Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

New progress for dementia care. Home Care Magazine provided details about the just-announced Dementia Care policy changes, called the GUIDE Model , including care coordination services, support and payment to family caregivers to help keep care recipients out of nursing homes, and respite help.

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HIPAA Nursing 118

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

The webinar, organised by the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Community, was chaired by Mette Maria Skjoeth from Odense University Hospital, Denmark, featured registered nurse experts Ann Gregory, clinical nurse advisor to NHSX in the UK and Luis Encinas, emergency coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières, Spain. are lower than Spain (9.7)

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Nursing Mental health Interoperability Telemedicine 167

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

Several times in the past decade, interviews were conducted with experts that lead to some reports about the home care industry. This chart came from a report, The Future of Home Care Technology 2012 that was sponsored by Microsoft, Verizon and LivHome, in 2012.

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Nursing 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

And this updated information will ideally be available to other medical providers, not to mention senior and home health care companies that will soon see the discharged patient. And some envision a transformation of the physical spaces for care, including new designs of patient rooms that include large screens for telehealth visits.

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Telehealth Nursing Medicare Telemedicine 80

Digital Health Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

By allowing providers to “merchandise their care” and manage both sides of the access problem. On the front-end, DexCare helps generate demand by making the right care more discoverable through search engines and provider websites. The post DexCare Lands $75M to Merchandise Care appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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Digital Health 52

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The home care market is (still) a booming business. Home care of various types now augments and even enhances services that not long ago may have been provided by senior housing. Home care workers are also among the lowest paying and least trained occupations. And many already at home and in assisted living need the same care.

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Nursing 128

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Friend of the Pharmacist RFID relies on tiny tags smaller than postage stamps affixed to each medication container, kit, and tray. These tags store critical information and respond by reflecting radio waves from RFID readers. By optimizing kits and trays the pharmacy can also reduce costs by minimizing expired inventory.

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EMR Healthcare IT Health IT 77

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

Care workers – it’s not a shortage – it’s a crisis. People who need care workers will tell you – the media will tell you, and the industry will tell you. From the national home care associations , a report in March: “The workforce shortage in home-based care has reached crisis proportions.

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Telemedicine Leadership Mental health Medicare 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 4, 2023

For example, asking ChatGPT “ how is a nursing home paid for ”, the answer was detailed and accurate about the six ways to pay for the care (see below). Then ask Google the same question: multiple (different) answers , first three provided by Ad sponsors, leading with A Place for Mom, the business that is paid to help find care.

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Nursing Medicare 122

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It seems obvious that an alert like this is going to help doctors provide better care to their patients. It’s easy to see the quality manager wanting to place alerts in patients’ charts to notify the doctor of various value based care, SDoH, and quality concerns they have for a patient. Sounds great doesn’t it?

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EHR Primary Care Hospital IT HIPAA 91

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

Below are a few examples of different types, with all information derived from the websites of the companies: Care Coach. " By bringing family, friends, and even neighbors into a coordinated care team circle, iamfine helps keep a watchful eye on those that live alone. iamfine is a low-cost service to help with aging in place.

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Nursing 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Entrepreneurs clearly see the opportunity for providing tech-enabled services to help care for older adults. LeadingAge) "EchoCare, founded in 2015, has developed the Elderly Care Home Observer (ECHO) system, a unique sensing system for the care of the elderly during their stay at home. LeadingAge in San Diego and more.

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Nursing 124

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

In a University of Michigan national poll in November, 2022, more than half of adults aged 50-80 say they have helped an adult aged 65+ with health, personal and other types of care needs. Click here to for the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy

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Telehealth 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Note that PACE programs for frail and low-income elderly are now directed by CMS to use remote technology for "activities that would normally occur on an in-person basis," such as scheduled and unscheduled participant assessments, care planning, monitoring, communication, and other activities.”.

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Nursing Telehealth Medicare Digital Health 95

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Camanio Care. Camanio Care is a care tech company that develops innovative solutions for a good care at home with the individual in focus. Through three focus areas; Active Life Mealtime and Digital care, Camanio Care wishes to support people's basic needs and increase accessibility and quality within health care."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Telehealth Epilepsy Care Collaborative, or TECC, at Boston Medical Center was developed out of the charge led by the federal government’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau to improve access to high-quality care for children and youth with epilepsy, especially those facing health disparities or living in rural regions.

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Telehealth Nursing Healthcare IT 150

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. million unfilled jobs by 2026.

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mHealth Interoperability Medicare Digital Health 108

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

A home security company could help explain the benefits, for example, of care coordination, when selling tech to a home health agency. Vendors should fit solution descriptions, service provider stories, and senior support processes along the continuum of needed care and socialization.

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Interoperability Mobile Health EHR 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

A few new categories were included, including tech to assist with eating, improve hygiene and medication management; improving access to transportation and better mobility; and improving access to coordinated care – a key issue as the boomers age. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging technology.

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Medicare Telehealth 87

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The latest patient engagement survey from Stericycle Communication Solutions found that nearly half of patients have booked appointments online (48%) or sought care from a non-traditional provider (45%) in the last year, with half of those patients using retail care and one-third using virtual care.

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Medical Billing Mental health EHR Healthcare IT 86

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2021

Karie is easy to use, enables greater patient autonomy and ensures better healthcare through a highly coordinated program." Our elderly devices come equipped with heart rate monitors, fall detection and GPS - taking care of our elders has never been easier." Learn more at AceAge. Dance4Healing. " MoviWear. " Learn more at MoviWear.

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Digital Health 138

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. As the newly published vision states: “No longer is telehealth merely a virtual urgent care service. Following cancellation, phone calls replaced nearly all 10 scheduled in-person meetings. Learn more. . Learn more.

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Telehealth mHealth EHR Nursing 146

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Care coordination. The Advanced Stage Of Dementia: In the more advanced stages of dementia, a loved one might need an in-home care worker while you are out or at work. In-home care services. Home care workers for partial day or full day. Centers trained in dementia care. Memory care. Tech Categories.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Past venture capital investment in home care technology boggles the mind. It seems only yesterday that Tech-Enabled Home Care was published – with that wonderful Forbes graphic “Why VCs Care More About Home Care”. They cared, all right – if that money was an indicator. So much VC money, so little resulting change.

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Medicare 120

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It’s no secret that improving operational workflow significantly benefits staff productivity, satisfaction, and morale as well as care quality. Effective enterprise-wide care coordination can be greatly hindered by manual workflow systems.

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Patient Experience Leadership Nursing Healthcare Innovation 56

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 17, 2018

A new voice in care management. Lacuna Health offers a proven care engagement service for patient-centered care. Our 24-hour RN-led human and data intelligence capabilities identify gaps and enable coordinated and personalized care across the continuum." Learn more at Blue Star Senior Tech. Lacuna Health. "A

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

A few new categories were included, including tech to assist with eating, improve hygiene and medication management; improving access to transportation and better mobility; and improving access to coordinated care – a key issue as the boomers age. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging technology.

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Medicare Telehealth 63

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2018

But many attendees (exhibitors) seem still to be circling the health care universe from the vantage point of the IT buyer -- health IT consulting, tech vendors seeking health IT customers. We allow individuals to share access to their data to improve care coordination and fuel a vibrant ecosystem of third-party digital health applications.

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Connected Health mHealth FHIR Digital Health 88

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

And for the care recipients being managed, they were unable to communicate problems in their on-site, 'real' experience. Consider dementia care and the still-startling lack of cameras in these settings – despite family willingness to pay. category tags: VR/AR technology , Seniors , Family caregivers , Home Care , home health care.

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Nursing Pain management 84

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 29, 2018

Here are Six offerings from companies whose founders are passionate about serving the needs of older adults, those who care for them and those who serve them. A Personal Care Team - comprised of primary and secondary caregivers, family and friends and members of the clinical team - is a central feature of this network. Kanega Watch.

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Telemedicine 83

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2018

"Empower caregivers to learn how to deliver the best care to older adults with the support, guidance, and compassion needed to improve their quality of life. The result is a better caregiver, a better home care agency and a better way to care. The result is a better caregiver, a better home care agency and a better way to care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

"In the past, we haven't worried as much about coordinating care across the patient journey, from preoperative education to surgical aftercare," said Andrew Lovewell, administrator. As one of the top surgery centers in the nation per Newsweek for both 2021 and 2022, The Surgical Center at?Columbia

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Nursing Patient Experience Pain management Remote care 117

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 4, 2020

Recognize how information exchange impacts care delivery beyond the VHA, inclusive of all providers using FHIR. The purpose of the agreement is to help accelerate the development of new and updated IHE profiles and associated real world testing that support advancing FHIR.

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FHIR Interoperability Health Information Health Data 54

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Baby boomers may have a longer life expectancy at 65 than their parents – most likely due to availability of more sophisticated health care and medications. As the population ages , will there be enough family member and professional caregivers to provide care? Making assumptions about care helps understand centenarian future needs.

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Nursing Digital Health Health Data Health Technology 109

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

For early-stage companies, start locally – get to know a local home care agency, senior living company, or home security company. A home security company could help explain the benefits, for example, of care coordination, when selling tech to a home health agency. What they have in common? Entry into the home.

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Interoperability Mobile Health 69

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Reducing the cost of care requires aligning incentives of providers, payers and patients. Social determinants of health: The next stage of value-based care. "And it is coming quickly to a care setting near you," said Cris Ross at Health 2.0 Collection. by September 30, 2019. by September 01, 2019. " News.

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Healthcare IT EHR Meaningful Use Interoperability 82

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2019

"She’s a state of the art, 3D animated caregiver designed to engage aging and chronically ill clients throughout the home to supplement their care and to provide various health and safety features. RoundTrip. "Expand access to care through transportation. Care coordinators can book as many rides as they need for their patients.

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Digital Health 96