Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2020

In the time of Covid-19, some are talking about an increasing use of technology in their nursing homes. Others are discussing the race to enable ‘televisits’ -- noting outreach from AARP to CMS to boost the requirement for enabling technology in nursing homes. The State of Florida gave tablets to 150 nursing homes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2023

Some examples are: Remote home monitoring: Elder care robots that can assist nurses and caregivers to focus on the elderly person’s needs 1. Portable devices and wearable intelligence: Gadgets that can track physical activity, detect falls, or alert emergency services 1 2. Are these examples helpful?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. Improving senior care and facilitating aging in place.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Joyoti Goswami At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient.

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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. million unfilled jobs by 2026.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Meanwhile, the labor shortage has impacted every aspect of senior care, requiring a rethink of financial health of the businesses and the role of technology. In the meantime, here are eight new offerings in the market that are designed to improve wellbeing and care. There is a labor shortage everywhere -- ditto in senior care.

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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. Hospitals will also lobby hard to receive revenues from telehealth services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Baby boomers may have a longer life expectancy at 65 than their parents – most likely due to availability of more sophisticated health care and medications. As the population ages , will there be enough family member and professional caregivers to provide care? Making assumptions about care helps understand centenarian future needs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

Compare that to PERS $1-2 billion market. an individual’s chronic diseases progresses, add appropriate (nurse-monitored) RPM technology that qualifies for reimbursement – including for home care agencies , which desperately need revenue sources that are less labor, more tech-dependent. Move further into the smarter watch space?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Technology was essential for many adults stuck at home during the pandemic, providing some social connection, access to online shopping, home delivery services, and requests for transportation. By comparison, in 2019 one report, the 2019 Market Overview , was published, along with 2 long and 4 short white papers, listed under Research.

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33 Charts - Digital Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

But its 2:30 AM Oz time. When I’m on call I’m primed to access Epic at home or in the hospital. At home I keep Epic open and try to enter my phone notes as soon as I complete the call (Epic actually has a great iPhone app). Another case is the critical MRI at the end of the day when I’m playing phone tag with a family.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 25, 2018

Theora Care Solutions. This Theora Care duo provides a 2-way communications system between wearer and caregiver. Theora Care solutions are ideal for the aging in place populations to live independently, longer. Theora Care solutions are ideal for the aging in place populations to live independently, longer.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

SoundMind offers a voice-activated care concierge, along with activities and information on demand and video calling. The $10,000 investment from the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York will build upon Sunset Wood’s momentum for their Google Nest Hub Max Smart Display program, by funding Phase 2. Learn more.

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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. “Clinicians were concerned about taking care of their patients, while minimizing avoidable risks,” he said.

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In Hand Health

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

You don’t want to waste any of that precious time scanning copies, printing exercises, or playing phone tag trying to communicate with your patients. Protocols are groups of templates (example: week 1-2 post total knee replacement) for even more streamlined care. No more phone tag either. No more phone tag either.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Revolutionize Conference in Boston which was highlighted by the reveal of Venture Capital investor Dominic Endicott's $2 Trillion Age-Tech market size, making the Consumer Technology Association's $29 Billion look cautious. Remember Healthy@Home in 2008 ? No doubt there were also many smaller events throughout the country.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 13, 2020

It seems reasonable that a device correctly pre-loaded with doses either at the pharmacy, by a home health worker or a nurse in senior living would improve accuracy of dosages. RxPense is a fully connected, IoT home health hub for today’s aging population. RxPense is a fully connected, IoT home health hub for today’s aging population.

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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. SOC 2 Type II. The answer? Multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Are those who should care about this not doing enough? This should be the standard of care -- professional trainers combined with free training. Baby boomers cross 73 in 2019, becoming Real Seniors in 2 years. Shortages of in-home care workers are worsening , new, hopefully tech-enhanced services are already forming.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 25, 2018

Looking forward 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, secure communication between doctors, patients, clinicians and nurses is going to be an essential utility and productivity tool, potentially unrivalled by any other technology in terms of impact and widespread adoption. Messaging apps are the future of digital health technology in the UK.

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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The only need is to race home after school to catch a favorite TV show and then charge outside again to play superhero among your superhero friends. When the manufacturer of the insulin pump improved their product, declaring the old model obsolete and no longer supported, it forced customers to meet the exorbitant $5,000 price tag.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Are those who should care about this not doing enough? This should be the standard of caring about seniors -- offer professional trainers combined with free training. Baby boomers cross 73 in 2019, becoming Real Seniors in 2 years. But you ask, why isn’t 'volunteer' training good enough?

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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The only need is to race home after school to catch a favorite TV show and then charge outside again to play superhero among your superhero friends. When the manufacturer of the insulin pump improved their product, declaring the old model obsolete and no longer supported, it forced customers to meet the exorbitant $5,000 price tag.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 18, 2019

This excess risk appears to be from a combination of factors, including the damage caused by type 1 diabetes and circumstances that are uniquely female, such as hormones, body fat, and disproportionate medical care. Take your children outside for a long game of tag or chase them while they ride their bikes up and down the street.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2022

A couple retiring in 2022 should budget $315,000 to cover their health care costs in retirement, based on the 21st annual Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate from Fidelity Investments. For context, note that the median sales price of a home in the U.S. according to Genworth’s 2021 Cost of Care Survey.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2022

Cloud Computing Connected Health Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Before disasters such as tornadoes or wildfires, they should consider designating municipal buildings as "generator and telehealth zones" where equipment and virtual care kiosks can be moved. Expanding first responders' reach. Per second!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Biofourmis’ remote patient monitoring and AI-based analytics technology, Biovitals, provides personalized predictive care by leveraging active and passive data collected from clinical-grade patient wearables that continuously monitor more than 20 physiological parameters, as well as patient-captured data from a mobile app. Biofourmis.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

COVID-19 required health systems to quickly pivot to predominantly digital methods of patient and staff engagement while adapting the hospital environment to care for patients infected or showing symptoms of the novel coronavirus. Geisinger also deployed a variety of efforts to improve remote patient-monitoring and overall care at home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2020

Through cameras installed inside the household, the solution can detect the motions and postures of beloved family members with AI and release warning messages at the moment of danger, such as falling, sitting too long, leaving home without a clear reason, etc. the app will give off an alarm to notify all family members. Not yet available.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

And is it just being coy to say that only 2% of the 52 million people aged 65+ has sought a PERS device? million nursing home residents or the 85-year-olds who are working ? And let's not even mull access to broadband in the home, that's only 59%. Ride-sharing services and home-delivered food keep people aging at home?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2021

Today or soon you will launch a boomer/senior, home care offering or wearable product or even service to help other new entrants. Start with the home page that has modest and friendly graphics and images (not a ransom note with 27 different font size and colors) to identify what the product or service does or is.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Soon you will launch a boomer/senior, home health tech product or service, or maybe a caregiver advisory service. Start with the home page that has modest and friendly graphics and images (not a ransom note with 27 different font size and colors) to identify what the product or service does or is. What’s that mean?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 2, 2018

You want to launch a boomer/senior, home health tech, caregiving, product or service. 2) Is the website crisp and appropriate for smartphones? Start with the home page that has modest and friendly graphics and images (not a ransom note with 27 different font size and colors) to identify what the product or service does or is.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Soon you will launch a boomer/senior, home health tech product or service, or maybe a caregiver advisory service. Start with the home page that has modest and friendly graphics and images (not a ransom note with 27 different font size and colors) to identify what the product or service does or is. What’s that mean?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Today or soon you will launch a boomer/senior, home health tech product or service, or maybe a caregiver advisory service. Start with the home page that has modest and friendly graphics and images (not a ransom note with 27 different font size and colors) to identify what the product or service does or is. What’s that mean?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 8, 2018

This week’s Voice of Healthcare Summit in Boston offered up some intriguing attempts to create new Voice First interfaces that inform patients, streamline work, and demonstrate potential (like Answers by Cigna ) in versions 2, 3 and beyond. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Read more here.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Part 2 in this Person-First approach. OK, here goes, Part 2. We said that we knew we would hit a home run when interested – no, excited – people come on board, work with us, and carry the project to a sustainable conclusion. When will I be able to get a test that I can do at home? Join our journey. How good are tests?

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