Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 22, 2020

When coronavirus cases begin to grow in early spring, health systems were forced to pivot quickly – sometimes within a matter of days – to allocate scant resources and implement new technologies and workflows. " One problem, he said, is the technology hospitals use to record medication use around health systems.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And even the Federal Trade Commission is wary of the current hype and AI-powered marketing claims. when applied to the aging population, to allow family members, doctors, and caregivers to proactively monitor the health and well-being of the world’s aging population."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Myant Health. They developed smart underwear that could become one of the most reliable and effective ways to detect and prevent health issues. The underwear current includes biometric sensors that measure things like sleep quality, activity, stress level, temperature, and electrocardiography (ECG)*. Sensoria Health. "

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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. The following tools in your current portfolio are the ones to optimize.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

JUNE 5, 2023

As part of my advisory position on SHIFT Shift (formerly Protecting Privacy to Promote Interoperability PP2PI) was founded in 2018 and formalized in 2020 with a mission to advance safe, equitable, and patient-empowered sharing of health information. Because systems design is very specific to the current systems design.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This is a category, like scribes, that seems obvious when you think about the current healthcare labor shortage and a frail aging patient population. 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.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 14, 2023

I’m sharing that image with you here in Health Populi to set the stage for, of course, a discussion of WSJ’s data points through a health/care lens. we’ve got a growing women’s health care desert challenge — that is, a shortage of health care providers on the supply side to care for women’s health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

With so many entrants in the AgeTech, accessibility and health categories seeking visibility and possible global reach. And there are numerous separate focal points for tech for older adults (see Samsung Health House ) and a CTA Foundation Pitch Competition. MindMics Heart Health System. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

Telehealth Women In Health IT Workforce The pandemic has underlined the importance of nurses working together and ensuring we are better prepared for any future crisis, as highlighted during the 'European Nurses Facing COVID-19' webinar. " Listen to the full webinar here.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

And it is clear from current research that this revolution isn’t temporary, nor is it even sudden. That grant's participating universities include Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon University, Oregon State University, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Oregon Health & Science University – sponsored by Microsoft and Google.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | August 23, 2023 News Health system execs bullish on generative AI, but still lack strategy As they grapple with rising costs, three in four C-suite leaders say recent artificial intelligence. Mark Warner has questions for Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai about Med-PaLM 2, a chatbot currently.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Worse, for many older adults, isolation is a worsening health issue that we will hear more about as shutdowns continue and shut-in becomes the virtual norm. We’ve seen how technology and innovation in other verticals of healthcare have created better treatments, cost-savings, and health outcomes that have ultimately improved lives.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

Here are examples, some drawn from the current research into the topic: Replacing people in service businesses with kiosks. Restaurants and health facility check-in are but two examples. Watch the customers at a bakery avoid the two kiosks to wait to place their orders with a server. QR code to access programs for performances.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 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 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

JANUARY 10, 2023

In other wrap-up surprises, entrepreneurs are shifting to the enterprise for funding, or that the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake. The Petnow app can solve the problems of the existing pet identification methods such as microchips, tags, and collars that are prone to damage or loss, and it is beginning to enter the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement Telehealth With its three-pillar approach to modernization, the U.S. A recent study showed that clinical implementation of precision oncology is feasible across the across the VA health system, including rural Veterans.

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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

MARCH 9, 2021

Is this ‘magical’ technology (and its plethora of virtual assistants) in the peak of inflated expectation or has it just come off the peak headed for the trough of disillusionment , just another tech with plenty of current deficiencies and still-unfulfilled promise? Our voice-enabled personal health coaches – not so much.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2023

And it is clear from current research that this revolution isn’t temporary, nor is it even sudden. 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. The future of AI and older adults is now. Feeling safe and protected. Read more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In fact, one in five ‘broadband’ households is currently or will soon care for a family member, likely remaining in their own or a relative’s home. And with those capabilities we can begin to monitor our own health, have a teleheatlth session, track our medications , and even have our falls detected prior to injury.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2020

None of those changes or subsequent noise about nursing homes reflects the current Covid-19 nursing home nightmare. Take the current data sets about Covid-19 infections, add complaints and other items well-documented over time. category tags: Seniors , SNF , senior living. Closing the gate, now that the chickens have left.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

Will this reimbursement extend past the current crisis? On the other hand, Health 2.0 category tags: mHealth-Telehealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , healthcare. 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

MARCH 23, 2022

And yet, post Covid-19, so many government agencies, the White House , universities and for-profit companies want to boost that adoption to mitigate social isolation, boost access to telehealth, nutrition and even a basic, finding health information. Pew’s 25% of the 65+ that don’t go online ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

Home health care providers currently report turning away over 25% of referred patients due to staff shortages.” Optum, a division of United Health Group , has launched a $3.3 billion bid for home health company, Amedisys , part of a trend to move as much care from the hospital to home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

RockHealth, the “first venture fund dedicated to digital health”, has declared this year a turning point in the market of offerings for older adults (aka baby boomers, particularly those 65+). category tags: digital health , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Family caregivers. Learn more at Withgrayce.com.

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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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

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. category tags: wearables, smart watch , digital health , games, fun and fitness. By 2020, it became one of Apple’s 5 most profitable businesses.

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Digital Health 135

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. Some changes occurred, such as care delivery in the home, with the growing adoption of health-related portals. Home health care providers currently report turning away over 25% of referred patients due to staff shortages.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Video visits, temperature sensors and wearables can replace the need for clinic visits. Video visits, infrared temperature sensors, mobile health, and wearables replace the need for clinic visits.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Moliehi “Mo” Weitnauer, Chief Product Officer at MRO Providers are witnessing an explosion in health plan requests for medical records. The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In other wrap-up non-surprises, entrepreneurs are shifting to the enterprise for funding, or that the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake. And in some cases, the new offerings are coming from current players. category tags: AI and machine learning , AgeTech , IoT , Technology - AARP Read the report.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

that retained context would enable actual conversations, that profiles about the user would enable care services to offer what was needed, even enabling personal health coaching. This was further explored in a 2020 report called Voice, Health and Wellbeing. An explosion of devices and users – that did happen.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

category tags: Home Care , home health care , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , tech-enabled home care. Some examples: Seth Sternberg’s Honor CEO claims there is no worker shortage if home care organizations understand worker needs better so that they will like and stay on the job – decent pay, decent hours, respect as professionals.

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David Chou

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

It does help but is the price tag something that health systems can justify vs. pay for a scribe in specific scenarios? Remember, non-clinical staff also feel burned out currently. This is a controversial area as to the benefit of the solutions. Lasering in on automation will decrease burnout for all of your staff members.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Those language barriers can discourage patients from making appointments and addressing their health concerns, as well as those of their children. “Parents who did not have paid time off or sick days could not afford to take a day off and address the health concerns of themselves and/or their children. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. Remote monitoring tools and mobile health apps and services took center stage.

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