Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2020

The hardware is used to tag objects and monitor their use. Voice to text helps those with diminished hearing. Families can send pictures to a digital picture frame. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , wearables, smart watch , IoT and home monitoring , healthcare.

Psychiatry 173

Psychiatry Nursing Telemedicine Telehealth 173

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Older adults benefit from voice-AI enabled innovation and deployment. For one thing, at least two-thirds of older adults (age 70+) own smartphones , the 65+ population prefers Alexa among voice assistants , one-third of Americans have smart speakers. Researchers want to understand how best to create a voice assistant.

Telehealth 62

Telehealth 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

The 2023 versions of voice-first interfaces on smart speakers are no longer ground-breaking – 35% of Americans now own one. Voice assistants and hearing aids. Sixty-two percent of US adults as of January 2023 are using voice assistants on any device (including in-car, in-ear, at-drive-thru). Health and wellness.

Medicare 69

Medicare Telehealth Digital Health 69

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. Since 2020, several innovation accelerators, such as AppWorks Accelerator, Google Project Hatcher, and Draper, have guided the platform and offered their assistance. Learn more.

Digital Health 140

Digital Health Pain management 140

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MARCH 31, 2021

Speaking out loud to make your voice assistant turn off all lights, play your music, or start the heater in your car feels great initially. This assistive device is designed to relieve those who struggle of hand tremors that may result from Essential Tremor or Parkinson's Disease. Learn more at Dance4Healing. Flic Smart Button.

Digital Health 138

Digital Health 138

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2020

This includes smartphones, tablets, smart home technology, Voice First hardware and virtual assistants, and in-home sensors. Aloe Care is delivering the world's first voice-activated, in-home digital care assistant for older adults. Here are five of them: Aloe Care. Individuals love the easy, streamlined support.

mHealth 133

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 133

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

But this is January, 2021, in the time of Covid-19 and the time of the all digital Consumer Electronics Show -- this time with at least 70,000 online attendees from around the world and the tech industry -- and so new companies are surfacing with technologies that will generate interest and even excitement during 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

This past week, Cambia Health released a survey of caregivers, 64% of surveyed caregivers use at least one digital tool to help them with caregiving. Voice first technology – it’s everywhere and in everything. In 2019, Voice First represented a category of technologies like smart speakers and voice assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2018

You probably knew this – that 2018 was the year of voice tech and healthcare. As for 2019, according to Sara Holoubek, CEO of Luminary Labs , "expect a proliferation of bad voice experiences." . Google Actions/Assistant: Google is already perceived by some as better at answering questions via Google Assistant.

mHealth 83

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 83

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2020

One of the more striking aspects of the flood of Voice First innovations is the near-feverish pace – predictions turn into practice faster than a device can say “Hello.” By then, thorny questions about privacy, personalization, and patient-doctor voice communication will be closer to resolution. Who is speaking?

Interoperability 87

Interoperability mHealth HIPAA Digital Health 87

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As a busy September wound down, new announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare.

Health Technology 105

Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 105

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 24, 2019

It’s a given -- Voice First will be even more pervasive in 2020. The rapid growth of the market for voice-enabled technologies has been a phenomenon within the past two years that can understand spoken requests and commands, answer questions, and even offer scheduled alerts. Why tackle the topic of voice, health, and well-being?

mHealth 69

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 30, 2019

The Voice Summit, like Voice First itself, is still in its early years. Another (healthcare) went to Suki , a voice notes offering for doctors that "has demonstrated up to 70% reduction in time spent entering notes." . Speak2 provides a senior-care focused solution that leverages voice command, smart technology and cloud.

mHealth 65

mHealth Nursing Digital Health Telehealth 65

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2020

Cambia Health released a survey of caregivers, 64% of surveyed caregivers use at least one digital tool to help them with caregiving. And ageism and the digital divide got worse. The resulting loneliness and depression revealed a glaring digital divide between the technology haves and have-nots among older adults.

Nursing 163

Nursing Telehealth 163

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 10, 2019

AI capabilities combined with a Voice First interface is increasingly expected – and so they are part of new offerings to help older adults, bothliving at home or in senior living communities. HandsFree Health's WellBe, is a secure, HIPAA compliant in-home voice-activated device that speaks when spoken to.

HIPAA 106

HIPAA Nursing Health Data 106

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

But what if it is a device that should fit into a Wi-Fi home network with other devices, a printer, a few voice devices, and maybe a camera? Amazon launched a similar initiative for voice offerings like smart speakers and voice assistants. category tags: CES 2022 , smartphones , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability Mobile Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

If there was a time to look at the role of monitoring and engagement technologies that augment and assist the worker in the care of older adults – it would seem that this is the time. According to PHI analysis, the job pays so poorly today that 40% live in low-income households and 43% rely on public assistance. Welcome to iPad!

Nursing 69

Nursing 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

With the fusion of AI and human connection, we have created the optimal service of a caregiver and speed of digital products." AI and voice, Virtual Nurse Assistant – smart and dynamic, listens and learns, offering personalized, conversational, health monitoring and management. Learn more at Care.coach. CareAngel. "AI

Nursing 62

Nursing 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Homethrive provides 24 x 7 digital and human concierge services and expert coaching from certified Homethrive social workers. These services include meals, transportation, home care, and medication delivery as well as Medicare plan selection assistance." Learn more at GetSetup. HomeThrive. Learn more at HomeThrive. Learn more at Zeppi.

eCare 130

eCare Remote care HIPAA Medicare 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Some could query Google Assistant on smartphones or in their cars with Apple CarPlay (via Siri ) or Android Auto. According to testing, Google Assistant is smarter, so for some uses, out and about with cars and smartphones, that may be more optimal – especially with recent new features for maps. Whew, that's a relief.

HIPAA 94

HIPAA EHR Digital Health 94

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 18, 2018

Voice First is changing health and wellness offerings today. Already the predicted capability to speak a request or instruction without having to type or tap on a device – known as Voice First – has transformed how we interact with technology. Home health care – perhaps the best fit for Voice First. So what’s intriguing?

mHealth 78

mHealth Digital Health HIPAA Telehealth 78

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

One article author cites the growth of digital health but swaps in terms like “remote services” and “virtual consultations.” What about Voice First engagement technologies – or other tools for caregiver teams and family connection? A technology transformation is underway, greater than the sum of its parts. First the confusion.

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Remote care Telehealth Nursing Medicare 94

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 15, 2019

HandsFree Health. “ HandsFree Health combines WellBe's unique virtual assistant with capabilities from industry-leading health and technology companies including Microsoft, Healthwise, Cerner, and PokitDot. Each tag contains a unique QR code and matching alphanumeric code. Learn more at Clocr. Learn more at HandsFree Health.

Telecare 69

Telecare mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

hour paid to agency) than a move to assisted living. category tags: baby boomers , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Home Care , IoT and home monitoring , Voice Assistants/Smart Speakers , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health.

mHealth 108

mHealth Interoperability Medicare Digital Health 108

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The voice OS is built on a suite of enterprise applications -- a mobile app for caregivers to manage help requests, a dashboard for performance reporting, and a backend for controlling the voice assistants’ settings and their interaction with other IoT smart devices like TVs, lights and thermostats. Beyond Verbal.

mHealth 69

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth Health IT 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As a busy September wound down, new announcements in the voice first category were of particular interest. These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare.

Health Technology 48

Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 48

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Many of the offerings now include voice interfaces and some have introduced AI features to collect behavior data about the wearer which Gartner refers to a category adjacent to Internet of Things (IoT) which it calls the Internet of Behavior (IoB). category tags: wearables, smart watch , digital health , games, fun and fitness.

Digital Health 135

Digital Health 135

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | September 21, 2023 News Oracle Cerner adds generative AI to its EHR platforms The Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant tool can also respond to conversational voice prompts from. Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Patient Engagement

Health IT 95

Health IT EHR Nursing EMR 95

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The growing cost of providing in-person care will be an impetus for delivering more care remotely, including digital health technologies for diagnosis and remote monitoring, the use of wearables like smart watches or other jewelry to sense a problem like a fall and alert others. (See Digital health. Implication/Benefit/risk.

Nursing 109

Nursing Digital Health Health Data Health Technology 109

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Voice First -- The year began and ended with speaking. Strolling is not the right word, but as we approached the Las Vegas Convention Center last January, Google Assistant was on giant billboards all around – with competing and nearby giant Amazon Alexa signs. And shouting. But I am sure the blaring will begin at the door.

Digital Health 69

Digital Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Nomo Smart Care Essential Care Kit creates simplified digital solutions to enable caregivers to stay connected and assist their loved ones with everyday general well-being, allowing for them to know more and worry less. Learn more at Nomo Smart Care. Link-age Launch – to connect silos across the care continuum.

Health Technology 75

Health Technology Nursing Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2020

It works by identifying, isolating, and relaying a specific voice to hearing aids via Bluetooth. The robot uses video-based fall detection technology and will phone for assistance.” category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , robotics , IoT and home monitoring , hearables/hearing technology , digital health.

mHealth 121

mHealth Digital Health Telemedicine Telehealth 121

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2018

Virtual caregiving, providing peace of mind to caregivers and improving the quality of life of their loved ones with voice-initiated, intelligent and connected services to support the elderly as they age-in-place. category tags: baby boomers , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth , Family caregivers , VR/AR technology , voice/AI technology.

mHealth 75

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2009, there were specialized email services that converted an online message into paper form; WiFi in seniors’ homes or senior living residences was rare; the mobile PERS offerings were just a concept; the iPad had not been announced; Digital Health was three years away; and Voice First offerings would not appear for another five years.

mHealth 81

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 81

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Most because it was difficult to absorb and rationalize so much tech news, hype, booths and convention center halls at the Digital Health Summit at CES 2019 – where a step counter status update may have been the most satisfying experience of all at the end of the day. and Bret Kinsella , is heating up.

mHealth 77

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 77

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 8, 2022

EveryDose is a digital health company committed to improving medication adherence through best-in-class technology. The Independa Health Hub enables new consumer LG smart TVs to help users care for family members remotely or assist older adults to be more independent. Not yet available. Learn more. Every Dose. Not yet available.

Digital Health 75

Digital Health Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

If there was a key trend in all of this racket, Sleep has become a tech obsession, the uptake of Digital Health is almost here, new variants of companions and assistants were pervasive, including Google Assistant inside everything and Amazon voice devices everywhere. Philips launched Philips Cares in the U.S.

Digital Health 107

Digital Health 107