An overwhelming majority of survey respondents (93%) said aging in place is an important goal of theirs. Aging in place is considered the ability to live in one’s home and community safely, independently, and comfortably, regardless of age, income or ability level, according to the CDC.
Results of Sanofi-sponsored study presented at ISPOR meeting also show lower hospitalization rates among app users.
Existing evidence-evaluation frameworks are not sufficiently targeted toward the specific factors relevant to digital health products, they argue.
Eligible members can enroll into these programs through Virta and Omada Health tools under Capital. The programs are personalized for Capital members on an easy-to-use app offering one-on-one health coaching, medical tools, community support, activity tracking and more.
Accessible through the CareFirst WellBeing app, these behavioral health services are working to combat health risks related to obesity.
Bill Snyder, CEO of Vivante Health, explains how the organization's digestive health service through digital health is benefiting patients by personalizing their care and being supported in their care journey with the help of their primary care physician or gastroenterologist.
CEO of Vivante Health, Bill Snyder, shares how an integrated or "full-stack" digital health system can benefit patient care all around, amid safety concerns about digital health and the security of sensitive health information. Snyder also introduces Vivante's digestive health platform and how it's associated with the organization's digital health innovations. For example, they've invested in looking at disparate data sets and using AI and machine learning to leverage pattern recognition and recognize specific patient needs.
This month's episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite features Erica Jain, CEO & co-founder of digital health company, Healthie. In this discussion, Jain shared some of the challenges or things to avoid when creating a digital health startup, based on her journey with starting Healthie in 2016. She also addressed some best practices and tools that can help those working toward a digital health startup.
The companies says such networks are key to making digital transformations a reality.
Technology is often focused on administrative tasks. Some healthcare leaders say it also can help fix the sector’s labor shortage by diving into patient care.
The smartphone-based therapy was developed into an app adapted to Chinese culture for a clinical trial comparing sleep-educated patients to those who use the app, as more than 200 million people in China experience insomnia. Traditional in-person cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia has become more inadequate due to the large group affected.
A bibliometric analysis shows the annual number of published studies has increased from a handful to more than 60. Most studied are the sleep tracking apps.
Systematic review suggests small amounts of data can be used to re-identify individuals.
Diabetes management may lend itself to digital health interventions for a whole set reasons. DarioHealth reported good results recently, and a meta-analysis published in Lancet Digital Health this month showed that smartphone applications and SMS-based interventions are associated with effective management of type 2 diabetes in adults.
Randy Forman will join the organization as chief commercial officer and Ryan Powers will take on the role as chief financial officer. Both have sparked high velocity growth for digital health leaders.
The start of the COVID-19 pandemic was marked by a regulatory rush to enable digital health delivery. Now the industry wants those changes made permanent.
The app’s backers believe the app could be a meaningful advancement in maternal care by making it easier to identify possible anemia in pregnant women.
An online condition-based care service designed to help people understand if they meet the criteria for progression to severe COVID-19 was launched under the partnership of Pfizer and Ada Health.
The program’s ability to construct human-like writing could make it a meaningful way to detect speech-related symptoms of early Alzheimer’s, say researchers.
The MSK AI model will automatically identify and measure tendons of specific anatomical sites including the foot, ankle and knee using artificial intelligence with the Clarius L7 HD3 and Clarius L15 HD3 high-frequency ultrasound scanners.
Certain biomarkers identified by these devices can be used to identify survivors of trauma who need further evaluation.
Artificial intelligence can locate tibial spiking in x-ray images, which many believe to be an early sign of knee osteoarthritis.
Researchers investigated whether it might be possible to use AI and machine learning to develop a model that could use data from everyday activity (rather than workouts) to accurately predict VO2max.
Custom is one of the growing number of companies focusing on adherence. It changed its name from Pack4U last year.
Preventive care, health insurance literacy and a digital health shakeout are in the crystal ball.
