The number of eVisits is expected to reach 100 million globally potentially saving over $5 billion when compared to the cost of in-person doctor visits, according to a recent report from Deloitte. The report findings show that as eVisits are proven and adopted globally, they are increasingly likely to offer affordable primary medical and diagnostic care to large populations that do not have access today. eVisits are defined in the report as a subset of the telehealth market, which is estimated
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Connected Digital Fitness Trackers Will Top 22 Million in 2014
The number of connected digital fitness trackers sold worldwide rose from 6.6 million in 2012 to 13.6 million in 2013 and will double again in 2014 to exceed 22 million, according to new digital health research from Parks Associates.
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Plastic Surgeon Uses Google Glass To Help Perform Facial Reconstructive Surgeries
Kansas City plastic surgeon uses Google Glass to avoid looking at monitors in OR
Dr. Jeff Colyer, a plastic surgeon and Kansas Lt. Governor is now using Google Glass to perform facial reconstructive surgeries at a North Kansas City Hospital, Fox 4 of Kansas City reports. By uploading the patient's x-rays to Google Glass, the surgeon avoids looking at the monitor in the operating room.
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American Heart Association Launches Chicago Open Innovation Challenge
Today, the American Heart Association has launched the Chicago Open Innovation Challenge, a crowdfunding competition to uncover new innovative digital health tools to prevent or manage heart disease and stroke. The top three finalists will receive grants from the American Heart Association totaling $25,000 and a chance to present at the Heart Innovation Forum in Chicago on November 14, 2014. Each award winner will be featured on healthcare crowdfunding platform MedStartr.
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Average Frequency of Digital Health Consumer Activities
Parks Associates responds to criticism with more context on the average frequency of digital health consumer activities
Last week, Parks Associates released an infographic illustrating the top digital health consumer activities of U.S. broadband consumers over the past 12 months. Based on the key findings from a survey fielded to heads-of-broadband-households in the U.S. in Q4 2013, the survey found:
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New Research Reveals 4 Segments of Digital Health Consumers
Market research firm Park Associates has announced a new digital health research revealing four digital health consumer segments based on their attitudes toward their health and healthcare solutions: Healthy and Engaged, Challenged but Mindful, Unhealthy and In Denial, and Young and Indifferent. The research found that among all U.S. broadband households, 26% are Healthy and Engaged, 25% are Challenged but Mindful, 28% are Unhealthy and In Denial, and 21% are Young and Indifferent.
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Phillips and Accenture Develop Brain Controlled Wearable App for ALS Patients
Phillips and Accenture proof of concept wearable app uses brain, voice, and eye commands to show how ALS patients could gain grater control of their lives.
Phillips and Accenture today announced that they have developed proof of concept software connecting a wearable display to Emotiv Insight Brainware that could ultimately give more independence to patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases. Affecting more than 400,000 people per year*, ALS, also
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Can Public Health Data Mapping and Visualization Transform Healthcare Globally?
Laurie Hawkins, project manager of the Victorian Human Services Directory in Australia discusses how public health data mapping can improve global health.
HIT Consultant recently spoke with Laurie Hawkins, project manager of the Human Services Directory (HSD), about the opportunities of the National Health Service Directory (NHSD) and what can be achieved by many different stakeholders, both public and private. In our discussion, Mr. Hawkins explains why working with open health data
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Stanford University Medical School to Deploy Google Glass to Improve Surgeon Training
CrowdOptic partners with Stanford University Medical Center to deploy Google Glass to evaluate training in a variety of surgical settings for faculty and students.
CrowdOptic, a maker of mobile and wearable broadcasting solutions, today announced that the company is working with the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center to help improve resident training in complex surgical procedures, through the use of Google Glass technology. CrowdOptic is one of five
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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Validic for Driving Health Data Interoperability for Customers
Validic, the healthcare industry's leading technology platform for health data interoperability has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award for Customer Value Leadership. This award recognizes Validic’s exemplary focus on enhancing the value its customers receive, including customer service, customer retention and customer base expansion. Validic’s platform addresses the two major challenges in the current connected health ecosystem:
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