Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 2, 2020

If your firm is in the remote care/caregiving space (health, telehealth, engagement), please comment or email and I will add to this list. And our family doctor’s staff initiated an offer of a Facetime (or Skype or Hangouts or other choice) for a follow-up visit instead of going into the office. Comments to the contrary are welcome.

Remote care 141

Remote care Telehealth mHealth Nursing 141

Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020. The photo underneath the star was printed from a local newspaper article showing public health and LTC staff wearing hazmat-type suits.

Public Health 279

Public Health Nursing Mental health Health Policy 279

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

This tough decision — to “use chemo or not to use chemo” — is among the toughest choices a doctor makes. If patients don’t understand what the notes say, and the differential costs of treatment options, full-on health engagement remains elusive. history, first issued July 29, 1998.

Medical Billing 217

Medical Billing Primary Care Pharmaceuticals 217

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Paddy Padmanabhan In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems saw dramatic spikes in virtual visits and telehealth adoption in the patient population. A study by non-profit group FAIR Health suggests a 4,000% increase in telehealth claims across the country in the first few months of the pandemic.

Telehealth 138

Telehealth Telemedicine Digital Health Remote care 138

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Network Infrastructure Telehealth Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. At nearly $15 billion, the funding surpasses the amount for the full year 2020.

Digital Health 151

Digital Health EHR Primary Care Connected Health 151

Insulin Nation

MARCH 26, 2020

“On March 23, 2020, an application for a biological product approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), including applications for insulins and other biological products, will be deemed to be a license for the product under the Public Health Service (PHS) Act,” explains a recent report from the FDA.

Pharmaceuticals 105

Pharmaceuticals Public Health 105

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2019

AARP recently surveyed the health impact (that’s good), but not the cost of correcting hearing loss. Insurance coverage – a nightmare patchwork of options. So let’s see – uncorrected hearing loss is correlated with poorer health outcomes, one of which could be fall risk, another dementia. There are few surveys (Pew has nothing!).

Medicare 106

Medicare 106

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

This is the tenth anniversary of the launch of this Market Overview of technology for ‘Aging in Place’, to be published in March 2019 – the category of offerings that help enable older adults to remain longer in their home of choice. Tapping and typing, required in 2009, is augmented and sometimes replaced by speaking.

mHealth 81

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 81

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 1, 2019

First the affordability gap of assisted living and the population that could benefit. Maybe high-end food choices could be trimmed, the lobby furniture more modest, or the long-shot on operational costs, noted in the Health Affairs the study : “Technology is already driving innovation. Count on it.

Nursing 86

Nursing Telehealth 86

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. Social determinants of health: The next stage of value-based care. Collection.

Healthcare IT 82

Healthcare IT EHR Meaningful Use Interoperability 82

GlobalMed

MAY 28, 2019

When a medical emergency hits – say, a car accident or a heart attack – no one’s first concern should be about the price tag attached to the ambulance or medical air transport. Using an air ambulance isn’t always a choice, either. Once the local dialysis community realized what was happening, they began avoiding Summit Hospital.

Telemedicine 75

Telemedicine Nursing Health Information 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 24, 2019

A decade ago, before our very first Market Overview, Halo Monitoring launched a wearable fall detection chest strap , realizing the press-the-button PERS devices might not be enough to keep older adults safe – what if they weren’t wearing it? Falls have been correlated with other health issues, associated with hearing loss and depression.

Telemedicine 127

Telemedicine 127

MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The pandemic pushed digital health to new heights – and there’s no going back. A 2017 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute/Greenwald & Associates showed that millennials rated virtual care as “extremely or very important” to their choice of medical provider. The Demand for Virtual Care. But this isn’t new news.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Mental health Telehealth Telecare 52

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Researching enables informed choices. 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. And surely plenty of young people are ignorant about making an informed choice. Let’s talk about your choices.'

Medicare 80

Medicare 80

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 19, 2023

The uptake of ‘voice first’ (versus ‘screen and keyboard first’) technologies in 2018 was a very big deal. Here are those reports: The Future of Voice First and Older Adults (2018). A new trend has emerged, pushing leading edge software developers to shift from mobile first to "voice first."

Remote care 118

Remote care Telehealth 118

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH).

Public Health 109

Public Health HIE Medicare Health IT 109

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2022

Angela Jones Angela Jones is a program manager in digital health transformation at Booz Allen Hamilton. Without realizing it, agencies have taken their first steps towards the promising future of intelligent healthcare. Region Tag: Global Edition. Some important considerations.

Patient Experience 177

Patient Experience Telehealth Connected Care Public Health 177

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Claus Jensen, chief innovation officer at Teladoc Health, says the question isn't just about what other kinds of healthcare can be made virtual. It's also about using clinical, technical and logistical tools to help patients make the best health decisions. What happened last time I saw a mental health provider?"

Telehealth 145

Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Healthcare IT 145

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

The corporate takeover of healthcare and the exodus of physicians from private practice into employed positions, combined with sub-par deployment of electronic health records and patient portals, has resulted in increasing patient and physician dissatisfaction with the current healthcare delivery model, he contended. Your hernia, your choice.

Telehealth 162

Telehealth Private practice EHR healthcare technology 162

Redox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In 2018, providers and payers released a consensus statement that called for improvements, and in 2019, the ONC leader had some choice words. Many of us have experienced a prior authorization (PA) process – when a doctor requests approval from a health insurance company before providing a medical service or treatment.

Interoperability 59

Interoperability EHR Patient Experience 59

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 8, 2022

EveryDose is a digital health company committed to improving medication adherence through best-in-class technology. Independa Health Hub. 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.

Digital Health 75

Digital Health Telehealth 75

Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Part 2 in this Person-First approach. A few weeks ago, on this podcast, I introduced you to a project I’ve been working on about Person-First Safe Living in a Pandemic. First, I focus my days on learning how people make health choices and decisions in real-time. Questions answered when needed in a useful manner?

Nursing 52

Nursing 52

Health Populi

MAY 11, 2023

We continue to track to evolving, expanding landscape of retail health — which we see as the expanding ecosystem of health/care accessible to people-as-health consumers. Let’s start with weight-loss, as several aspects of health/care come together in the consumer’s retail health sandbox.

Telemedicine 156

Telemedicine Digital Health Mental health Telehealth 156