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Sampling technology for managing diabetes

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Diabetes is a critical health problem. More than 30 million Americans have diabetes – but 23 million of them, according to the CDC, are undiagnosed. It is estimated that 30% of the overweight adults have diabetes – and most diabetics are overweight. So what technologies are viewed as useful for the millions with diabetes?

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Video visits, temperature sensors and wearables can replace the need for clinic visits. The future will see chronic disease being managed more from homes and physicians' offices than in a hospital setting.

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Has telehealth hit the high watermark?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Digital health startups have also defied dire predictions about funding slowdowns, with data pointing to stronger-than-ever funding numbers in 2020, including aggressive M & A by public companies riding the wave of strong stock market performance. What could go wrong with this picture?

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David Maman and Divya Chander to Keynote CharmHealth Third Annual Innovation Challenge & Showcase

Digital Health Global

Maman’s management style and startup acumen led him to be named one of the “Top 40 Israeli Internet Startup Professionals” by The Marker Magazine and one of the “Top 40 under 40 – Most Promising Israeli Business Professionals” by Globes Magazine. Under his leadership, Binah.ai Additional speakers include David Fajgenbaum , M.D.,

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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. But the benefits of technology may not just be related to disease management and lifestyle. Digital health.

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Five Covid-19 Technology and Health Blog Posts from April 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And 90% of hospitalized patients identified through COVID-NET had one or more underlying conditions, the most common being obesity, hypertension, chronic lung disease, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease. category tags: covid-19 , Seniors , Aging , senior living. From the CDC released April 8 : Rates of hospitalization (4.6

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies. Bardy Diagnostics.