Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

Add in the NSF grant to Georgia Tech for AI-CARING ($20 million) to help older adults, including those with dementia. The new report, The Future of AI and Older Adults, will be completed this summer and published on this site.] category tags: AgeTech , Generative AI , computers, broadband, and social networking , senior living

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Digital Health Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

The round brings DexCare’s total funding to $146M as it looks to help health systems attract new patients, capture more downstream revenue, and control costs to fuel growth. The Takeaway Although the “digital front door” tag might be overplayed, DexCare’s platform really lives up to the title.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. Remote monitoring tools and mobile health apps and services took center stage.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

According to Gartner’s January 2021 forecast , this was driven by increased consumer interest in tracking their health status during the pandemic (smart watches) and the growth of remote work (purchases and upgrades to headphones and ear-warn devices). Wearables are increasingly providing health status signals, some useful, some not.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

From appointment booking to post-discharge follow-up, hospitals and health systems are striving to innovate and personalize the way people navigate their care journey. News The future of healthcare: What 2022 could bring A look ahead at what the uptick in interest and usage of digital health will mean for the future of. The office.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 14, 2019

And working longer is a result – at 65, 20% are still in the workforce – and they are twice as likely to be working as they were at the same age in 1985. The remainder will remain longer in their own homes, ‘aging in place’ and utilizing services like home care and home health care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2022

And yet, post Covid-19, so many government agencies, the White House , universities and for-profit companies want to boost that adoption to mitigate social isolation, boost access to telehealth, nutrition and even a basic, finding health information. At 65, both men and women can expect to live another 20 years on average.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

And many forward-thinking hospitals and health systems are finding significant clinical, financial and operational ROI for their efforts. By Bill Siwicki | August 03, 2023 News Community Health Systems improves chronic condition outcomes with RPM Remote patient monitoring has helped the health system boost patient engagement, improve patient.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2020

If you hadn’t tuned into the Health Populi blog yesterday, 10th August 2020 , you missed the first five letters of my Age of Corona alphabet, curated in my art journal created in the early weeks of the pandemic. health citizens into hygiene shoppers. “H” is for hand-washing. “I” is for Italy.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

“The search tool may always be a work in progress because we manually add each publication—we read every paper before including it, to ensure its scientific validity, its relevance, and proper tagging. Current samples: 12/14/20: Open Notes 101 Webinar and Office Hours with Sara Jackson, MD, MPH, and Cait DesRoches, DrPH.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2019

HIT Best Practices Series This 20-part series examines in-depth what it takes to deploy today's most necessary technology and tools, with expert advice from IT pros who are leading the charge. We'll share insights about everything from AI and cloud computing to telemedicine and population health. by Bill Siwicki March 20, 2019.

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Health IT Patient Experience Telehealth Healthcare Innovation 92

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

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. category tags: Mobile PERS , PERS , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , wearables, smart watch. Move further into the smarter watch space?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This remains true, said researchers from the Department of Population Health Sciences and Policy, even after adjusting for age, comorbidities and preferred language. "While telehealth has many benefits, especially during a global pandemic, it may create and/or exacerbate health disparities," wrote the research team.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. I was grateful to have an opportunity to share my views with attendees on the vision patient as health consumer through the health economic lens.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

Their 776-person sample of those aged 70+ showed 62% owning smartphones, and smaller percentages with tablets (40%), with fewer than 20% having any of smart homes or wearables or home assistants. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , senior living , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 20, 2020

Approaching the 20 th year in this job category, so let’s reflect. These days, given the overlap in the health and aging tech marketplaces – and the needs of older adults, it is useful to understand that overlap and pitch to it (versus exclusively one or the other). OPINION ON. OPINION OFF. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

Health-related technology adoption. Only 53% of responders had ‘used any of these’ – an d the percentage using technology to track care recipient finances (35%) or health records (30%) was quite low. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Family caregivers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

When assembling the 2019 tenth anniversary version, it was apparent that this year reflects change -- in the supply-demand balance in the overbuilt senior housing market, in policy changes driving health care services into the home, in market forecasts, and in the mix of vendors who serve the market.

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mHealth Interoperability Medicare Digital Health 108

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

But according to a late 2019 AARP survey , only 20% of the 50+ population use voice assistants – and for the 70+, only 12%. 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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

Government & Policy Population Health Telehealth The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is funding new efforts to help counties and municipalities build high-speed broadband networks. "Underserved" homes are defined as those that lack access to 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 24, 2019

Voice First in health -- examples proliferate – is this a fad, or is there staying power? The process will incorporate interviews with 20-30 experts/stakeholders. Why tackle the topic of voice, health, and well-being? Speech recognition, for example, will penetrate 80% of mobile devices by 2020.

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Now add in the shortage of workers in home care , health care , and nursing homes. By 2030, 20% of the US population will be over the age of 65 -- and likely to be obese and living for at least 8 years with some level of disability. Combine that change with the ‘ Forgotten Middle Market’ of senior living. Welcome to iPad!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 19, 2018

And the sub-topics of categories -- Communication & Engagement, Safety & Security, Health & Wellness, Learning & Contribution – remain as the collective elements of a framework that can make it so. . They believe this despite knowing that the Apple watch has $400 price tag and it lacks a call center. Attachment Size.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This medication non-adherence (not filling prescriptions or missing dosages) is a major health issue – resulting in 10% of hospitalizations, 125,000 deaths, and costing the healthcare system up to $300 billion/year. My cousin took meds from as many 20 different bottles. category tags: medication management. per month.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2009, there were specialized email services that converted an online message into paper form; WiFi in seniors’ homes or senior living residences was rare; the mobile PERS offerings were just a concept; the iPad had not been announced; Digital Health was three years away; and Voice First offerings would not appear for another five years.

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 81

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

Connecting with the patient, obtaining their vitals, noting exceptions and issues, and providing feedback and guidance to them is key to helping patients manage their post discharge recovery, their chronic conditions, or note the early signs of health problems that could be mitigated before becoming a crisis. How is RPM delivered?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 5, 2018

AARP Foundation , and Libertana Home Health , WebMD. And new entrants are emerging to tackle Voice First in healthcare – see Suki’s recent raise of $20 million – perhaps hoping to beat Amazon to the behemoth’s own healthcare punch. category tags: voice/AI technology , senior living. or Answers by Cigna.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

But according to a late 2019 AARP survey , only 20% of the 50+ population use voice assistants – and for the 70+, only 12%. Approaching the 20 th year in this job category, so let’s reflect. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. OPINION ON.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2018

Given expanding life expectancies at age 65 – an average of 20 more years for men and more for women, the possibility of ‘aging in place’ in a private home may be growing. Note that hearing loss has been linked to dementia and to social isolation – and that in turn has been connected to poorer health outcomes.

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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. Lantus Example.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 5, 2023

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

During the Covid-19 outbreak, only 31% of the 65+ said the Internet was essential; 49% said it was important but not essential, and 20% said it was not too/not at all important, with likely those with more education believing it to be essential.

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Health Technology Nursing Medicare Telehealth 78

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2018

Note that hearing loss has been linked to dementia and to social isolation – and that in turn has been connected to poorer health outcomes. According to studies, among adults aged 70 and older with hearing loss who could benefit from hearing aids, fewer than one in five (20 percent) has ever used them. Why such a small percentage?

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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Her team tested a new type of infrared laser on healthy volunteers to get their blood sugar readings before and after they ate 20 jellybeans; they also tested the volunteers with old-fashioned bloodletting, according to Medical News Today. It is worn on the back of the arm, is about the size of a quarter, and is attached by a tiny filament.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2018

And investors have regularly run screaming from the ‘older adult’ category, preferring to view the whole bucket as ‘health’. Technology utilization among older adults grew. Note that hearing loss has been linked to dementia and to social isolation – and that in turn has been connected to poorer health outcomes. Feb, 2018).

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In the last 20 years, telemedicine has radically cut healthcare costs and brought life-saving care into rural and underserved areas ; during the same period, cybercrime has boomed, with attackers repeatedly targeting healthcare organizations’ rich stores of valuable data. Healthcare’s Insecurity Complex.

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