Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

billion – or one quarter of the $95 billion home health market. And just this past week, HomeThrive announced an $18 million Series A round touting its tech-enablement, and Honor, with its tech expertise’ , announced another $140 million Series D investment, bringing its grand total to $255 million since 2014. Why the froth?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

It’s already been a big year for new Amazon offerings that could benefit older people. By 2018, it was obvious that this was a breakthrough for seniors , ending the tech requirement to tap, touch, pinch, swipe, zoom…and curse at computers and smartphones. Amazon moved forward in 2018 with HIPAA-compliant tech in healthcare.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

Besides these invisible upgrades, the voice assistant technology has been continually improving – and if the user could be made aware of those improvements (a BIG IF), they might find them to be very useful. Voice assistants made device hardware actually seem smart. Use cases have proven valuable for seniors.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Big tech revealed growing interest in older adults and investors saw the potential in firms like Papa, which provides (reimbursed) varied assistance to older adults. And maybe the big deal starts now – the oldest baby boomers turn 76, which should trigger even more investment in 2022 and beyond. Read the report.

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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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Health Populi

AUGUST 14, 2023

This weekend’s Wall Street Journal Saturday/Sunday edition featured a big story on the economic force of women in the summer of 2023, termed “the women’s multiplier effect” — that women’s spending is a powerful force in the U.S. economy (and as it turns out, in Sweden’s economy as well).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Here are the five blog posts from August: Taking stock of the tech market for older adults – what’s happened? Past the halfway mark in 2023, it’s increasingly clear that the older adult tech market has been disrupted by changes in demand. August, so warm, so replete with nursing home doomsayers and endless scam calls. So why keep it?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2020

Consider an upcoming HIMSS event in Orlando with the charming title: Monitoring Grandma: Adoption of Connected Health Tech by Seniors. Pew hasn’t bothered lately, but AARP recently published a survey of tech ownership among the 50+. Back to monitoring, connected health or otherwise. This is laudable. With persuasion?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2019

Digital Health is in its bubble of $8.1 of venture capital investment , including the big money ( $115 million to date ) that has gone to just one company. of venture capital investment , including the big money ( $115 million to date ) that has gone to just one company. (And So what’s odd about a Venn diagram?

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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' This represents a big opportunity for innovation. ' and more. Develop the perfect platform. Virtual Care 3.0,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2021

Connected Health Mergers & Acquisitions Telehealth The ongoing wave of mergers and acquisitions makes sense for startups and their VC backers. What does it mean for CIOs at their health system customers? Silver Cloud is a behavioural health company that has developed digital care models equivalent to face-to-face encounters.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

And finally, to cap things off, today the big guns of the tech industry, will spend seven hours behind closed doors discussing how to regulate AI. from very small to very big. Did you know that the number of workers per social security beneficiaries continues to shrink ? That 33% of those aged 85+ have Alzheimer’s or dementia?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The biggest older adult tech news from August was audible. The big five hearing aid manufacturers will once again remake and remarket themselves, their brands and pricing to fit the new rule. The big five hearing aid manufacturers will once again remake and remarket themselves, their brands and pricing to fit the new rule.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

When assembling the 2019 tenth anniversary version, it was apparent that this year reflects change -- in the supply-demand balance in the overbuilt senior housing market, in policy changes driving health care services into the home, in market forecasts, and in the mix of vendors who serve the market. Seniors are working longer.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Investors continue to salivate over health tech. billion 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. category tags: Aging technology , Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2022

For example, we expect tech products to be more intuitive and usable than they are. Meanwhile, the labor shortage has impacted every aspect of senior care, requiring a rethink of financial health of the businesses and the role of technology. July offered time to think about gaps and staff shortages.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. I was grateful to have an opportunity to share my views with attendees on the vision patient as health consumer through the health economic lens.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The Philadelphia event hosted a simulated Day in the Life that included Hamilton Captel (tech for hearing impaired) and VR startup Embodied Labs. The show also had a Startup Garage– here are five companies from that section (material from their websites): Keenly Health. Learn more at Keenly Health. OneClick.chat.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In the time of CES 2022 – advice to tech firms about older adults. The Consumer Electronics Show was smaller in size, but big in tech futures. The Consumer Electronics Show was smaller in size, but big in tech futures. Technologies for Older Adults from CES 2022. You may remember.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

The survey reports, about the 50+ gamers and 50+ tech trends , each identify an age band of the 70+, something AARP began a few years ago and kudos to them, that banding continues among some of their research reports. As for tech adoption…the AARP executive summary is upbeat. How many people are not reflected in today’s surveys?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2022

Never a dull moment in tech world. With this lawsuit, coupled with government attempts to crack down on big tech , is the tide is turning? Except for the deep-pocketed Medical Guardian which bought ads everywhere , these were all bracelets to help emergency workers determine a health issue. Ditto for ConsumerAffairs.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 19, 2018

The more things change… Life expectancy is long – tech attention span from investors and innovators can be short. 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. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Most because it was difficult to absorb and rationalize so much tech news, hype, booths and convention center halls at the Digital Health Summit at CES 2019 – where a step counter status update may have been the most satisfying experience of all at the end of the day. January 2019 was a l-o-o-o-n-g month. A few topics that stood out.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Tech firms are trying to boost access to the internet and devices – will this become 2021 action priority for non-profits and government? Here are four blog posts from November: Filling in the Tech Basics. It’s already been a big year for new Amazon offerings that could benefit older people. Will that help?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Not just because of the calendar, but because of the pace of return to California dreamer and tech breathless launches and device announcements , Facebook’s 50 million user data breach – the usual. Here are four blog posts from September 2018: Investors continue to salivate over health tech. So the first half of 2018 saw $3.4

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It seems only yesterday that Tech-Enabled Home Care was published – with that wonderful Forbes graphic “Why VCs Care More About Home Care”. The article noted the $200 million invested just in 2016 -- with the big money that year of $60M in ClearCare , with $46 million in Care.com and $42 million in Honor next in line.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2022

For so many who have been Zooming, Teaming, and WebEx’ing, lo, these many months, it’s actually comforting to know that the big exhibit shows are back. Louis on April 1 – and next week’s VIVE 2022 , the new health IT event in Miami. Hopefully all will be well-attended and business deals will be done, just like in the old days.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

Here are the five blog posts from June 2020: Tech adoption older adults matter more now than ever. So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Let’s hope July is better!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 21, 2018

In another tech publication (“ Big Think – your daily microdose of genius”), you can read that in over 1.5 Lobbying for looser regulations has reached a new and quite convivial pitch – note the fun formation of a ‘supergroup’ of car company and tech lobbyists , supported by the mantra of reduced accidents and greater safety.

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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. Voice First -- The year began and ended with speaking. And shouting. See you there!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 5, 2018

A long time ago (7 years this month) in a tech world far, far away, a report sponsored by AARP predicted that technology change would deliver a new user experience. These work without the need to download and upgrade on Patch Tuesday , though privacy improvements are the next big technology hurdle. . Technology Designed for All.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 11, 2020

And it created a big challenge for the multiple PR firms engaged to help create that visibility to innovation in care. The offering of remote consultation, diagnosis, and suggested treatment is now a white-labeled offering embedded inside insurance, health care providers, and employee wellness services. Mcare Home Health Hub.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. We'll talk to the thought leaders and first-movers reimagining the how and where of patient-friendly tech, and report on ways to activate, if not delight, the people they treat. Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters. by Healthcare IT News November 22, 2019.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

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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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’. And investors have regularly run screaming from the ‘older adult’ category, preferring to view the whole bucket as ‘health’. Technology and tech-enabled services matter for older adults. Feb, 2018).

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