As the shortage of mental health professionals continues to rise in the U.S., more and more startups are looking to design digital health technologies to tackle this gap. While anxiety and depression are among the most popular conditions treated through digital means, there are a number of products to help individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which impacts roughly 1.2% of the U.S...
ORLANDO, Fla. – While technology continues to propel clinical trials, research in the U.S. still lacks accurate representation of the country.
"What we know is that race and ethnicity are social constructs and are not dependent on our genes," Jennifer Jones-McMeans, divisional vice president of global clinical affairs for Abbott’s vascular business, said during a HIMSS22 session. "When we look...
With a plethora of stakeholders in the healthcare space and an expanding list of digital tools, it can be a challenge to find a starting place for a national digital health strategy. France decided to put ethics at the center of its approach to creating digital health services.
"In France we have a patient-centered approach … We want the patients to be full members of their healthcare team. So...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Hospitals at home are poised to change the traditional in-hospital experience for participating patients. Instead of getting care in a facility, the care comes to the patient using a hybrid of technology and in-home care.
"Some people, when they are talking about hospitals at home, are talking about a post-discharge hospitalization ... where I think we want to get to with hospital...
ORLANDO, Fla. – As patients move into the consumer role, they are demanding more from their care. This is true across specialties, including primary care. The space has seen an uptick in digital modalities in recent years, according to panelists at HIMSS22's Accelerate Health event.
"Every consumer at some point will be a patient. Every patient is already a consumer. ... A consumer is searching...
ORLANDO, Fla. – As health systems begin to imagine a post-pandemic world, there is still the question of how digital will be a part of the future. The industry is also witnessing the change of patients into consumers and the desire for easier access to healthcare.
"We see a lot of our clients starting to see the tail end of the pandemic, and they are starting to make a decision: 'Do we want to...
Doctor appointments only account for a small percentage of a patient's time. However, medical outcomes are often linked to social determinants of health. But understanding a patient holistically can be difficult for clinicians facing time constraints and data gaps. Technology has surfaced as a potential way to help fill in the gaps.
Today at a HISS22 symposium on the patient experience, Dr. ...
ORLANDO, Fla. – The last two years have been defined by a global pandemic. The healthcare industry faced major pressures to care for an influx of COVID-19 patients, as well as crippling burnout. However, during that time, the focus was survival and not necessarily the patient and caregiver experience.
"We're trying to take a breath and not just focus on crisis mode, but we get to innovate again...
Retail giant Walmart is teaming up with behavioral health-coaching platform BetterUp on a new service aimed at supporting caregivers. Called BetterUp for Caregivers, the subscription service will be exclusively offered through Walmart's Wellness Hub.
The monthly subscription offers coaching circles with other caregivers and live virtual classes. Members can also tap into exercises and wellness-...
Korean-based startup Dot Inc. is rolling out a new tactile braille display that is compatible with iPhones and iPads. The tool, called Dot Pad, is currently available to developer communities.
The tool is also compatible with Apple's built-in screen reader called VoiceOver. Individuals with blindness or low vision are able to tap into the tool for a tactile representation of images and texts...
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