Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In their September, 2020 Aging in Place report, the authors note that demographics, regulatory and policy changes (aka reimbursement via Medicare Advantage plans), and Covid-19’s boosted use of digital health combine to make this a pivotal point. category tags: digital health , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Family caregivers.

Digital Health 142

Digital Health Medicare Telehealth 142

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

Saving seniors from Covid-19 requires worsening isolation. Similarly, if you and your contact are using Echo devices with screens, you both will see anything within range of your devices." category tags: social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. You will be able to hear anything within range of the device.

Nursing 127

Nursing 127

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

McKinsey consumer sentiments research indicates 35% of home healthcare visits post-COVID could become virtual visits, using remote care technologies that will be HIPAA compliant, noting that three-fourths of consumers surveyed are interested. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Family caregivers.

Remote care 89

Remote care Telehealth HIPAA Medicare 89

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

In March, the government announced expansion of telehealth access , noting that it would raise the reimbursement rate for telehealth visits during the Covid-19 pandemic to match the doctor’s rate for in person visits, as Seema Verma, the head of CMS noted: ‘the genie was let out of the bottle’ and won’t likely be put back in.

Telehealth 124

Telehealth Nursing 124

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

But this is January, 2021, in the time of Covid-19 and the time of the all-digital Consumer Electronics Show -- this time with at least 70,000 online attendees from around the world and the tech industry -- and so new companies are surfacing with technologies that will generate interest and even excitement during 2021. Learn more.

Health Technology 88

Health Technology Telehealth 88

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Reinventing the doctor office visit for a variety of healthcare practices including observation, screening, gathering data, data exchange, and medical counseling. In July, the White House recruited 1,000 barbershops and hair salons to be COVID vaccination centers. Region Tag: Global Edition. After the dream comes work.

Telehealth 169

Telehealth Public Health Mental health eHealth 169

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 13, 2020

During Covid-19, do older adults take their prescribed meds? And according to the Pharmacy Times , Covid-19 has made a problematic situation much worse. The use of automated pill packaging and pre-filling at the pharmacy for patients to help them with compliance, especially during Covid-19. Not necessarily.

HIPAA 89

HIPAA Nursing Health Data 89

MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

That was three years before COVID-19 – but it took a pandemic to put telehealth into the spotlight and modernize the way Americans access healthcare. The rise in mental health conditions alongside COVID-19 is being billed a dual pandemic. Indeed, a July 2021 report from McKinsey & Co. High Need for Mental Healthcare.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Mental health Telehealth Telecare 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

Analytics Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as the single largest disruptor in the history of American healthcare. Just as the digital strategy was beginning to take shape, the first COVID-19 patient was admitted to a Geisinger hospital. Digital tools to combat COVID-19.

Leadership 113

Leadership Community practice Primary Care Telemedicine 113

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, connected health and RPM are more important than ever, because they enable physicians to monitor patients without having to come into contact with them, thus preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Connected Health 181

Connected Health Telehealth Pharmaceuticals EHR 181

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 19, 2023

Consider the five year sequence of reports below, from oldest to most recent, from the introduction of voice tech to the Covid-driven rise of telehealth to smart homes to wearables to sensors to the current research underway (stay tuned!) about The Future of AI and Older Adults.

Remote care 118

Remote care Telehealth 118

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These measures are very crude: The first just records whether the hospital is screening patients 18 years of age or older, and the second records how many patients have problems related to SDoH. Another report from CODE calls for better tagging of data with SDoH.

Public Health 101

Public Health HIE Medicare Health IT 101