Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

And the same app on a PC, iPhone and Apple Watch are strikingly different, assuming the app interface is even visible on the watch. They need them to function outside the home – and they will learn enough to do those required tasks on whatever apps are required. Older adults are pushed online into a standards-free world.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 17, 2022

Hearing aid users need smartphones and apps. Audiologists support the use of multiple types of apps for those with hearing loss, particularly those apps that come from the hearing aid manufacturers themselves. Experts note that these apps enable the user to tailor their experience to their own needs. Learn more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

For instance, a new open-source app from Massachusetts Institute of Technology notifies users if someone they have been in close contact with has tested positive so they can self-isolate. In Europe, the Commission last week published the EU toolbox for the use of mobile apps for contact tracing and warning in response to the pandemic.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 7, 2022

Reach out via mobile app communication portal. Changes monitored in the mobile app. category tags: tech-enabled home care , Home Care. Reactive, slower response. Real-time information, trends over time, fast response. . . A different story from the parent, the Caregiver and the agency. One digital log that tracks everything.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

The difference in interfaces between phone and computer versions of apps. Have you noted those missing personalization features, and difficult-to-find choices in the same Gmail app on a smartphone versus on a computer? With 75% market share in the US, it is fair that most see this app in one form or another.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2020

The hardware is used to tag objects and monitor their use. The Sundial skill for Alexa and the mobile app work together to connect older adults (the Center) to their loved ones (Care Circle). Once invited, Care Circle members can download the Sundial mobile apps to interact with the Center and each other.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 14, 2023

There is a security tag available in the HL7 ValueSets for Security tagging. I use this tag in the Implementation Guides that I write to distinguish the examples I provide. I also expect that this tag is a clear flag to someone that might copy/paste these examples and pass them off as real data.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

While professional care providers will play a key role, increasingly their work will be augmented by software -- apps, machine learning and conversational AI. Consider changes that have taken place in recent years that will drive growth in apps for self-care. Healthcare delivery is migrating away from hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 1, 2019

Primary topic: Workforce Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Meru says digital health app can help prevent physician suicide Featured Decision Content:

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This month’s most obvious change was the introduction of Amazon CareHub , an Alexa app that can be used to help monitor potentially isolated older adults. Launched CareHub in 2020 – an app that may be yet another beginning. category tags: digital health , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Oops, not supported by all apps. The instructions are required because the UI behavior varies across different apps and screens. category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets. Watch and listen together? More young folk. Add widgets to your home screen, ditto on the images.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2022

For example, despite the enormous cost of medication non-adherence among elderly patients , do designers understand older adult preferences when designing a medication adherence app ? Design principles are out there, but a quick look at apps and websites shows that they are not universally adopted.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2024

Should AI help navigate overly complex apps and the enormous Internet? category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones , Television/Smart TV , wearables, smart watch Chatbots may be forging a new path for assisting as needed -- but the jury is still out as to whether that replaces live training.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Voice interfaces will migrate to be expected infrastructure in smart displays and apps, added to every feasible appliance, device, and vehicle. category tags: AgeTech , AI and machine learning , home health care , IoT and home monitoring. Caregiver shortages boost in-home monitoring.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

consumers are now tracking health via digital tools, and one-half of these share the data generated by their apps. Clinicians continue to have real concerns about clinical validity (per the AMA’s Dr. James Madara’s comment that so many of these tools and apps can be “digital snake oil.” One in two U.S.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

actual Classroom : January 17 afternoon at the HL7 Workgroup meeting in Vegas This will be a refreshed version of the Tutorial I have given mostly annually to HL7.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

AARP partnered with OATS to offer live video classes that can help with using apps. And check out January 2023 updated Market Overview Technology for Aging ] category tags: AgeTech , Technology - AARP , technology support But there are some options. GetSetUp offers multiple volunteer sessions and a broad range of technology topics.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 19, 2023

The home and senior care industries have long needed standard apps and underlying data. category tags: senior living , Home Care , home health care , tech-enabled home care No doubt, Optum’s own data standardization business will help integrate Amedisys if the acquisition is improved. The rationale for selecting a platform?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

Then apps supported by FallCall Solutions – now also on Android devices, included the severity level of the fall as well as integration to a response center. category tags: Mobile PERS , fall prevention, fall detection , Remote monitoring , AI and machine learning The wearables improved and so did cameras and room sensing.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

For safety-oriented apps and sites that include the role of the senior, it’s critical to verify identity among provider and user roles. Two-factor authentication will likely be required as part of all online apps, including financial and health-related services. Device and app vendors must be capable of integration and extension.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

August 22, 2023 Sponsored Enhancing healthcare collaboration through the power of secure instant messaging Secure messaging apps are proving to be a key tool for healthcare organizations. Region Tag: ASIA Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Analytics Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

Life Bio Memory through an Android/iOS app uses as many as 35 prompts to help a person describe a life story that can be transcribed and shared. category tags: Conversational and generative AI , AI and machine learning , AgeTech , healthcare Recording life stories.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I covered how to include Test data in Production Environments using the HTEST tag. That article explained how data that is not real patient data, that is to say 'test' data, would be tagged with HTEST. Data should be tagged with the PurposeOfUse under which it was collected, and test data is collected for the PurposeOfUse of.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

Apps, apps and more apps. The NHS has a troubled history with apps with local and national teams often competing to build in-house products, and thereby competing with industry. The NHS still has time to get its strategy right on apps but it’s going to need to gain trust and confidence from the population.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

The vital sign and acoustic data of a digital stethoscope are displayed on the product’s smartphone APP and shared with designated clinicians for telediagnosis in real-time via our cloud service platform. category tags: vision and vision technology , hearables/hearing technology , smart home , digital health Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2023

integrates ChatGPT into its care app. " Also, if you missed it, here is the 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging category tags: AI and machine learning , Generative AI , healthcare , senior living Botco’s chatbot technology has been deployed at Carlton Senior Living. Learn more at Botco.

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Digital Health Global

APRIL 17, 2024

For the 2024 Innovation Challenge, CharmHealth will accept proposals in the following categories: Hardware Accelerated AI, Generative AI, Tech Led Innovations, Mobile Health Apps, Healthcare Accessibility, and Social Change Solutions. 23-25, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

This product is a remote activity monitoring app for seniors. A mobile app then instantly displays the person's physical and psychological states and sends a warning notification when it detects irregularity. The app has inclusivity built into its functionality. Learn more at Domalys. CarePredict TouchPoint. iCardioGuard.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

JUNE 14, 2022

Virtual Classroom : July 12-14 This will be a refreshed version of the Tutorial I have given annually to HL7 2021 , 2020 , and 2019.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As consumers wear the underwear, sensors in Myant’s SKIIN brand fabric send data back to a corresponding app. category tags: wearables, smart watch , wearables , AgeTech , dementia care, cognitive decline. Learn more. Sensoria Health. " Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

It’s quaint to read the complaint about the Apple Watch’s interface, which is annoying and 100% dependent on a smartphone app, but it may turn out to be Apple’s most popular product ( 30 million sold in 2019 ) and huge popularity in 2020. And then there’s the need to download the app. And poor UI doesn’t always guarantee poor sales.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2022

Note the top trends that matter this Many changes underway in the enabling tech categories for older adults – including the importance of tech for home care agencies – not just the apps for the workers, but for care recipients, such as remote monitoring. Hearing aid users need smartphones and apps.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

CareAlert is an app and an AI platform that continuously learns behaviors so it immediately knows when you should be notified. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , baby boomers , senior living. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 27, 2023

You probably didn’t notice the consumerization and commoditization of this variant of AI. But there is a microphone on every app today, enabling us to speak versus typing. Remember when voice first technology became ‘voice’. Behind that microphone is a variant of conversational AI (“I think you said What’s the Weather in Halifax”).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Voice interfaces will be expected in smart displays and apps. category tags: home health care , smart home , IoT and home monitoring , CES 2022 , hearables/hearing technology , AgeTech. Because it is easier for them – turning frustration into a valued service world in which what you say should get you what you need.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2023

And there are apps for the watch that will contact a 24x7 call center (Best Buy) and FallCall Solutions. See latest report, The Future of AI and Older Adults 2023 ] category tags: Mobile PERS , fall prevention, fall detection The Apple Watch offered the capability of looking cool AND having fall detection and other features.

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MAY 12, 2022

And it’s pretty obvious to anyone who is paying attention to Apple new releases , new versions of Android phones and other apps like Spotify. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. Tech complexity for new users is getting worse. How naïve. No manual.

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