Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 30, 2018

Reading the employee microchip article – does it make you shudder? With the micro-chipping of employees – the convenience argument is ultra thin. Employees could opt out – but can a person with dementia? Well, robo-calling was banned by the FTC in 2009. Words like sustainable, appropriate, autonomous all come to mind.

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David Chou

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Healthcare executives need to take a holistic approach, addressing all aspects of the work environment to create a culture that supports and values employees' well-being. It does help but is the price tag something that health systems can justify vs. pay for a scribe in specific scenarios?

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This theory has been tested within the healthcare industry over the last few years as the COVID-19 pandemic aligned with, and expedited, the retirement of many employees in the Baby Boomer generation. Healthcare professionals have remained resilient over the course of the pandemic and the resulting stress has been well documented.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

And four companies released new offerings to help professional and family caregivers improve monitoring and well-being among older adults. Reading the employee microchip article – does it make you shudder? Observe the development and evolution of modifiers for the word technology. Read more here. Read more here.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

And the kicker: 81% of the employees of advertising agencies are younger than 55 -- their ageism is well-documented. category tags: Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , smart home , smartphones, cell phones. Does ad imagery explain why older people are largely ignored by Silicon Valley? misses that expectation by a mile.

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MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Millennials, the age group born between 1981 and 2000, now make up 35% of today’s employees. Not only do these employees bring different opinions and expectations to the workplace, but they also bring new demands – especially when it comes to their healthcare. What Younger Employees Want. But this isn’t new news.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 11, 2020

In the meantime, Here are some of their updates, in alphabetical order: Amwell (formerly American Well). CEO (and American Well founder) Dr. Roy Schoenberg noted that the pioneering telehealth company, founded in 2006, rebranded itself on March 9 as Amwell. In addition, HIMSS is in the process of arranging a digital version of HIMSS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 16, 2018

How about a large call center well-trained on speaking with and providing technology advice to older people, offering responses to users of phones and personal emergency response pendents? category tags: Mobile PERS , cell phones, smartphones , IoT and home monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

At the top of the retrieved page – an ad for ClearCare to help you 'improve client and employee management' – sounds like paid (agency) home care. There were more sessions acknowledging caregiving and even acknowledging aging adults -- as well as gnashing of teeth about non-adoption of technology in healthcare. It's crazy.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 8, 2018

With Careel back in charge after his two-year hiatus, those products will carry on, but Withings will also focus more on releasing products that have an obvious impact on health rather that the broader topic of wellness. “We And while Fitbit was in the “wellness and sports business, we were in the health business,” says Careel.

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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. The same type of solution was deployed for employee screening utilizing the REDCap survey system. The silver lining.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 28, 2021

According to a leaked memo, Google is dissolving its single unified health division and reassigning all consumer and enterprise projects across myriad teams internally, consisting of 570 employees. Next, we come to arguably the biggest reason big tech companies are not succeeding in healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Biofourmis’ remote patient monitoring and AI-based analytics technology, Biovitals, provides personalized predictive care by leveraging active and passive data collected from clinical-grade patient wearables that continuously monitor more than 20 physiological parameters, as well as patient-captured data from a mobile app.

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GlobalMed

MAY 27, 2020

From specialist shortages to long wait times to transportation barriers, many people around the world don’t live near well-equipped hospitals that provide readily available access to care—leaving rural residents to either travel for care or go without the healthcare resources they need. Four Ways Telemedicine is Improving Access to Care.

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