Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

These future systems would offer vital signs monitoring and be integrated with health applications – and even health systems. Along came wrist-worn fitness devices like Fitbits and Apple Watches, which by 2018 had introduced Fall Detection for older adults linked to profiles in Apple Health. Are we there yet?

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MARCH 22, 2023

The pressure to own a smartphone is intense, whether it is from family members for instant communication and sharing, healthcare service providers who want older adults to use tech to manage health, use Apple Pay, and even use their phone to verify access to a website. We are all novice users when the next release comes out.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Since the introduction of the Apple Watch in 2014 and its subsequent sales of more than 33 million (as of 2020), Apple has been the dominant player in the US market. For the market of technology for older adults, it offered a smartwatch with built-in fall detection and other numerous health features, which it continues to introduce.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

With the launch of its new Chart Note Assist, the company incorporated sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) into its electronic health record (EHR) platform to instantly surface relevant patient data, providing physicians with key diagnostic insights and generating potential treatment plans. CEO of CharmHealth. “By

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020. The photo underneath the star was printed from a local newspaper article showing public health and LTC staff wearing hazmat-type suits.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? from Deloitte. One in two U.S. “Macy’s?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Or consider Apple Family Setup , which enables an Apple Watch to be set up and used without an iPhone, enabling texts, calls and GPS location. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , tech-enabled home care. Read more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 20, 2023

Following 2022’s $70 million spent on lobbying by Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft, little has happened to date. Surprise -- on an Android device, the answer about health risks was followed by a new ‘offer’ to import your browsing data from Google. Maybe 2023 is different? But maybe the in-tech warnings will be helpful.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

BoundaryCare is an app for the Apple Watch that promotes caregiver peace of mind and empowers aging-in-place by silently gathering information about safety and wellness and sharing this data with caregivers when necessary. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , AgeTech , smartphones, cellphones BoundaryCare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

This past week, Cambia Health released a survey of caregivers, 64% of surveyed caregivers use at least one digital tool to help them with caregiving. The Apple Watch Series 4 disrupted the senior wearables market with its built-in ECG and fall detection, as well as Apple’s partnership with insurers.

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JULY 8, 2021

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Network Infrastructure Telehealth Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. At nearly $15 billion, the funding surpasses the amount for the full year 2020.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Here are four blog posts from September 2018: Investors continue to salivate over health tech. billion invested in Digital Health ( which means whatever you want it to mean.) Yes that is vertical integration in the continuum of care – specifically for health services to elderly Medicare recipients. Gee, what do they do?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Or consider Apple Family Setup , which enables an Apple Watch to be set up and used without an iPhone, enabling texts, calls and GPS location. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. Consider Amazon’s Whisper Mode – “I think you just whispered to me – Sau ‘turn on’ Whisper Mode.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions, mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. By 2020, it became one of Apple’s 5 most profitable businesses and reached total adoption of 100 million globally. Déjà vu all over again. You get the idea.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

Analytics Cloud Computing Population Health Telehealth Workforce One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' David Chou serves as the CIO for a public academic health system. Region Tag: Global Edition. ' and more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 7, 2019

How do wearables contribute to health and wellbeing of older adults? Was it the coolness of the Apple Watch? Or to put the question another way, what is it that these devices do that can help maintain or improve health, noting that 32% of baby boomers today get no exercise whatsoever , according to the CDC.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2023

Okay, sort of safe, for already having my identity stolen due to a log-in at a health center during the Anthem breach in 2015. Apple suggests adding another device – go ahead and read those instructions – the whole thing, I dare you. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones

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MARCH 9, 2021

In-car voice commands work well because car makers insisted, like Android Auto and Apple Car Play. Our voice-enabled personal health coaches – not so much. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. Integrated systems that span multiple user experience?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

who communicate with patients via Apple FaceTime, Facebook Messenger video chat, Google Hangouts video or Skype, but now they will temporarily suspend that process. On the other hand, Health 2.0 category tags: mHealth-Telehealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , healthcare. and here’s home care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Voice First and the Apple Watch had not emerged. For Apple Watch.” The VitalSight remote patient monitoring program relies upon connected medical devices that enables patients to make a commitment to regular heart health monitoring from the comfort of their homes.” and what/who is still around. Fast forward to 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Health system IT leaders need to be ready to enable care delivery anywhere, anytime, to any patient. It feels like every company has a health cloud offering these days. Healthcare cloud is everywhere.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 28, 2018

FallCall Solutions announced today that the company has launched its second product, FallCall™ Lite, a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) app built exclusively for Apple Watch and iPhone. Keenly Health. Learn more at Keenly Health. Learn more at FallCallLite. Learn more at Zanthion. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

So many entrants in the AgeTech, accessibility and health categories seek visibility and possible global reach. Eight more aging and health innovations from CES 2024. All are confronted with buggy software and frequent bug fix releases , such a problem on iPhones that an embarrassed Apple redirected software work towards fixing.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Approximately half of the older adult population has a smart TV – a common platforms used to stream Internet services without an associated specialty box like Apple TV , Roku or Chromecast. category tags: Television/Smart TV , computers, broadband, and social networking. Learn more at Caavo. Learn more at UniperCare. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Perhaps there is an unrelated health issue, and they're concerned about whether he/she is taking medications correctly or making it to medical appointments. Philips GoSafe , MobileHelp Philips Auto Alert , FallCall (Apple Watch) Android Auto , Apple CarPlay. . Private health websites, managing medications.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

Now add in the shortage of workers in home care , health care , and nursing homes. Consider the CDC definition of health literacy for individuals – " find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others." What’s new with iOS 16 on the iPad? Welcome to iPad!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2022

Louis on April 1 – and next week’s VIVE 2022 , the new health IT event in Miami. Approximately half of the older adult population has a smart TV – a common platforms used to stream Internet services without an associated specialty box like Apple TV , Roku or Chromecast. Apple watch sells fear to the young.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

Except for the deep-pocketed Medical Guardian which bought in everywhere, these were all bracelets to help emergency workers determine health issue in an emergency. and as time goes on, that device needs to be connected to a monitoring center, not 911, as with Apple watch alone , to triage the nature of the person’s problem.As

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 24, 2019

Or that Apple would produce a watch with built-in fall detection, automatically activated for the 65+ ? Falls have been correlated with other health issues, associated with hearing loss and depression. Learn more at Apple. Siri Shortcuts have simplified the ability to communicate and initiate commands on Apple devices.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Happy New Year – and onward to 2020, the publication of the now-completed Voice, Health and Wellbeing 2020 on Monday, January 6 th , and so many more (and counted) CES steps -- more wearables, virtual experiences, smart and not-so-smart speakers. The Apple Watch and fall detection -- what about it? See you there! Don't laugh, though.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

BellPal , Freedom Guardian , Bay Alarm Medical , UnaliWear , HandsFree Health , FallCall Lite (Apple) – connect to a required response center. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , AI , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Mobile PERS. Voice first technology – in everything.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Quite a few people will, though it is hard to get a real number – which is ironic, since Amazon, Google, Apple, Samsung, etc. Some could query Google Assistant on smartphones or in their cars with Apple CarPlay (via Siri ) or Android Auto. January 8-9, 2019: Digital Health at CES in Las Vegas. That answer is simple.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Probably given the Q1 profit drop, they had to do something about the steep revenue decline of their Personal Health businesses. Is Philips throwing in the towel, now that Verizon, MobileHelp , UnaliWear , FallCall Lite (Apple) – all have caregiving smartwatches with watch faces (and there's even Trelawear's necklace ) that are unobtrusive?

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

For those who see a wearable in a health context, they may be disappointed to know that their doctor doesn’t seem to care or know what to do with your heart rhythm data. Checking for heart arrythmia is an even newer feature of wearables, and is included in the Apple Watch Series 4 and likely in a future Samsung Galaxy Watch Active.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

onsider the healthcare experiences we have endured – it’s a good time to consider a new way to interact with the health system. From a technology perspective, what is each players doing to help us use our voice to have a better health and patient engagement experience ? Are any of these initiatives tuned to the needs of older adults?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 19, 2018

And the sub-topics of categories -- Communication & Engagement, Safety & Security, Health & Wellness, Learning & Contribution – remain as the collective elements of a framework that can make it so. . There are investors that think the Apple Watch will eliminate the PERS device and its remarkable recurring revenue market.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

And investors have regularly run screaming from the ‘older adult’ category, preferring to view the whole bucket as ‘health’. Note that hearing loss has been linked to dementia and to social isolation – and that in turn has been connected to poorer health outcomes. The Apple Watch and Fall Detection – What’s it Mean (Sept, 2018)?

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