80% Of Older Adults Use Digital Health Technologies

In a survey of more than 2,100 older adults in the United States, 81.4% said they had used one or more digital health technologies (DHTs). DHTs include consumer portals, telehealth, or mobile health applications accessed via a device that enables DHTs such as a personal computer, a smartphone, a tablet, a smartwatch, or a fitness tracker. Of those who reported using a DHT, 65% had used a consumer portal, 49% had used telehealth, and 44% had used a mobile health application. About 95.6% said they had access to or used a device that enabled the use of . . .