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Healthcare provider on a computer
By  Jessica Hagen 12:55 pm February 28, 2023
Eighty percent of all respondents have used telemedicine within their lifetime and it's now the preferred channel for receiving prescriptions and care for minor illnesses, according to Rock Health's 2022 Digital Health Consumer Adoption Survey.  The survey, which asked 8,014 U.S. adults about their experience with digital health, also found that audio-only and asynchronous telemedicine modalities...
Healthcare providers looking at a diagnostic image
By  Jessica Hagen 12:09 pm February 27, 2023
Sixty percent of respondents said they would feel uncomfortable if their healthcare provider relied on AI to diagnose and treat them, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.  The 2022 survey, which included responses from more than 11,000 U.S. adults, found that 66% of women said they would feel uncomfortable if their provider relied on AI for their medical care, while 54% of...
People standing in a room looking at Post-its on a wall
By  Jessica Hagen 01:03 pm February 14, 2023
Nearly nine out of 10 employers offering healthcare and wellbeing services plan to either change vendors or enhance, add or get rid of existing solutions in the next two years, according to a survey by global consulting firm WTW performed in November. The survey, which included responses from 232 U.S. companies who employ three million workers, found that 55% of respondents offering wellbeing...
Distracted patient uses phone during a telehealth visit.
By  Mallory Hackett 12:37 pm October 28, 2020
Virtual doctors' appointments give patients the freedom to consult a healthcare provider whenever and wherever they want, but new research from DrFirst shows that telehealth also gives patients an excuse to be distracted during their appointments. The healthcare technology and consulting services company conducted a national survey of consumers and found that, while nearly half of Americans have...
By  Jonah Comstock 03:11 pm May 15, 2018
In a survey of 200 healthcare professionals, 80 percent rated their online reputation as very or extremely important and 90 percent expressed concern about the risks of negative feedback. But only 46 percent of respondents were planning to put resources toward improving that reputation in the next year. The survey was commissioned by PatientPop, a digital health company with a vested interest in...
By  Jonah Comstock 05:09 pm October 17, 2017
Fifty-nine percent of American adults used a website like WebMD to look up symptoms instead of visiting a primary care physician, according to a new survey, while only 12 percent used telemedicine in place of primary care. The data comes from the University of Phoenix College of Health Professionals, which completed an online survey of 2,201 individuals across a range of demographic backgrounds....
By  Jonah Comstock 05:29 pm June 27, 2017
A new survey of 700 non-professional family caregivers finds that just 30 percent say technology plays a major role in their caregiving. Forty-two percent say technology plays a minor role, and 28 percent says it plays no role at all. The survey was conducted by the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) to provide some guidance for  digital health companies looking to $470 billion per year home...
By  Jonah Comstock 05:45 pm June 2, 2017
A new, extensive report from Ericsson predicts that 5G connectivity will be increasingly important in healthcare as patients start to demand more connected care through wearables, apps, and telehealth. The report represents the results of two surveys carried out in Germany, Japan, South Korea, the UK and the US. The first was a survey of 4,500 advanced smartphone users. The sample is not...
By  Jonah Comstock 03:23 pm May 15, 2017
A new survey from HealthMine of 750 insured consumers shows that 83 percent of those consumers report using digital health tools. But while the news is good for digital health, it's not as good for health plans, the group that the survey focused on. Seventy-three percent of respondents said their health plan doesn't seem to understand their health well and 60 percent called for more communication...
By  Jonah Comstock 04:01 pm April 5, 2017
In the last five years, the percentage of hospitals that have a mobile strategy has nearly doubled, from 34 percent in 2012 to 65 percent this year. That’s one of the more striking findings from a survey of 300 healthcare professionals conducted recently by clinical communications provider Spok. The survey included doctors, nurses, IT staff, executives, and others. By virtue of having completed a...