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Trust Is the Currency for Consumer Health Engagement – A Bottom-Line at CES 2020

Health Populi

Several consumer surveys published to coincide with CES 2020 provide insights into the new consumer trust mindset across industries, but especially important for health engagement. Tech-privacy-convenience trade-offs were also gauged in Morning Consult’s national tracking poll conducted in December 2020.

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The Pandemic Accelerated Consumers’ Digital Health Tech Ownership As Big Tech Morphs To Big Health

Health Populi

Household penetration of smartwatch ownership grew 12%, whereas activity tracker growth was fairly flat between 2020 and 2021. In 2020, one-fourth of U.S. ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton.

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

Health Populi

adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. This represents a shift more to “me care” in 2020 with the sharp uptake of digital platforms and wearable tech. Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S.

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Data Well-Being: A Pillar of Health Citizenship for US Consumers

Health Populi

adults 18 and over in mid-June 2020 to gauge peoples’ perspectives on health data and privacy. ” The spider-web drawing from Sweeney’s privacy lab drew the many data flows that fall outside of the HIPAA law, a graphic drawn years before smartphones sensed GPS and wearable technologies became mainstream.

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Report: Facebook Tracker Collecting Hospital Patient PHI

Compliancy Group

Use of Tracker by Hospitals Likely Violates HIPAA. Experts contacted in the article, including a former head of HIPAA enforcement for the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights expressed concern about the legality of the data transfer without patient authorization. It is quite likely a HIPAA violation.”.

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The Balance of Personalization and Privacy For Health/Care – Amazon and Beyond

Health Populi

This tension has extreme relevance for personal health and healthcare, as AI and data analytics become quickly adopted by payors, insurance companies, providers, pharma, and consumer tech companies that lie outside of HIPAA privacy and security regulations. This law shares many elements with the GDPR.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

Where we physically lived in 2020 transformed into sites for the many daily verbs in our lives: working, learning, praying, cooking/baking/dining, exercising, and indeed, self-caring for wellness and medical care. In my consumer-facing health care work, I’ve adopted the mantra that our homes are our health hubs.