Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2018

onsider the healthcare experiences we have endured – it’s a good time to consider a new way to interact with the health system. From a technology perspective, what is each players doing to help us use our voice to have a better health and patient engagement experience ? Are any of these initiatives tuned to the needs of older adults?

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 83

Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? from Deloitte. One in two U.S. “Macy’s?

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Digital Health Medicare Telehealth healthcare technology 195

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Google Nest Hub Max. " The Nest Hub Max, with its large screen, loud speakers, and built-in camera, is suitable device for keeping connected with family and friends Google Assistant and Nest teams have, well, teamed up, to improve that user experience for seniors to make their lives easier during these times. Learn more at SlashGear.

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Telehealth 134

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

And Google is no better with Pixel phones. The patient portals are now required for access to personal health data and to minimize clipboard use – and has spawned a raft of advice about its creation. See Market Overview Technology for Aging 2024 ] category tags: smartphones , wearables, smart watch , tablets , AgeTech

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Health Data 80

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It struck fear into the hearts of many, redirecting programmers (see arrival of Google Bard ). And this updated information will ideally be available to other medical providers, not to mention senior and home health care companies that will soon see the discharged patient. And last but not least, ubiquitous telemedicine – is it here?

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Telehealth Nursing Medicare Telemedicine 80

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

That grant's participating universities include Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon University, Oregon State University, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Oregon Health & Science University – sponsored by Microsoft and Google. And just in time. [

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Medical Billing 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Like Apple’s Siri, the software’s understanding of requests was relatively weak (compared to Google Assistant , which emerged in 2018 on Android and iOS). that retained context would enable actual conversations, that profiles about the user would enable care services to offer what was needed, even enabling personal health coaching.

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Telehealth 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

In an interview with Best Buy Health for their 800,000 recipient newsletter, these were the 7 trends we identified that will persist throughout the year -- and beyond. In-home care, home health care , remote patient monitoring (RPM) , fall detection , and other services that help older adults age in their homes are critical.

Health Technology 150

Health Technology Telehealth 150

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Google search reveals a number of YouTube videos on how to use the iPad, but none sanctioned by either AARP or Apple. But adding fall detection as a feature for the 65+ in Apple Health and the watch was a change. category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets. See vendor empathy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

This past week, Cambia Health released a survey of caregivers, 64% of surveyed caregivers use at least one digital tool to help them with caregiving. Add integration with voice capabilities like Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa and the ability to stream audio content directly to in-ear devices.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2022

Moving forward, profiles are likely to become more robust, linking across environments like health and travel records and preferences that extend beyond “Would you like to book the trip?” The Voice First personal health coach will be wise. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Telehealth 146

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

Analytics Cloud Computing Population Health Telehealth Workforce One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' David Chou serves as the CIO for a public academic health system. Region Tag: Global Edition. ' and more.

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Leadership EHR Telemedicine Telehealth 187

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Quite a few people will, though it is hard to get a real number – which is ironic, since Amazon, Google, Apple, Samsung, etc. For many simple interactions, there is almost no difference in capability between Amazon and Google offerings. January 8-9, 2019: Digital Health at CES in Las Vegas. all know how many they have shipped.

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HIPAA EHR Digital Health 94

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

In other wrap-up surprises, entrepreneurs are shifting to the enterprise for funding, or that the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake. Since 2020, several innovation accelerators, such as AppWorks Accelerator, Google Project Hatcher, and Draper, have guided the platform and offered their assistance. Healables. "M

Digital Health 140

Digital Health Pain management 140

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 31, 2018

Google discovers seniors (sort of) and thus a market is maybe born. There was a breathlessness to the CNBC article on July 23, 2018 – Google is mulling older adult applications for its Nest product line – particularly in senior housing settings, hopefully at less cost per installation than its website pricing. from Walmart.

Medicare 76

Medicare 76

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

who communicate with patients via Apple FaceTime, Facebook Messenger video chat, Google Hangouts video or Skype, but now they will temporarily suspend that process. On the other hand, Health 2.0 category tags: mHealth-Telehealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , healthcare. and here’s home care.

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HIPAA Telehealth mHealth Medicare 145

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2022

Here are six blog posts from the month of June: PERS Insider helpfully listed the most common PERS Google searches. Except for the deep-pocketed Medical Guardian which bought ads everywhere , these were all bracelets to help emergency workers determine a health issue. The result was bleak and informative. Or are we just lazy searchers?

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Connected Care Remote care 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Consider Care.com – total funding through its 2016 IPO of $156 million (mostly direct-to-consumer) – with Alphabet/Google as of 2016 as the last round and largest shareholder of the company. And given recent noisy issues about weak background checks , was it smart – and of what benefit will this firm to Google?

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Medicare 120

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

But here are 'answers': Bing Chat: There are many AI-enabled technologies that are available today to help older adults with various aspects of their health and well-being. category tags: Generative AI , fall prevention, fall detection Smart implants: Devices that can monitor vital signs, blood glucose levels, or medication intake 1.

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Telehealth Nursing 85

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Future growth of that category may slow due to market saturation or possible innovation cutbacks from vendors like Amazon and Google. Health and wellness. The abrupt shutdown of health visits during the pandemic triggered frenetic adoption of telehealth – now firmly entrenched as a care option on a smart phone, tablet or even on a TV.

Medicare 69

Medicare Telehealth Digital Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Cathedral Hill will debut the new smart devices to be ready for its first residents this spring with the help of Aiva Health, the leading virtual assistance platform for healthcare and senior living. Google Nest and Senior Living. Learn more. See recent reports: . Market Overview Technology for Aging January 2022.

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Telehealth 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

– and it is clear that the result is more complete than Google’s list of links. ChatGPT scares Google, takes the Internet by storm. In other wrap-up non-surprises, entrepreneurs are shifting to the enterprise for funding, or that the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake. Stay tuned. Read the report.

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Nursing Digital Health 121

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Two-factor authentication will likely be required as part of all online apps, including financial and health-related services. So mobile health devices, apps or medication reminders may be useful, but touch a tiny aspect of the whole person’s life or health. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive.

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Interoperability Mobile Health EHR 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Or CES 2019 , when Google Assistant was everywhere and today, when it appears to be ‘ going down the tubes.’ category tags: AgeTech , dementia care, cognitive decline , robotics , hearables/hearing technology These assertions have been made before, of course. Consider 2020, right before the start of COVID-19. consumers in 2024.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 18, 2018

Voice First is changing health and wellness offerings today. And AARP and Optum have initiated pilots to determine if this technology can help mitigate social isolation among the elderly and improve health outcomes. But there are experiments and pilots for using Voice First technologies for health and wellness applications.

mHealth 78

mHealth Digital Health HIPAA Telehealth 78

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

PERS Insider helpfully listed the most common PERS Google searches. Except for the deep-pocketed Medical Guardian which bought in everywhere, these were all bracelets to help emergency workers determine health issue in an emergency. The result was bleak and informative. Move further into the smarter watch space?

Nursing 131

Nursing Medicare Telehealth 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It struck fear into the hearts of many, redirecting programmers (see arrival of Google Bard ). announces the first-of-its-kind smart technology for the millions of people providing personal care to family members, especially those facing health challenges. Nomo Smart Care , a consumer kit for family caregivers. Nomo International, Inc.

Health Technology 75

Health Technology Nursing Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

BellPal , Freedom Guardian , Bay Alarm Medical , UnaliWear , HandsFree Health , FallCall Lite (Apple) – connect to a required response center. Add integration with voice capabilities like Siri , Google Assistant, and Alexa and the ability to stream audio content directly to in-ear devices. Voice first technology – in everything.

Remote care 118

Remote care Interoperability 118

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2020

Consider an upcoming HIMSS event in Orlando with the charming title: Monitoring Grandma: Adoption of Connected Health Tech by Seniors. But this is just the tip of the condescension iceberg: Go ahead, Google ‘technology grandma’. Back to monitoring, connected health or otherwise. How about free Wi-Fi and a smart speaker?

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mHealth Connected Health Medicare Nursing 100

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2018

Which could have been the Google scandal, the Twitter scandal, or even Amazon -- consolidation of industry players and using the data to sell them (or make ads ‘more effective’) or as with Amazon, sell them more stuff. Remember that Google gets 78% of all search ad dollars. Or when they form into near-monopolies like Amazon.

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Digital Health Health Data 67

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

In May, Google gave 1000 Nest Hub Max devices to residents in seven Merrill Gardens communities in Washington State. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , senior living , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Technology companies have stepped up to fill in some of the access gaps.

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Telehealth Nursing 124

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Investors continue to salivate over health tech. billion in Digital Health ( which means whatever you want it to mean.) Yes that is vertical integration in the continuum of care – specifically for health services to elderly Medicare recipients. category tags: Aging technology , Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Medicare Connected Health Nursing Digital Health 108

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 9, 2018

Look for a topic presented in a Google Alert, for example, telehealth. First click ‘No’ on whether to subscribe to a site for home health agencies , then study the ring of event ads. Ah, Google, let’s (not) be evil – it could be crushing other companies. category tags: social media , computers, internet and social networking.

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Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 30, 2019

The second annual event was last week – and you would think incorrectly that at least one writer from a national news media outlet would written about it by now, especially with 5000 attendees, sponsorships from Amazon and Google, 150 exhibitors, and numerous aw ards. Learn more at Bond.Ai. Speak2Software. Learn more at SurveysByVoice.

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mHealth Nursing Digital Health Telehealth 65

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. AARP Foundation , and Libertana Home Health , WebMD. category tags: voice/AI technology , senior living. or Answers by Cigna.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Most because it was difficult to absorb and rationalize so much tech news, hype, booths and convention center halls at the Digital Health Summit at CES 2019 – where a step counter status update may have been the most satisfying experience of all at the end of the day. Technology Tool Tarnish – Facebook, Twitter, Google, and LinkedIn.

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 77

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

The last published eMarketer survey in 2019 sized the software voice assistant (Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa et al.) That chasm highlighted the isolation in senior care facilities and in seniors' homes, widening the distance from families -- and highlighting lack of connection with health providers.

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Remote care Telehealth Patient Experience Nursing 120