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Four technology (health and aging) blog posts from August 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

But there were issues, disruptions and sizable opportunities worth noting in August, the biggest one was Best Buy's purchase of GreatCall, just six weeks after Amazon acquired PillPack , the latest big company acquisition -- part of a to-be-continued series important to families and providers of care to seniors. Read more here. That was then.

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Smart cities during COVID-19

Digital Leaders HealthTech

Some have even gone as far as arguing that the pandemic could provide the final shift in how technology is used in smart cities to one that is primarily about building communities. One of the most prominent examples of how technology and data is being used to empower citizens is happening in Seoul. Lessons from Seoul.

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Cancer, Reimbursement, and Health Equity

Digital Health Today

Jennifer: In order to truly care for an individual with cancer, we need to go beyond contemplating just patients’ clinical care. Can we intervene as early as possible? Can we build care around the person, the patient, and not the clinic? Remote patient monitoring is still not fully built out.

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How to decide the right EPR for your staff and patients

Healthcare Innovation Consortium

This guide aims to assist Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in selecting an EPR system that meets their specific needs and secures a sustainable technological future for NHS Trusts. Despite its specialised functionality, this approach can complicate accountability due to multiple suppliers, increasing oversight demands for system managers.

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Privacy Principles

Healthcare Exchange Standards

Privacy definition is far more than just 'confidentiality' or 'consent'. The OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) Privacy Principles are considered an utmost set of High-Level Privacy Principles because they are widely accepted, and they are the foundation of the European Union privacy regulations.