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Challenging Innovators to Design for Older Adults: 2014 -2024

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In that respect, nothing has changed, except the investors, featured companies and presenters, of course. Identify partnerships early (before launching) that can help propel adoption and long-term success, whether commercially or with non-profits. A technology buyer or influencer has different needs at life-stage transition points.

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With telehealth, one size won't fit all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Consider companies such as Amazon that have started offering primary care services through telehealth programs to their employees. These companies will focus on differentiating through superior online experiences and possibly lower-cost services as well. Insurance companies will follow.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Pharmaceutical companies will be collaborating extensively for manufacturing, supply chain requirements, post surveillance studies as well as storage. As the market evolves, early cancer detection pathways will become mainstream, and synergistic CDx (companion diagnostic) tests will foster this new standard in cancer care.

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In the time of CES 2022 -- advice to tech firms about older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

For early-stage companies, start locally – get to know a local home care agency, senior living company, or home security company. A home security company could help explain the benefits, for example, of care coordination, when selling tech to a home health agency. What they have in common?

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Allurion: first HealthTech IPO of 2023 via SPAC with Compute Health

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: Allurion, a weight loss company that makes a swallowable gastric balloon, went public this week on August 2, 2023 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Compute Health. Compute Health is a blank-check company that was formed to acquire a health care technology business.

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Five Health and Aging Blog Posts from August 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Companies and products worth noting in August. Industry analysts wear many hats, but the primary role is to understand and communicate about a particular category market of companies/players. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Why did Google Glass fail in Healthcare and overall with consumers?

Lloyd Price

However, the company continues to develop the technology and has released a number of enterprise versions of the device. Google Glass is still in its early stages of development, but it has the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with technology. In 2015, Google discontinued the consumer version of Google Glass.

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