Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Independa. "T he Independa Health Hub enables LG smart TVs to offer an intuitive interface for users to initiate a video chat with a caregiver or access a menu of relevant professional services. category tags: Television/Smart TV , computers, broadband, and social networking. Learn more at Caavo. Learn more at ONSCREEN. Saltbox TV.

Pharmaceuticals 120

Pharmaceuticals Telehealth HIPAA 120

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Perhaps there is an unrelated health issue, and they're concerned about whether he/she is taking medications correctly or making it to medical appointments. If their family member is still driving, a smart phone app for turn-by-turn directions as well as a “wearable” to help their loved one find his/her way. Home safety.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

GreatCall Jitterbug Smart2 and Link App. GreatCall Link helps keep friends and family updated on your health and safety. Our aim is to help reduce social isolation in this population and mitigate the associated negative health outcomes. category tags: social isolation , computers, internet and social networking.

Nursing 127

Nursing 127

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 30, 2019

However, that same survey revealed low trust in online safety, and generally low trust in institutions to keep their personal data safe, a justified worry, given the number of data breaches that occurred during 2018. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

For safety-oriented apps and sites that include the role of the senior, it’s critical to verify identify among provider and user roles. Two-factor authentication will likely be required as part of all online apps, including financial and health-related services. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability Mobile Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

As with other market segments, the hearing health market saw the opportunity to promote their teleaudiology (or tele-audiology ) services for those who already own telehealth-capable hearing aids that may need adjustment. This new measure enhances patient safety by reducing the need for an in-office visit." Learn more at Starkey.

Remote care 69

Remote care Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

As with other market segments, the hearing health market saw the opportunity to promote their teleaudiology (or tele-audiology ) services for those who already own telehealth-capable hearing aids that may need adjustment. This new measure enhances patient safety by reducing the need for an in-office visit." Learn more at Starkey.

Remote care 69

Remote care Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 7, 2019

How do wearables contribute to health and wellbeing of older adults? Or to put the question another way, what is it that these devices do that can help maintain or improve health, noting that 32% of baby boomers today get no exercise whatsoever , according to the CDC. Was it the coolness of the Apple Watch?

mHealth 107

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 107

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A competition winner here, a spotlight on hearing there , health tech here – here a robot , there a drone – everywhere a bus ride and 170,000 people, all apparently young and agile. Kinesis Balance App. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. All content is drawn from the company websites.

Primary Care 75

Primary Care Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2018

According to the Wall Street Journal article, Tesla promised to release safety data on its self-driving tech regularly starting next quarter, though they have not said what sort of data and what could be gleaned from it -- perhaps in advance of another series (see link) of crashes. What apps? Oh, well, Facebook won’t say.

mHealth 67

mHealth Digital Health Interoperability Telehealth 67

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2019

"She’s a state of the art, 3D animated caregiver designed to engage aging and chronically ill clients throughout the home to supplement their care and to provide various health and safety features. She measures health performance, rewards her users for making progress, collects vitals and conducts in-home examinations."

Digital Health 96

Digital Health 96

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2019

For those who see a wearable in a health context, they may be disappointed to know that their doctor doesn’t seem to care or know what to do with your heart rhythm data. Integration with other services matters: Smartphone app integration is not required, but it can be useful. You may collect your own data for your own tracking and use.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Here are four blog posts from September 2018: Investors continue to salivate over health tech. billion invested 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. Gee, what do they do?

Medicare 94

Medicare Nursing Digital Health 94

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 21, 2018

Meanwhile over in Congress and ‘government oversight’, self-driving car regulations were loosened in July, enabling federal safety regulations to override those of states. Because ‘boosting the industry is vital to car safety.’ Traffic deaths are a 'public health crisis that cannot be tolerated.' Into health care?

Public Health 48

Public Health 48

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2019

"She’s a state of the art, 3D animated caregiver designed to engage aging and chronically ill clients throughout the home to supplement their care and to provide various health and safety features. She measures health performance, rewards her users for making progress, collects vitals and conducts in-home examinations."

Digital Health 77

Digital Health 77

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 16, 2018

"We believe technology has the potential to foster healthy, productive lives by enabling easier access to information and medical care," says Kurt Hulander, then senior director of health platforms at Best Buy. . In 2018, it began loud hints about the opportunity in health technologies and the elderly.

Health Technology 59

Health Technology 59

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2019

Today, perhaps due to pending boomer bulge, innovators and their funders may be having a somewhat easier time, at least in some market categories – health, home care, transportation come to mind. ReemoHealth Remote Mobile Health Platform. Learn more at Reemo Health. Learn more at Oticon. Learn more at LocateMotion.

mHealth 111

mHealth Mobile Health Patient Experience Nursing 111

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 24, 2019

Falls have been correlated with other health issues, associated with hearing loss and depression. Since MyNotifi is worn on the wrist or on the belt line and is smart app driven, it can travel with you maintaining a continuous fall detection signal. Connect VitalBand to our emergency medical response center for 24/7 safety coverage.

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Telemedicine 127

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. CareMount also experienced some difficulties with app access from an audio/visual perspective. " Dr. Lisa R.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Primary Care 164

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

CareDaily is the only brandable AI+IoT platform that provides hero solution providers with their own app store of AI Assistants to care daily for people, places, and things. CarePredict. " We are focused on identifying patterns in the daily lives of seniors that can predict declines in their health and enable early intervention.

Nursing 136

Nursing 136

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 21, 2020

These sensors monitor your loved ones’ activities and feed information to our app. Open the app to find data that shows whether your loved one is eating, sleeping normally and moving around. All the technology will be monitored in an intuitive app for family members to keep an eye on a loved one. Forma SafeHome.

Health Data 164

Health Data Digital Health Telehealth 164

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

Analytics Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as the single largest disruptor in the history of American healthcare. A cross-functional team across the health system came together to build the program quickly. Geisinger This post was co-authored by Rebecca A.

Leadership 112

Leadership Community practice Primary Care Telemedicine 112

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2020

the app will give off an alarm to notify all family members. A user may also open the app interface and see a real-time video of the home's interior." HomeFit AR is an augmented reality app created from the solutions in the AARP HomeFit Guide. Not yet available. Learn more at Taiwan Tech Arena. Essence Group Fall Detector Radar.

mHealth 121

mHealth Digital Health Telemedicine Telehealth 121

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies. Bardy Diagnostics.

Connected Health 183

Connected Health Telehealth Pharmaceuticals EHR 183

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

HIMSS 2019 is where 40,000 health IT enthusiasts engage. Per their own by-the-numbers charts , you see a picture of the scale of it -- more than 40,000 attendees wanted to be in Orlando, braving weather-related travel obstacles, obtain any required continuing education units – and ideally see as much as possible of the 1300 vendor exhibits.

mHealth 69

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth Health IT 69

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

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