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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020. People would especially welcome virtual services from traditional medical care providers, as opposed to virtual care from a technology or social media company, a retailer, or a medical startup.

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2020 Was Our Year of COVID; 2021 Will Be Our Year of Vaccines and Excess Deaths in America

Health Populi

But there’s another angle on 2021 for which health care providers and health citizens alike should prepare: that is the excess deaths that will happen due to patients postponing needed health care, diagnostic tests, and preventive services that stem from people avoiding care in doctor’s offices and hospitals.

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Optum: Testing Time for an Invisible Empire

The Healthcare Blog

Then someone discovered that the largest living thing in the world was actually the 106 acre, 47 thousand tree Pando aspen grove in central Utah, which genetic testing revealed to be a single organism. If true, this would still be between double and triple the size of Permanente Medical Groups.

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The Internet of Teeth – The Growth of Oral Health at CES 2020

Health Populi

Oral care is a pillar of overall health and self-care, with medical evidence growing connecting the dots between a healthy mouth and risks for heart disease, diabetes, disabilities, and socioeconomic status. P&G launched the Oral-B iO in a press conference on Sunday, announcing the product was a 2020 CES Innovation Award Honoree.

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What $6,553 Buys You in America: A Luxury Watch, a Year at Valdosta State, or a PPO for One – the 2020 Milliman Medical Index

Health Populi

Imagine this: you find yourself with $6,553 in your pocket and you can pick one of the following: A new 2020 Breitling Navitimer watch; A year’s in-state tuition at Valdosta State University; or, A PPO for an average individual. In 2020, that $12K+ represents over 18% of the median household income in the U.S.

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Continuum Health Alliance Data Breach Affects 377,000 Consensus Medical Group Patients

The HIPAA Journal

Marlton, NJ-based Continuum Health Alliance has recently confirmed that it has experienced a security incident that exposed the data of 377,119 patients of its client, Consensus Medical Group, a physician-owned medical group in Evesham, NJ. No financial information or Social Security numbers were present in the file.

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How Grocery and Retail Companies Are Delivering Health and Healthcare

Health Populi

The Wall Street Journal featured the grocery chain Kroger in an article yesterday titled, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Tests Give Boost to Kroger’s Health Ambitions. consumers’ self-care trends, IRI has been tracking peoples’ retail behaviors during the coronavirus pandemic since the first quarter of 2020.

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