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Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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Five Things Digital Health Companies Need to do to Achieve Success

The Digital Health Corner

It has been a long time since my last post of 2018. The digital health economic, clinical, regulatory, and political landscapes have changed significantly since then. It is now time to recharge the blog to reflect what has transpired in the past five years as well as serve as a present-day source of information and commentary.

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HIPAA Considerations When Adding Video Calling To a Health App

SightCall

As an example, the covered entity could be a health insurance company while the business associate could be a startup that utilizes Protected Health Information (PHI) for its mHealth app. HIPAA compliant data storage is a hot topic for every mHealth startup handling PHI. billion in 2018 , growing tenfold from 2013.

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CMS Proposes Major Expansion of Reimbursement for Telehealth Services

care innovations

2017 and 2018 have been eventful years for advocates of digitally delivered healthcare, as government officials have moved more quickly and decisively than ever before to expand reimbursement for telehealth services (which in turn expands the availability of these services).