas were for live video telemedicine, wearable tech, and digital health tracking. The second chart focuses in on telemedicine adoption by channel, comparing six years of Rock Health’s consumer research. adults polled. adults polled. In 2020, the top tech companies with whom U.S.

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Health Consumers Value Sharing and Downloading Health Data, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Health Populi

are growing their health IT muscles and literacy, accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, health consumers in America want more access to their personal health data, a study from the Pew Research Center has found in Americans Want Federal Government to Make Sharing Electronic Health Data Easier.

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Hospital at Home: Aligning Provider Needs with Patient Wishes

HIT Consultant

Growing Acceptance of Telemedicine by Patients. The third way in which the health landscape has been permanently changed over the last year is the positive acceptance of telemedicine, where the patient is in one location and the medical provider is in another, bridged by technology.