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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. Governor Jay Inslee is expected to sign this into State law later this year.

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Consider Amazon’s role in the caregiving and older adult market

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In 2018, AARP Foundation began to pilot the Echo devices, including the inexpensive Echo Dot, in low income housing settings. What about a call for help without a wearable? category tags: digital health , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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The Digital Divide -- Why haven't all older adults crossed it?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

A hot topic now – crossing the so-calledDigital Divide’. And do we mean ‘Digital Divide’ – or do we really mean Internet Access Divide? These ISPs count a census block as having access even if only one house is enabled! It’s ironic – the topic has been under discussion foreve r. That was pre-pandemic of course.

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Five new technologies from the 2020 Market Overview

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Aloe Care is delivering the world's first voice-activated, in-home digital care assistant for older adults. Consumers can also request a virtual house call where a tech expert remotely connects to their device to solve the issue for them. Here are five of them: Aloe Care. Learn more at Global Wireless Health.

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How to Improve Customer Experience in Healthcare with AI

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dmitrii Evstiukhin , Director of Managed Services at Provectus In today’s world, personalized and efficient digital interactions are expected, especially in the healthcare industry. And the stakes are high. When done well, great customer experience improves customer satisfaction.

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Nine more older adult technology offerings from CES 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

It's 100% voice activated and offers 2 way calling and text messages. OrCam Read is a first-of-its-kind handheld device with a smart camera that seamlessly reads text from any printed surface or digital screen. MOMENT boasts a new feature called PureSound™ , which Widex claims delivers a more natural sound than ever before.

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Four Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from February 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And note the $18 million of funding for Papa from Comcast Ventures to combat social isolation in older adults and launch tech-enabled health offering called Papa Health. Home care of various types now augments and even enhances services that not long ago may have been provided by senior housing.