Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Consumers already gravitate towards cloud software applications that work with ones they already use, including Gmail, Facebook, FaceTime, Teams, Zoom, Siri, and Google Assistant – with most of these working across multiple devices. Upgrades must be invisible or painless.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability Mobile Health EHR 69

TheraNest

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Create and verify a Google Business Profile. This should be the very start of any SEO strategy and is important because Google uses the fact that you have a Google My Business profile as additional proof that your website is legitimate. Remember, Google’s business is dependent on sending searchers to good websites.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 18, 2018

Ask questions to Google Assistant -- much like Apple’s Siri, shows both the promise and weakness of current offerings. The dilemma - to provide an answer to a question that exceeds (Google’s) 29-word brevity for the software’s spoken response. Home health care – perhaps the best fit for Voice First.

mHealth 78

mHealth Digital Health HIPAA Telehealth 78

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 5, 2018

Over the years, consider the pilots of Rendever (virtual reality) at Brookdale , Benchmark’s pilot of Google Home and Samsung tablets , or CarePredict in LifeWell facilities – just a few of the many. So where does Voice First technology fit into the senior living equation? category tags: voice/AI technology , senior living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 1, 2019

Lots of negative tech energy in 2018, including healthcare data breaches , Facebook’s loss of trust , ditto with Google and its much discussed anti-competitive positioning in search. The visibility of Facebook management issues and Google competitive quagmire may actually be good for consumers. Well, maybe make that 90 million.

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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? Sellers of these devices could offer more comprehensive training -- not just the device, but how/where it fits in the home network. Upgrades must be invisible or painless.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability Mobile Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2019

If your phone is enabling what you need (text, pics, email, browser, fitness tracking, social media) and you have no external motivation (like that family photo share ) you won’t upgrade unless your phone is broken or you are a tech glutton for punishment. category tags: smartphones, cell phones.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 30, 2018

He soon realized that his own patients, many of whom are lower-income and struggling with complex health problems, wouldn't adopt the same solutions as the tech workers in his Google network. In January, a single therapy to treat a rare form of blindness received a price tag of $850,000. Who's left out?

Pharmaceuticals 84

Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 84

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 14, 2018

A single release is inexpensive on Business Wire or PRNewsire -- content that will surface on newly-created Google alerts long after the launch date. On the flip side, if the service is in the process of nationwide expansion , call or stay tuned – maybe your product fits into the service or ecosystem.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

A single release is inexpensive on Business Wire or PRNewsire -- content that will surface on newly-created Google alerts long after the launch date. Especially if the product will be launched at a trade show, briefing analysts and reporters enables the firm to refer to the analyst to understand where the offering fits in an industry.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2018

Over the years, consider the pilots of Rendever (virtual reality) at Brookdale , Benchmark’s pilot of Google Home and Samsung tablets , or CarePredict in LifeWell facilities – just a few of the many. So where does Voice First technology fit into the senior living equation? Pilots are typically newsworthy at their start.

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TheraNest

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Many therapists have heard about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) but very few take the time to learn how to use SEO to rank on the first page of Google results. As a result, over time, your site will begin to show up on the first page of Google results. Most of us have been there – the main thing is not to stay in that rut.

Private practice 40

Private practice Mental health 40

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 21, 2018

Because Google says it was a ‘misunderstanding in the car’s software and from now on, the car will understand that large vehicles and buses will be less likely to yield.’. He does not see why his livelihood, which is already in jeopardy from Uber , should be further jeopardized because Googled upstarts say they can make it so.

Public Health 48

Public Health 48

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

A single release is inexpensive on Business Wire or PRNewsire -- content that will surface on newly-created Google alerts long after the launch date. On the flip side, if the service is in the process of nationwide expansion , call or stay tuned – maybe your product fits into the service or ecosystem.

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TheraNest

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Many therapists have heard about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) but very few take the time to learn how to use SEO to rank on the first page of Google results. As a result, over time, your site will begin to show up on the first page of Google results. Most of us have been there – the main thing is not to stay in that rut.

Private practice 40

Private practice Mental health 40

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 2, 2018

A single release is inexpensive on Business Wire or PRNewsire -- content that will surface on newly-created Google alerts long after the launch date -- and may live on somewhere even after the company is long gone. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , social media , Technology - AARP. Really now, are you ready? .

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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. Self-service increasingly matters in unexpected health categories.

Digital Health 107

Digital Health 107

Lloyd Price

JUNE 8, 2018

Rival bidders sniffed around, including, reportedly, Google-owned Nest. It sells connected-health products like a fitness-tracking watch, and bathroom scales that send your weight and BMI to a smartphone for display on a line graph. In the end I thought, ‘Yes, I will try.’” One realization hit hard.

Digital Health 40

Digital Health Connected Health Health Data 40

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. Self-service increasingly matters in unexpected health categories.

Digital Health 53

Digital Health 53