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9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension Led by The Cigna Group Ventures to Expand to Employers Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

These life-long treatments deliver impressive clinical outcomes but come with a high price tag, putting employers and healthcare insurers under pressure. “For the first time ever, we’re seeing a significant uptick in patients who are excited about taking care of their diabetes and weight health. .

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Five smart clothing technologies for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

They developed smart underwear that could become one of the most reliable and effective ways to detect and prevent health issues. Siren Care. "An injury-detecting sock could help people with diabetes prevent amputations. category tags: wearables, smart watch , wearables , AgeTech , dementia care, cognitive decline.

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, and chronic wounds are seven diseases where technology has been used to manage care for patients with promising results. Preferred functionalities to manage remote care.

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Technology Can Help Make Medication Management Smarter

Aging in Place Technology Watch

But if problems occur as a result of not taking doses, technology-enabled containers are designed to help prevent both missing a dose or taking the wrong pill. A special case, diabetes medication non-adherence is a critical health problem. category tags: medication management. per month. billion in avoidable healthcare costs.

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FDA Enables Generic Insulins with Lower Prices

Insulin Nation

Sanofi, NovoNordisk, and Lilly have created huge and profitable businesses by filing hundreds of patents for every type of insulin in order to prevent generics from being legally possible. These critical therapies often carry a heavy price tag; the cost of insulin has risen over the past decade. The FDA is finally changing that.

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Living to 100 – will technology matter – and for whom?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

For instance, boomers have shown themselves to be more likely to be obese, have poorer eating habits , have a greater prevalence of diabetes, and take more medications than the previous generation. Fall prevention. category tags: baby boomers , Seniors , aging in place.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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. Best Buy Health also offers on-demand social work services, including medication management.