Remove tag cognitive-health
article thumbnail

The Many Factors That Make a Child’s Well-Being Build Our Adult Health – the Aspirational OECD Framework

Health Populi

The ultimate health and wellbeing of an adult depends on the factors that shape us when we are children. A new, deep report from the OECD, Measuring What Matters for Child Well-being and Policies , spells out the many domains of experience that, together, bolster our whole health as we grow from child to adult.

article thumbnail

Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Video visits, temperature sensors and wearables can replace the need for clinic visits. Video visits, infrared temperature sensors, mobile health, and wearables replace the need for clinic visits.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Vocal Markers Move Toward Clinical Use

Healthcare IT Today

These automated models can monitor so many people efficiently that they have potential applications in public health as well as diagnosis and treatment. A simple app on a cell phone can detect unusual patterns in speech that suggest when a person is depressed or anxious, is losing cognitive function, or has pulmonary disease.

article thumbnail

Revolutionary, chaotic or stagnating? The future of digital tech in health and care in the UK

Healthcare It News

Dr Pritesh Mistry It is inarguable that the process of change has already started, and the seeds we are planting now will determine the future of digital health and care. It’s difficult, perhaps impossible, to predict the future especially considering the health and care system is complex.

article thumbnail

Collision Conference: Encouraging Signs for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Based on the comments from the healthcare keynotes and from the digital health + medtech entrepreneurs roaming the aisles of the exhibit hall – there are encouraging signs that healthcare may weather the economic downturn better than other industries. That’s what Alaffia Health is doing. Technology can help.

Fraud 96
article thumbnail

Day 4 Notes from the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Healthcare Law Blog

Morgan Healthcare Conference is how our healthcare industry today is addressing the mental health needs of Americans. Mental Health, Virtual Care and the Healthcare System. As I noted yesterday , mental health issues are one of the top two causes of disability in the U.S.