Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Here are four observations from the just-completed research interviews on this topic: Machine learning and analytics convert population health to a ‘population of one.’ Avatars such as care.coach are emerging built on health protocols and large data sets. Tech tools offer training and concierge-like assistance.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2021

Primary topic: Population Health. Enterprise Taxonomy: Short Headline: Biden administration turns to tech to boost vaccine efforts Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Primary topic: Population Health Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: California law mandates 45-day supply of PPE; telehealth is No. 1 pandemic tech problem Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Digital Health Global

APRIL 17, 2024

Call for Proposals Now Open to Digital Health Startups to Compete on the CharmHealth Ecosystem PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS –(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AI — CharmHealth , a leader in healthcare technology solutions for providers, today announced the kickoff of its 2024 Innovation Challenge. 23-25, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2020

Primary topic: Population Health Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Pros, cons of using modern tech for mental health Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Primary topic: Quality and Safety Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Developing health tech for missons to the moon and beyond Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

During the pandemic, millions of people connected with Twitter to share thoughts and feelings about the pandemic…and their health. Tweets related to “broadband” were noted within the telemedicine/virtual health Twitter streams. Adopt sound security protocols and tech. Educate the workforce on these issues.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

You saw and considered the 2022 Tech Trends. But all that is just a beginning – early January brings the Consumer Electronics Show and many more innovations that can help older adults with health, mobility, cognitive issues, and caregiving. Here’s hoping that 2023 makes tech installation and integration easy for families and consumers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 20, 2024

Tech user experiences are deteriorating at a rapid rate – for all. And did we mention health care sites? Restaurants (and their tech providers) love them. Will AI help us with our individual tech user experience? If you have encountered any of the following, you know. My Chart , myself.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?) We’re still (mostly) talking about tech in the home to help family caregivers. Into this picture, what tech can be somewhat helpful? category tags: Home Care , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

Tech user experience experts focus on everyone except older adults. But there’s a problem: AARP’s tech trends survey from 2024 and their 2023 guidance from AARP on inclusive design practices, it’s clear and as the AARP report notes, “No one prefers badly designed, over-complicated products.” Is the user experience deteriorating?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50/5% -- during the same period.” Tech companies that serve senior care organizations certainly see the need for tech change. Execs site the potential for improvements in staff utilization, resident health and wellbeing, family communication, and more.

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 12, 2024

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #CharmHealth — CharmHealth , a leader in healthcare technology solutions for providers, today announced the launch of its health-tech marketplace, CharmHealthApps , a third-party vendor and innovation hub that aids in the discovery and acquisition of integrated healthcare-related products and services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

January 2024 brought announcements, updates and a plethora of new tech, some a dream in the eye of a startup, some in the market and some likely to improve lives, if not right away than soon. Here are the six blog posts from January 2024: Five policy changes that drive tech adoption. In tech, nothing is forever, though.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As we approach 2024 and the plethora of tech introductions from CES 2024, let's reflect. This past year underscored the demographic changes that have brought an aging population -- turning 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day -- into the sight lines of investors, startups and health providers. AgeTech is a niche market no more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

More programs are emerging to get older adults to tech parity. Then AARP and OATS joined together to teach tech to older adults. Boosting tech access to devices and broadband is a 2021 requirement. The social isolation brought on by Covid-19 was an eye-opener for tech firms, investors, retailers, and startups.

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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. These should be of particular note to startups and tech companies that want to reach the older adult market. Sensor technology shrinks and changes form for health care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

Has the tech user experience substantially improved? For years device and software tech ‘improved’ to a point of widespread optimism about our tech future. Or has the tech user experience also deteriorated? Restaurants and health facility check-in are but two examples. And so on and so forth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2023

as well as across an senior living organization, with outside service and health providers and with families. category tags: healthcare , home health care , Home Care , tech-enabled home care But at its core, it means sharing information about care recipients across disparate care provider entities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Primary topic: Mobile Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Sana Health takes home VentureConnect award for wearable, non-drug pain relief tech Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

The hype about ChatGPT and its peers has revolutionized the tech world. Add in the NSF grant to Georgia Tech for AI-CARING ($20 million) to help older adults, including those with dementia. And it is clear from current research that this revolution isn’t temporary, nor is it even sudden. And just in time. [

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care Full coverage: HIMSS22 APAC Health Conference News 5 sessions to look out for at HIMSS23 APAC Healthcare IT News’ APAC Managing Editor weighs in on the sessions he's looking forward. Get all the coverage from this event on this page.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

We know that one of the biggest issues in senior living (and home care, nursing homes, home health care) today is a shortage of labor. Do senior living providers see the need for tech investment? B ut is tech investment part of all senior care strategies? Who helps the resident with tech?

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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?” ” you ask.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2023

Use the usual searches for income, marital status, housing status, tech ownership. And likely more tech ownership. More suffer from health concerns that are different, more likely, or worse than the health conditions of 50-60-year-olds. category tags: Generative AI , AgeTech , Aging, ageism Don’t believe it?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Primary topic: Medical Devices Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Mobile tech ushers in 'golden time' of 24/7 health management Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 13, 2024

Two weeks ago, VIVE in Los Angeles , "The Only Digital Health Event Focused on You" was attended by 8000 people there to hear 300 speakers on topics of interest to payers, providers, and those interested in consumer health. Consider the recent big healthcare events. HIMSS this week – the website says it best: Now HIMSS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Ironically, it was not the big tech news of the month – eclipsed by an OpenAI introduction that had appeared in November, but was suddenly noticed – first in December in the media. Occasionally some tech really is NEW! Smaller by half (100,000) than in olden times, there were plenty of new tech offerings there. Stay tuned.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

In the tech innovation world, a decade is both a long and short time. In 2014, AARP’s Health Innovation @50+ sponsored a report, Challenging Innovators: Matching Offerings to the Needs of Older Adults. category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Rather, it suggested that while form factors are changing (from pendant to smart watch to home sensor technology), the shortage of labor in the caregiving market means that tech to help 66 million caregivers matters more than ever. Tech for quality of life – aging or not? And where does caregiver tech fit?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These two letters, AI, have risen to top of tech talk and media minds. A quick search reveals near hysteria in the media and near panic among leading tech firms. So as a result, tech firms want you to know that they are working on appropriate fixes. Consider The Internet of Caring Things.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As care delivery and consumer expectations change, the traditional fee-for-service model has already morphed into the new era of health-care consumerism – a patient-organized mix of self-care, urgent care, and in-home care. Between 60 and 80% of adults have searched online for health information.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

Every line in this Market Overview has been reviewed and updated to reflect the latest available links, trends, demographic data about older adults, policy changes, new products, as well as inclusion of available data about what tech they own and/or prefer. In addition, 30 entrants have been added to the index of companies.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The articles and tech industry focus on ‘aging in place’ and fear. category tags: aging in place , AgeTech , IoT and home monitoring , fall prevention, fall detection And it’s not unlike the ‘I’ve Fallen and I can’t Get Up’ fear. But wait… What if aging in place is media-fueled, but bad long-term for many (most) people?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 20, 2023

And as the interest in regulating TikTok has risen , Senator Amy Klobuchar noted that the tech lobby is so powerful that bills with "strong, bipartisan support" can fall apart "within 24 hours." But maybe the in-tech warnings will be helpful. category tags: Conversational and generative AI , AI and machine learning , AgeTech

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

The perfect storm has arrived to drive tech adoption in the home and care services. Introducing tech into home care has seemed, until fairly recently, a lost cause. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , home health care. There is no reason that neighborhood families could not share home care workers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

And finally, to cap things off, today the big guns of the tech industry, will spend seven hours behind closed doors discussing how to regulate AI. And as with all Gartner hype cycles and notable tech trends, even though execs are interested, most do not have an AI strategy. Consider the telehealth-enabled virtual patient sitter.

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