Unit 10: Tech and Wellness

Question 1

Internet Based Applications

Answer 1

Websites that provide education and health info
-Telehealth tech (healthcare provider involvement)
-Online support Groups
Ex. CHESS system (Comprehensice health enhancement support system) developed by U of Wisconsin and being developed for a variety of health conditions; Provides info, social support, problem-solving tools, and direct access to clinicians

Question 2

Mobile Devices

Answer 2

• Provide access to info and remote data capture
• Can be clinician centered decision making or patient centered decision making
• Improves participation tracking and eliminates barriers of geography and time

Question 3

Benefits and Difficulties of tech

Answer 3

Public is more widely acceptting

• Generational acceptance and user knowledge differences exist
• Confidentiality concerns
• SES issues
• Research is new and limited
• Accuracy of info is not insured
• Public Policy is playing catch up

Question 4

Adoption of Technology by Health Insurers

Answer 4

Increase in use of apps, games, and social media for improving patient health

• Movement to emphasis wellness and prevention and decrease costs by decreasing illness has spurred adoption
• Getting in on development
• Encouraging use through incentives
• Government is getting in on the game. Million Hearts Risk Check Challenge (rewards creator of the best app that enables consumers to assess their risk of heart disease