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Care coordination for older adults – still elusive, does tech help?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Handoffs across disparate providers is described as a software capability by one player, WellSky, that can reduce readmissions – and they tout the integration they already have tracking 30% of annual discharges to 130,000 post-acute facilities. category tags: healthcare , home health care , Home Care , tech-enabled home care

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Tech-enabled home care 2012-2021 -- are we there yet?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Frail patients, according to insiders, are increasingly being discharged from hospitals directly to home, bypassing rehab nursing homes. category tags: tech-enabled home care , Home Care. Home care workers are also among the lowest paying and least trained occupations.

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Health systems are notching big wins with their IT investments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

And many forward-thinking hospitals and health systems are finding significant clinical, financial and operational ROI for their efforts. By Bill Siwicki | July 25, 2023 News AI helps Mount Sinai organize and unlock largely untapped surgical data The New York hospital's vice chairman of urology and robotics operations explains how a new.

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Five pivotal posts from Aging and Health Technology Watch March 2022

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Patients with chronic diseases or those who are discharged from hospitals may benefit from the use of RPM technology to monitor significant chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension or congestive heart failure, and especially to avoid a recurrence of an issue that would require readmission.

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Client remote monitoring for home care agencies -- why and what?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Patients with chronic diseases or those who are discharged from hospitals may benefit from the use of RPM technology to monitor significant chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension or congestive heart failure, and especially to avoid a recurrence of an issue that would require readmission. . Passive: Remote monitoring of activity.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As we're addressing such a big percentage of patient concerns through the combo of the Force platform and our nurse navigation program, our doctor offices are not getting bogged down in the back-and-forth of phone tag just to answer a simple patient question." " Then there are lower readmission and infection rates.

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Living to 100 – will technology matter – and for whom?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Population health data will help identify those at greatest risk of health issues and likely readmission to hospitals (see Figure 1 Table of Categories that may matter). . Reduction of hospitalizations due to falls, prediction of injury from gait analysis; risk of resistance from health professionals. Fall prevention.

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