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RFID in Healthcare: Navigating Security & Privacy Regulations

Healthcare IT Today

RFID technology involves using tags and readers to wirelessly identify and track objects. Addressing Security and Privacy Concerns with RFID Regarding security and privacy concerns, one primary consideration is the information stored on RFID tags. As RFID expands rapidly, it can trigger security and privacy concerns.

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

The first graphic shown here illustrates the authors’ view on the digital evolution of HaH from delivery of care (migrating from in-person to fully virtual), telecomms (from telephone to embedded HIPAA-compliant video conferencing), and remote monitoring, moving from patient-reported data of vital signs to wearable sensors.

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Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jolie Ritzo, VP of Strategy and Network Engagement at Civitas Networks for Health Health data management in 2024 is both intricate and complex. Here are some of the most exciting and challenging aspects of both exchanging and using comprehensive health data this year and ahead.

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No surprise: Data underpins care quality in senior living and home care

Aging in Place Technology Watch

For too many years, high quality data about care of seniors has been elusive. The merger and acquisition of companies in other industries ultimately results in consolidation of data. Platforms matter—they enable data standardization which in turn fuels growth. Consider Optum’s acquisition of Amedisys home health business.

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Five examples of use of AI in the care of older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

More systems will emerge that learn data patterns and algorithms to construct an interaction or respond appropriately. An example of AI-based marketing, Botco’s Instachat Builder enables fast deployment by automatically producing questions and answers from reams of data ingested as text or PDF. integrates ChatGPT into its care app. "

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Care coordination for older adults – still elusive, does tech help?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Handoffs across disparate providers is described as a software capability by one player, WellSky, that can reduce readmissions – and they tout the integration they already have tracking 30% of annual discharges to 130,000 post-acute facilities. category tags: healthcare , home health care , Home Care , tech-enabled home care

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Similarly, sensors for measuring blood pressure, temperature, glucometers, pulse oximeters, and respiratory rate sensors, all integrated with mobile applications, can be used to monitor patients remotely. Platforms: Platforms are required to aggregate data and facilitate communication between patients, physicians, and caregivers.

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