digital health adoption

Five healthcare providers standing in a circle, talking to each other
By  Jessica Hagen 01:49 pm February 13, 2024
Nearly all healthcare executives that participated in the survey, 96%, said investing in healthcare technology is worth the cost; however, 71% expressed overall hospital expenses have not gone down by implementing the digital tools, according to a survey done by Atomik Research. The survey, commissioned by Ernst & Young, found that, of the 101 payer and provider executives in the U.S. who...
A doctor helping set up a patient's smartwatch.
By  Emily Olsen 10:29 am May 5, 2023
When consultancy Simon-Kucher conducted its digital health trends survey in 2019, partner Jan Bordon was surprised by the digital immaturity of many healthcare and life science companies. That changed in 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed companies to seriously consider digital tools and strategy. But now healthcare players need to take on another challenge: getting providers to use and...
René Quashie, VP of digital health at Consumer Technology Association
By  Jessica Hagen 11:01 am March 13, 2023
Seventy percent of consumers are likely to use digital health solutions in the future, and at least three in four believe the solutions would help improve their wellbeing, according to a report by the Consumer Technology Association. However, cost is the greatest barrier to adoption, and cost accompanied by a lack of user-friendliness is why consumers stop using digital health offerings...
A telemedicine visit via smartphone.
By  Emily Olsen 10:10 am September 14, 2022
More physicians feel digital health tools are an advantage for patient care, according to a survey by the American Medical Association.  The AMA surveyed 1,300 doctors in 2016, 2019 and 2022 to determine their feelings about digital health and how they're adopting these technologies in their practices.  This year 44% said there was a definite advantage in using digital health for patient care,...
By  Chris Hogg 12:01 pm January 8, 2021
This is not a story about COVID-19, although COVID-19 is a key catalyst. This is the story of a new healthcare ecosystem, which will allow the development of new, diverse and creative healthcare experiences. Today I can acquire a user on Facebook, give them access to physicians via partnership with Wheel, have medicines seamlessly shipped to their homes via Truepill [Editor's note: Hogg is a...
By  Dave Muoio 03:35 pm September 17, 2020
The increased adoption of virtual care technologies during the COVID-19 public health emergency is fairly well documented by this point, but a widespread embrace of health technologies is providing a similar upswell on individual niches within the digital health landscape. One such group of beneficiaries are the companies working to develop, validate and distribute digital therapeutics. Speaking...
By  Dave Muoio 03:22 pm May 29, 2020
The leading digital health narrative emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic has been the rise of telehealth and live video consultations as a reliable modality for delivering care. In many ways, it was a case of preparation meeting opportunity – years of pilot programs, platform refinements, public funding projects and a number of very well established players all ready to adapt and expand when...
By  Dave Muoio 03:13 pm April 15, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is causing upheavals in healthcare delivery in every corner of the world, but those hailing from digital health firms are more optimistic than others within the industry that these changes will ultimately benefit their long-term business, according to a recent survey and white paper released by Research2Guidance. The market analysis and consultation firm polled 513 health...
By  Dave Muoio 02:46 pm January 16, 2020
Data and digital health tech were the focus of Stanford Medicine’s 2020 Health Trends Report. Released late last week, the research survey of more than 700 physicians, residents and medical students found that many of these respondents are looking forward to incorporating these new tools into their practice. “We found that current and future physicians are not only open to new technologies but...
By  Laura Lovett 01:14 pm January 31, 2019
Fifty-four percent of consumers are willing to try an FDA-approved app or digital tool for the treatment of a medical condition, according to a new report out of PricewaterhouseCoopers compiling survey data and other health trend information from the past year.  “The arrival of digital therapeutics — an emerging health discipline that uses technology to augment or even replace active drugs in...