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Putting Consumers at the Heart of Digital Health

iStock Technology is transforming nearly every aspect of the consumer health care experience, and applications that generate, capture, and leverage consumer health data are proliferating. To explore the impact of this ongoing digital health revolution on consumers—and to identify high-value opportunities for consumer advocates to shape the development of policy and practice in this issue area—the AARP Public Policy Institute hosted a three-part Innovation Roundtable series in collaboration with the in spring/summer 2019:
Imagining the Future: How Technology Will Revolutionize Health Navigating the Future: Promises and Pitfalls of Emerging Health Technologies Shaping the Future: Putting Consumers at the Heart of Digital Health AARP Public Policy Institute Innovation Roundtable events are off-the-record conversations to foster open dialogue. Starting the Conversation Patients, family caregivers, and consumer advocates have an important role to play in shaping our connected health ecosystem. Hear Lina Walker and Katie Martin (former director, National Partnership for Women & Families) discuss how data and technology are transforming the consumer health experience and why AARP and the National Partnership for Women & Families teamed up on this issue. Read the report summarizing the themes that emerged from the three Innovation Roundtables (with no attribution to stakeholders at the meetings). Learn More Get facts and figures about . Recommended background material for roundtable participants: (ProPublica; July 2018) (The Commonwealth Fund; March 2019) (Washington Post; April 2019) Supplemental background material for those who really want to dig in: (FasterCures) (Harvard Business Review; December 2015) (JAMA Viewpoint; May 2018) (Medium; August 2018) (National Public Radio, All Things Considered; October 2018) (New Yorker; November 2018) (The New York Times, The Daily podcast; December 2018) (Nature Medicine; January 2019) (Wall Street Journal; February 2019) (Leapsmag; February 2019) (The New York Times; March 2019) (Health Affairs Blog; March 2019) (The New York Times; April 2019 and ongoing)

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