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

JANUARY 17, 2023

Older people, consumers of a significant portion of healthcare spending, will need and use many of the so-called digital health technology categories. . Fifty-three million Americans are providing care to someone with health or functional needs – in short, they are family caregivers. Smart displays and interfaces will be ubiquitous.

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Remote care Digital Health Health Technology Telehealth 131

Clear Arch Health

JANUARY 10, 2024

2024 got off to an auspicious and promising start for the everyone vested in promoting telehealth and remote patient monitoring as viable solutions to advancing health equity and providing high-quality care to rural and geographically isolated U.S. And, Clear Arch Health is thrilled to play a role!

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Healthcare Innovation Medicare Telehealth healthcare technology 52

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For the market of technology for older adults, it offered a smartwatch with built-in fall detection and other numerous health features, which it continues to introduce. The data collected can be used for personalization, upselling new products or services, and has the potential for predicting future behaviors or track changes over time.

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Digital Health 135

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

The news articles pile up – assisted living and nursing home staffing shortages ; stranding older adults without home health care ; keeping patients in hospitals longer because of lack of care; nursing home staffing crisis ; Medicaid paying family members to provide care , low wages and low unemployment worsen care situation , and on and on.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

And their role tracking trips to the bathroom has been useful in detecting UTIs , identifying wanderers , alerting about sleep issues , noting whether a person has eaten. In senior living or home care, permission to track this type of information is likely (hopefully) given at the onboarding of a new care recipient or resident.

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Nursing 135

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

What Parks titles ‘The Senior Assistive Solution Spectrum’ includes non-tech categories, including home accessibility improvements, DME products like wheelchairs, ramps, shower seats, as well as medication tracking. category tags: AgeTech , computers, broadband, and social networking , hearables , smartphones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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. Our care marketplace connects clients with great, affordable care from pre-health college students. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 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, avoiding emergency rooms or long wait for a doctor visit. Healthcare delivery is migrating away from the hospital.

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Telehealth Mental health Nursing Health Information 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Myant Health. They developed smart underwear that could become one of the most reliable and effective ways to detect and prevent health issues. Sensoria Health. " It also tracks the time the clinician spends on each patient per month to facilitate remote patient monitoring billing." Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Video visits, temperature sensors and wearables can replace the need for clinic visits. Video visits, infrared temperature sensors, mobile health, and wearables replace the need for clinic visits.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The Washington State legislature passed House Bill 1155, aka the My Health, My Data Act , last week. The bill expands privacy protections for Washington State’s health citizens beyond HIPAA’s provisions. ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

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HIPAA Health Data Health Information Digital Health 156

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. category tags: senior living , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Telehealth Digital Health EHR Nursing 156

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. Portable devices and wearable intelligence: Gadgets that can track physical activity, detect falls, or alert emergency services 1 2.

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Telehealth Nursing 85

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Toch Sleepsense alerts caregivers in real time when a senior is out of bed, has not returned to bed or may be experiencing a health emergency while in bed. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline , AgeTech , smartphones, cellphones Learn more at BoundaryCare. Learn more at Toch Sleepsense.

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HIPAA Nursing 118

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This followed late-year 2020 activity, including the $10 million in funding for tech training company GetSetUp and the $18 million of funding for Papa from Comcast Ventures to combat social isolation in older adults and launch tech-enabled health offering called Papa Health. category tags: computers, internet and social networking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

With so many entrants in the AgeTech, accessibility and health categories seeking visibility and possible global reach. And there are numerous separate focal points for tech for older adults (see Samsung Health House ) and a CTA Foundation Pitch Competition. MindMics Heart Health System. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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Digital Health 139

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The devices turned out to be extremely useful – from taking pictures to getting directions to texting with relatives to use of social media sites to depositing a check and verifying a bank balance, tracking steps and changes in health status and on and on. category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Worse, for many older adults, isolation is a worsening health issue that we will hear more about as shutdowns continue and shut-in becomes the virtual norm. We’ve seen how technology and innovation in other verticals of healthcare have created better treatments, cost-savings, and health outcomes that have ultimately improved lives.

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eCare Remote care HIPAA Medicare 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2021

One of these was the Longevity Health & Innovation Summit , which featured numerous longevity and technology experts as well as a pitch challenge. Karie is a personal health companion that organizes, schedules, and dispenses pills with one-button technology, ensuring that patients are taking the right medication at the right time.

Digital Health 138

Digital Health 138

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

TouchPoint is the companion of another CarePredict product called Tempo, which is a wearable device, similar to a watch or wristband, designed to track subtle changes in a senior’s daily activities and behavior. This program is for everyone who takes their overall health seriously and wants to try to prevent a heart attack or stroke.

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HIPAA Nursing Telehealth 141

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. Track your exercise. Was it the coolness of the Apple Watch?

mHealth 107

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 107

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

These future systems would offer vital signs monitoring and be integrated with health applications – and even health systems. They would track patterns with yet-to-be-named machine learning, and useful and predictive analytics would be delivered to designated responders. Are we there yet? Is all of this good enough?

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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. The Petnow app can solve the problems of the existing pet identification methods such as microchips, tags, and collars that are prone to damage or loss, and it is beginning to enter the U.S.

Digital Health 140

Digital Health Pain management 140

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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Remote care Telehealth HIPAA Medicare 89

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

This will include a look at home health care, home care, and the discharge processes from hospitals. category tags: tech-enabled home care , Home Care , AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , AgeTech As seen in 2012, the future of home care would transform, supported by software.

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Nursing 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions, mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , healthcare , digital health. Déjà vu all over again. You get the idea.

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Health Technology Nursing Digital Health 114

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. What happens when people avoid health-related in-person care? But is telehealth viable for the oldest?

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Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 105

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

On the other hand, Health 2.0 is tracking technology innovations in the time of Covid-19 , noting the categories of innovation and the open calls for help in that category. category tags: mHealth-Telehealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , healthcare. and here’s home care. More when there’s more.

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HIPAA Telehealth mHealth Medicare 145

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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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. GPS Tracking. that point, a wearable with location tracking may help keep their loved one safe and reduce worry about getting lost near their home. Location tracking tools.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2020

Learn more at Aloe Care Health. Handsfree Health. HandsFree Health™ is committed to creating health and wellness platforms that keep you and your loved ones on track to good health. Learn more at HandsFree Health. Learn more at Global Wireless Health. EnvoyatHome. Getting started is easy.

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 133

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

RockHealth, the “first venture fund dedicated to digital health”, has declared this year a turning point in the market of offerings for older adults (aka baby boomers, particularly those 65+). Employers can track completion and access certificate records to satisfy all audit requirements at any time." Learn more at NextStep.

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Digital Health Medicare Telehealth 142

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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Public Health Leadership Life Science Nursing 295

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2022

Meta (how tiresome, we know it is Facebook) has been sending patient data from hospital systems back to Facebook (appointments, doctor, and a host of other patient-specific data) through the use of a tracking pixel. The point of the pixel was to help in tracking consumer responses to advertising.

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Connected Care Remote care 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Diabetes is a critical health problem. Here is a sampling: Apps: Nutrition tracking apps for monitoring diet and blood sugar (from Healthline ) include Glucose Buddy , DiabetesConnect, and SugarSense. The tracking of blood sugar has been gamified in MySugr , which has at least 1 million users in 52 countries.).

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 96