Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

HomeHero ($23 million, direct-to-consumer) shut down in 2017, “more bluster than disrupter ” – including a link to founder Kyle Hill’s whiny story of disillusionment that made him ‘hang up his cape.’ The company was a direct-to-consumer offering to match caregivers with those looking for them , primarily in the greater New York area.

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Medicare 120

Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. I was grateful to have an opportunity to share my views with attendees on the vision patient as health consumer through the health economic lens.

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HIPAA Medical Billing Leadership Public Health 246

Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

The annual conference of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) convened this week, and I was grateful to attend and speak on the evolving retail health landscape yesterday. Gary looked back at that era, realizing his father’s understanding of consumer needs at retail. medical system in terms of direct costs.

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BioTech Life Science Leadership Medicare 149

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

But for the general consumer marketplace, there is some optimism about flip phones and the potential comeback. In addition, consumers are owning smartphones far longer , than 2 years – and may not see a reason to upgrade to a pricier device. Standards for consumer tech benefit older adults.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The press releases for next week’s 2023 Consumer Electronics Show are stacking up. OTC (Over-the-Counter) Hearing Aids approved for sale direct to consumers. category tags: smartphones , smart home , AI and machine learning , Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , fall prevention, fall detection.

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Medicare Interoperability Nursing 144

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

consumers in 2024.” category tags: AgeTech , dementia care, cognitive decline , robotics , hearables/hearing technology Already a proven care tech device in the European market and senior living facilities in the U.S., Nobi also announced plans to bring its full line of smart lamps directly to U.S. Learn more. WIM from WIRobotics. “U

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Pajama-like clothing is the only way to consume the content vastness of this entirely online Consumer Electronics Show with 500 exhibits, 70,000 registered attendees, and 3 full days of sessions, many pre-recorded, some live. Laptops were hot (remember the Ultrabook?) Voice First and the Apple Watch had not emerged.

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HIPAA Nursing Telehealth 141

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

The failure of previous direct-to-consumer approache s underscored the fallacy of inventor-centric thinking that ‘if we create it, they will buy it from us’ or at least find it on Amazon. category tags: CES 2022 , smartphones , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive.

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Interoperability Mobile Health 69

Lloyd Price

MAY 29, 2023

It could be used to do things like take pictures, send messages, and get directions, but it could not do many of the things that people expect from a smartphone. The device can be used to do things like take pictures, send messages, get directions, and access the internet. Google Glass was initially met with a lot of excitement.

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Nursing 81

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Consumers are on board with telehealth , and engagement technologies like smartphones and tablets are offered through Medicare Advantage , plus a wave of other pandemic-related tactics and free offerings appeared. category tags: covid-19 , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , senior living , Technology - AARP , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Nursing Telehealth Medicare Digital Health 95

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Consumers want self-service in all aspects of their lives – and hearing aids are no different. Not surprisingly self-service offerings (Direct to Consumer or DTC) appear to be correlated with lower price. Consumers may be confused, but as the MarkeTrak report noted, they are the biggest beneficiary.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 20, 2021

For people with mild low vision, reading fatigue, reading difficulties including dyslexia, and for anyone who consumes large amounts of text. This week, eyewear company VOY Glasses, was awarded the 2021 Innovation Award in Wearable Technology at the prestigious Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for its Tunable Eyeglasses. Orcam Read. “

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 7, 2019

Did something happen recently propelling sales up 51% that pushed consumers out the door to buy a wearable, like a fitness band or a smartwatch? We have grown increasingly dependent on GPS Location-tracking as part of mapping and directions, trusting it sometimes over common sense. Was it the coolness of the Apple Watch?

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 107

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2023

Though with its initial user calculation at 100 million, it now appears the fastest growing 'consumer' application in history. Here are five current examples, all information was drawn directly from the vendor websites: Read more. category tags: AI and machine learning , Generative AI , computers, broadband, and social networking

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Medical Billing 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Among the 30 interviewees across 28 organizations, including Microsoft, AARP, Best Buy Health, Home Instead, and the Consumer Technology Association, here are a few of the themes that emerged from these conversations: Connection matters – tech connectivity is a pre-requisite.

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Remote care Telehealth Medicare Primary Care 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

Given the early user base of ChatGPT (optimizing language models for dialogue), 100 million within the first few months, clearly developers, investors, and consumers agree. Note: Please see the 2023 updated Market Overview Technology for Aging ] category tags: Generative AI , aging in place , AgeTech , baby boomers , AI and machine learning

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2019

This is in an era where hearing aids have evolved to incorporate embedded AI, fall detection, direct connections for phone calls, and numerous other features and functions. Which of course has led to the effort to sell hearing aids directly to consumer (remember that commercial?) They’ are audiologists.

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Medicare 106

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

Given the early user base of ChatGPT (optimizing language models for dialogue), 100 million within the first few months, clearly developers, investors, and consumers agree. Note: Please see the 2023 updated Market Overview Technology for Aging ] category tags: Generative AI , aging in place , AgeTech , baby boomers

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2020

Meanwhile, a wave of nursing home ‘transparency’ directives emerges from CMS , the nursing home regulator. This AHCA observation was that the revised Five Star system would cause a slip in ratings , which would lead to consumer confusion, etc., category tags: Seniors , SNF , senior living. Most important?

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Nursing 110

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Include the larger population of service providers, not just its own members, in its 'consumer' online search for services , for another. category tags: senior living , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Partner with the Village to Village Network with 200 active villages and many others launching. Learn more at OneCLick.chat.

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Nursing 125

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

At the end of April, ninety million US adults were estimated to own smart speakers , one-third of consumers. You tap, speak directives or even yell at them in annoyance. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Aging, ageism. as penetrating one third of the US population – 111.8

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Remote care Telehealth Patient Experience Nursing 120

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2018

For consumers and professionals, consider the role of: Amplified TV Sound, amplified phones, and visual indicators. Consumer Reports recently updated its recommendations for improving TV sound , for those with some hearing loss. And the biggest list of all for consumers, the 70+ best apps for each specific use. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

Consumers are on board with telehealth , and engagement technologies like smartphones and tablets are offered through Medicare Advantage , plus a wave of other pandemic-related tactics and free offerings appeared. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , medication management , social isolation , covid-19 , Aging, ageism.

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Health Technology Telehealth Medicare 91

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2022

The point of the pixel was to help in tracking consumer responses to advertising. Like many privacy violations and data misuse on the Internet, consumers are usually powerless other than voting with our feet. category tags: Home Care , Mobile PERS , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , AI , social media.

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Connected Care Remote care 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 13, 2020

Built as an add-on to the PilloHealth robotic device, " the PAL tray provides patients with a convenient prefilled pharmacy consumable designed for seamless integration with the Pillo Health device. category tags: medication management , covid-19 , social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. Learn more at MediPense.

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HIPAA Nursing Health Data 89

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 20, 2021

For people with mild low vision, reading fatigue, reading difficulties including dyslexia, and for anyone who consumes large amounts of text. This week, eyewear company VOY Glasses, was awarded the 2021 Innovation Award in Wearable Technology at the prestigious Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for its Tunable Eyeglasses. OrCam Read. “

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

What Facebook’s breach will cost consumers – no one knows yet, but with that volume, it can’t be good news for users. Reversing highway direction and talking constantly about evacuation sounds like a plan – but some observe that the distance required to evacuate to safety could be as much as 250-300 miles. Rant on. Read more here.

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Medicare Nursing Digital Health 94

mHealth Watch

JUNE 9, 2023

Some people even consume red raspberry fruit extract regularly for its antioxidants. Dosage It is essential to consume one pill daily. The product is returnable to the manufacturer within 60 days of the purchase if a consumer does not witness any changes. It is tagged as a non-GMO product.

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Health IT 60

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 17, 2019

Consider this phrase from the report: “design-for-all technologies will provide our own personalized network of devices that recognize where they are through our authorized and turned-on GPS location tracking; they automatically know streets have changed and offer the latest directions—no need to download new maps.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2018

First there is the significant uptake of voice-enabled technology, was forecast to be transformative , and so it was, in senior living, in the homes and families of seniors, and as an interface in newer cars to make giving and hearing directions easier. Look at the history of Best Buy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2023

But depending on circumstances and health status, it should be straightforward to decide on the right direction, again knowing that a decision is not permanent. By the way, if CMS is ‘restricting’ Medicare Advantage plan advertising , that is not yet visible to a TV viewer. Is this really a market for suckers? Let’s talk about your choices.'

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Medicare 80

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

Healthcare enterprises that rapidly built up virtual care through ready-to-deploy consumer technologies are looking closely at the suitability of the platforms for enterprise-level scaling. I discuss a few of these and their potential impact on healthcare consumer experiences. The future of telehealth seems assured.

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Telehealth Digital Health Interoperability Public Health 213

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 11, 2023

Somalytics' eye, gesture, touch and fluid monitoring sensors offer transformative solutions for eye tracking, consumer electronics, IoT, health and wellness, transportation, and more. category tags: robotics , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living , IoT and home monitoring. Learn more. Electronic Caregiver Group.

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Telecare Digital Health Telehealth 150

Lloyd Price

JUNE 25, 2018

A direct result of 70+ secure text messaging solutions being available is competition, innovation and the need to diversify. Scheduling accuracy improved by 20% and an 80% reduction in phone tag was recorded.

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Digital Health Nursing Primary Care HIPAA 91

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

This digital platform will enable contact-tracing employees to reach more individuals in a short amount of time and create various digital channels for the consumer to interact with the contact tracing program. Phone calls are the primary method currently, but plans are underway to augment the calls leveraging a digital platform.

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Leadership Community practice Primary Care Telemedicine 112

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2019

"CarePredict, the leading digital health company that provides preventive healthcare solution for senior adults announced today the launch of their direct-to-consumer product, CarePredict Home, at CES 2019, the world’s largest consumer technology show. Learn more at Essence. EyeQue Vision Tracker. Learn more at EyeQue.

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Digital Health 107

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

My staff knows to tag me in any questions that are outside the norm so the answer comes from me. "Klara allows us to follow patients in real time in an unprecedented manner and truly follow our results over time to allow us to provide our patients with the consumer value they deserve," he said.

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Telehealth Private practice EHR healthcare technology 162