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Study: NYC Black, Latino patients less likely than white patients to use telehealth during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As the novel coronavirus spread across the United States this spring, the demand for telehealth skyrocketed in turn – as did concerns about patient access to virtual care. "While telehealth has many benefits, especially during a global pandemic, it may create and/or exacerbate health disparities," wrote the research team.

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Monitoring at home will be the norm for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ? But a number of these changes are likely permanent.

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7 Key Trends to Watch from Aging and Health Technology Watch

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Regulation shift enabling capabilities in the home and emergency funding for telehealth will persist beyond COVID. Telehealth and remote patient monitoring services will likely persist through the end of 2022 to replace or supplement in-person physician visits. . Smart displays and voice-first interfaces will be ubiquitous.

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Telehealth and mail-order abortion possible in some states during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

During the coronavirus pandemic, an increasing number of patients have turned to telehealth. "The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how telehealth can, if implemented properly, allow clinicians to deliver high-quality care to their patients," Perryman continued, pointing to ACOG's resources for members on telehealth best practices.

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Miss one of these? Six aging and health tech blog posts from April and May

Aging in Place Technology Watch

At the insistence of customers and prospects, technology offerings (beyond telehealth) will be required in all of these settings, especially at home -- and so as long-predicted , they must proliferate and improve. million households pulled from the 5-year census ( American Community Survey/ACS ) data?

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Sampling technology for managing diabetes

Aging in Place Technology Watch

More than 30 million Americans have diabetes – but 23 million of them, according to the CDC, are undiagnosed. List of ‘hand-picked’ diabetes websites noted in Diabetes Gourmet Magazine, and information sites from Johns Hopkins ( Guide to Diabetes ) and the American Diabetes Association website.

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Did you miss one? Four Tech and Aging Blog Posts from February 2022

Aging in Place Technology Watch

This will be exciting for firms hoping to actually meet prospects in person, including events like HearTech Expo , sponsored by the American Academy of Audiology in St. Upcoming, Argentum’s Senior Living Executive Conference in Minneapolis in March, then the American Society on Aging’s annual conference, On Aging , in New Orleans in April.