Advances promoting and supporting human behavioral change and its application via the Internet are the key instruments to the delivery of individual and actionable prevention plans at a fraction of the cost of current programs. For this reason, Preventive Medicine spent literally scores of person years in its initial year of existence co-authoring its proprietary behavioral change model with Dr. Michael Allen. The proliferation of the Internet, broadband access gains in the U.S. (Canada already has 81% household broadband access), has created an unparalleled opportunity to bring technological innovation to the health care industry.
Key trends in technology that will drive the adoption of Preventive Medicine’s service model include:-
An increased level of IT sophistication employed by carriers and other companies that administer these benefits will help facilitate the adoption of new programs
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63% of adults and 81% of teenagers in the U.S. are online accessing the Internet for a variety of reasons, including a majority who use the Internet’s resources for health and medical purposes (Pew Internet and American Life Project)
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40% increase in “at home” broadband penetration/adoption from 2006 to 2007; 140 million Americans now have high speed connectivity (Pew)
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81% penetration of broadband in Canadian households
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The development of e-learning technology and its successful application for performance enhancement across diverse sectors of the population
