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Survey Says Moms Want In-Person Care With a Side of Digital HealthXealth, the leader in enabling digital health at scale, today announced recent survey findings that examine the digital health expectations of new or expectant mothers compared to the services received from healthcare providers. Results were reviewed against an earlier survey conducted in February 2020, showing how COVID-19 has shaped attitudes. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211116005838/en/ To better understand how time and COVID-19 have shaped digital health attitudes, Xealth commissioned a survey among more than 1,000 U.S. women who are new or expectant mothers. (Graphic: Business Wire) According to the survey1, commissioned by Xealth and conducted among more than 1,000 U.S. women who are new or expectant mothers, a majority (57%) of them have a more favorable opinion of digital health since the pandemic began. Key findings include:
Healthcare has been shifting towards a more consumer-friendly experience and the pandemic prompted a fast roll-out of virtual care. Seeing the benefit to patient engagement, treatment compliance and patient retention, digital health smashed investment records during just the first half of 2021 with a record $14.7 billion, already more than was raised in all of 2020. Other notable findings from the survey:
Access the full report and infographic here: xealth.com/digital-destinations. Methodology This survey was conducted online within the United States by Persky on behalf of Xealth from August 28-September 8, 2021, among 1,004 adults ages 18 and older who are new or expecting moms. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. About Xealth Xealth scales digital health programs, enabling clinicians to integrate, prescribe and monitor digital health tools for patients to drive engagement and utilization. Through the secure Xealth platform, clinicians can find and order the right digital health tools and programs for patients directly from the EHR workflow, send these digital health orders to the patient's email or patient portal, and then monitor activity. Xealth spun out of Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH) in 2017, and investors include Advocate Aurora Enterprises, Atrium Health, Cleveland Clinic, MemorialCare Innovation Fund, Cerner (News - Alert), McKesson Ventures, Novartis, Philips, and ResMed as well as Providence Ventures, UPMC and the Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin Health Network. For more information, visit www.xealth.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter. 1 Survey conducted online within the United States by Persky on behalf of Xealth from August 28-September 8, 2021 among 1,004 adults ages 18 and older who are new or expecting mothers. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
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