Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2022

When Apple Watch launched in 2015 – pendant PERS (slowly) saw the future. One small example, consider in-car Apple and Android offerings for turn-by-turn directions. category tags: Mobile PERS , smartphones , wearables, smart watch. Otherwise the market has moved on. It is apparent from Verizon’s effort (it’s kids!)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Voice First and the Apple Watch had not emerged. 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. For Apple Watch.” and what/who is still around. iCardioGuard.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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 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. A user can also “drop in” on a loved one by video calling them within the app. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

Voice First implementations did not follow you outside your home unless it was through the smart phone app you carried into the car. 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. Not exactly or not that we can tell.

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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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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

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

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." Oops, not supported by all apps.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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 ONSCREEN. Saltbox TV. "S

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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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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 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. If their family member is still driving, a smart phone app for turn-by-turn directions as well as a “wearable” to help their loved one find his/her way. Wandering/driving.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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

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

APRIL 18, 2019

Plus, our user friendly app that can be installed on your smart devices. Our upcoming product Karie is a personal health companion that organizes, schedules, and dispenses pills with one-button technology, ensuring that patients are taking the right medication at the right time. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , robotics.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 17, 2019

Smartphone apps dominate the FinTech world and Apple Pay (or its Android cousins) may be the most widely known FinTech tool. But guidance is beginning to emerge to help older consumers benefit, helping them to use tools like Apple Pay on smart phones and wrists. category tags: finance , Fintech , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2018

And investors have regularly run screaming from the ‘older adult’ category, preferring to view the whole bucket as ‘health’. Interestingly in a later survey, those with Amazon Echo or Google Home devices and apps used their smartphones less. The Apple Watch and Fall Detection – What’s it Mean (Sept, 2018)? Feb, 2018).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2009, there were specialized email services that converted an online message into paper form; WiFi in seniors’ homes or senior living residences was rare; the mobile PERS offerings were just a concept; the iPad had not been announced; Digital Health was three years away; and Voice First offerings would not appear for another five years.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2019

Today, perhaps due to pending boomer bulge, innovators and their funders may be having a somewhat easier time, at least in some market categories – health, home care, transportation come to mind. ReemoHealth Remote Mobile Health Platform. Learn more at Reemo Health. The only EKG solution for Apple Watch® Series 1-3.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Between trade events, including the Connected Health Conference in Boston, LeadingAge in San Diego, HLTH in Las Vegas, the Aging 2.0 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. Read more. . .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

The news articles pile up – assisted living and nursing home staffing shortages ; stranding older adults without home health care ; keeping patients in hospitals longer because of lack of care; nursing home staffing crisis ; Medicaid paying family members to provide care , low wages and low unemployment worsen care situation , and on and on.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

JULY 29, 2018

Example is Apple adopting FHIR. Such as carrying the data within their possession, using a personal device and application, Such as using a phone resident App using FHIR to download their data, then upload that data to some recipient. Data-Tagging? App-Validation? App-Store? This does happen. What's a Standard?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

Connected Health Mobility Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth How contact tracing, contactless experiences and remote monitoring will redefine healthcare and public health. A study by non-profit group FAIR Health suggests a 4,000% increase in telehealth claims across the country. Telehealth is here to stay.

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Digital Health Global

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Does the PERS device he is describing include the Apple Watch Series 4 app with a link to a call center ? Health status, including fall risk, recent discharge from a hospital, Parkinson’s, dementia and a host of other factors keep the market thriving. But rides on demand from an app on your phone?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

The corporate takeover of healthcare and the exodus of physicians from private practice into employed positions, combined with sub-par deployment of electronic health records and patient portals, has resulted in increasing patient and physician dissatisfaction with the current healthcare delivery model, he contended. THE PROBLEM.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 2, 2018

You want to launch a boomer/senior, home health tech, caregiving, product or service. And what if anything can be differentiating (mobile, self-install devices, no-install software, cloud-based, integrated with other health-related data, wearable or no-need-to-wear, works with any phone, leading call center supported, etc.).

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