GlobalMed

MAY 28, 2019

When a medical emergency hits – say, a car accident or a heart attack – no one’s first concern should be about the price tag attached to the ambulance or medical air transport. But the sad truth is that many patients will avoid requesting emergency transportation because they fear the cost. can run over $100,000.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 12, 2022

NCOA’s article notes that home alarm systems and medical alert devices may abruptly stop working – eliminating the ability to reach emergency services. Home alarm systems, medical alert devices – a disaster averted ? "We category tags: computers, broadband, and social networking , smartphones. But (fortunately?)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

These services include meals, transportation, home care, and medication delivery as well as Medicare plan selection assistance." category tags: tech-enabled home care , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , social isolation , Learning, working, contribution and legacy. Learn more at HomeThrive. Learn more at Zeppi.

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eCare Remote care HIPAA Medicare 130

Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. Health is made as much outside of medical care providers’ sites as it is at home, at work, at play, at school. Nor are base platforms for accessing care, services and information distributed to or accessible by all U.S.

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David Chou

MARCH 25, 2023

This shift signals a potential change in the retail healthcare sector as companies strive to gain market dominance in primary care, concierge medicine, virtual care and home medical services while providing patients with personalized experiences. The move comes at a price tag of $3.9 This can be a potential opportunity.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2019

Addison monitors your activity, reminds you to take medications and verifies adherence and provides real-time assessments if a client develops evidence of increased risk of falling or health decline. RoundTrip. "Expand access to care through transportation. Learn more at Oticon. Learn more at RoundTrip. Learn more at MediPense.

Digital Health 96

Digital Health 96

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Our founding team, staff, investors, and strategic partners represent expertise and leadership from organizations like: Humana, LabCorp, Intermountain Healthcare, Boston Children’s Hospital, athenahealth, Harvard Medical School, Flare Capital, and Echo Health Ventures. Learn more at Circulation. Learn more at Groove Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2019

Addison monitors your activity, reminds you to take medications and verifies adherence and provides real-time assessments if a client develops evidence of increased risk of falling or health decline. RoundTrip. "Expand access to care through transportation. Learn more at Oticon. Learn more at RoundTrip. Learn more at MediPense.

Digital Health 77

Digital Health 77

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Telehealth could be particularly helpful for the many people in the United States without paid sick time or good transportation options. It could be especially valuable for patients with long-standing medical issues who don't have a primary care doctor, or are uninsured. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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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. Simply place your thumb on the integrated KardiaBand sensor to take a medical-grade EKG in just 30 seconds. Learn more at AliveCor.

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mHealth Mobile Health Patient Experience Nursing 111

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 11, 2020

He noted that J2Global’s role is purely transport, ‘healthcare communication that works.’ Lisa Lavin, founder of the company, provided an update on the new Medication Adherence capability announced this week. “?mcare category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , healthcare , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Telehealth mHealth EHR Nursing 146

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

A few new categories were included, including tech to assist with eating, improve hygiene and medication management; improving access to transportation and better mobility; and improving access to coordinated care – a key issue as the boomers age. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging technology.

Medicare 87

Medicare Telehealth 87

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 3, 2019

A few new categories were included, including tech to assist with eating, improve hygiene and medication management; improving access to transportation and better mobility; and improving access to coordinated care – a key issue as the boomers age. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Aging technology.

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Medicare Telehealth 63

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2018

As for consumers, 82% do not use telehealth, explaining why patient depart hospitals with CDs of the medical record. category tags: vehicle/transportation technology-services , finance , fraud protection , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth. And the adoption of digital health by providers – 44 % non-adoption in hospitals.

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mHealth Digital Health Interoperability Telehealth 67

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When COVID-19 hit, CareMount Medical, the largest independent multispecialty medical group in New York State, with more than 650 physicians, recognized the need to restrict in-office visits and make some rapid changes to its telehealth approach. Bardack, CareMount Medical. How stress manifested as telehealth visits boomed.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Primary Care 169

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2018

For a Chief Medical Officer, what role does technology play? category tags: vehicle/transportation technology-services , voice/AI technology , senior living , robotics. Empathy is what you do, not what you feel." Really? How comforting.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

They want to manage their own health affairs online—with a click or a swipe—much like they buy goods on Amazon, order transportation on Uber, or book a hotel room on Expedia. When you automate your phone system, patients spend less time waiting on hold and playing phone tag. Providers are feeling the squeeze.

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Telehealth EHR Patient Experience HIPAA 66

ACA Times

AUGUST 31, 2017

Under the Further Regulating Employer Contributions To Health Care bill, starting in 2018, the employer medical assistance contribution (EMAC) to MassHealth will increase from $55 to $77 per employee. The post MassHealth Changes Come With A Hefty Price Tag For Employers first appeared on The ACA Times.

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ACA Times

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The law temporarily changes the existing employer medical assistance contribution, creates a temporary supplemental contribution and modifies the unemployment insurance rate schedule. The employer medical assistance contribution ( employer medical assistance contribution EMAC ) to MassHealth will increase from $55 to $77 per employee.

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MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A 2017 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute/Greenwald & Associates showed that millennials rated virtual care as “extremely or very important” to their choice of medical provider. healthcare costs are skyrocketing, telehealth enables employers to offer a high-value option for medical care – without a high price tag.

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Primary Care Mental health Telehealth Telecare 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A decade ago, who would have thought that in addition to treating the sick, hospitals and physicians would become providers of housing, transportation, food and other needs? Barely a day goes by without news of a new malware variant, zero day threat or medical device vulnerability. by September 01, 2019. by August 01, 2019.

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Healthcare IT EHR Meaningful Use Interoperability 83

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2022

More than video conducts with doctors, it’s using Internet and intranet technologies to facilitate many medical activities associated with healthcare and wellness of the body and mind. Telehealth is either real-time appointments, some variation of store and forward data exchange, or digitized medical knowledge.

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American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

The widespread differences in state law that prevent the seamless use of telemedicine across state borders include diverse state medical practice rules, restrictions on the interstate practice of medicine, the complex state insurance landscape, state privacy laws, and conflicting rules and guidance across state agencies. ” Read More.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

In addition, our state workers compensation system has rolled out several temporary telehealth policies to allow injured workers to receive virtual medical treatment during this pandemic. Here I highlight an example where modern patients, with modern technology, prefer a new way of medical experience – virtually.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 30, 2018

He also learned in the clinic that social needs shouldn't be divorced from medical problems; they're inextricably linked. Those with a health background tend to be more eager to tackle the opposite population with the highest medical and social needs, as they're aware that this group is the biggest driver of health costs.

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Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 84

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Also during 2023 , non-medical home care work (or personal care aide) contributed to the shortage in the senior care industry. Life expectancy at 75, however, is almost another 11 years for healthy men, 13 years for healthy women – requiring a longer term plan for housing, health care, transportation and other support systems.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

That’s a problem, as just noted in the New York Times – maybe that means hailing from a real phone , or for an appointment, using a provider-paid medical transportation ride. . . category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , computers, internet and social networking , smartphones, cell phones.

Nursing 82

Nursing Medicare 82

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 8, 2022

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Digital Health Telehealth 75

GlobalMed

OCTOBER 7, 2019

at least, we now expect that extensive medical treatment – whether that’s chemotherapy, ongoing dialysis visits or surgery to repair a broken femur – may involve significant medical bills. Hospital stays, outpatient visits, tests and medications can all add up, even when patients have health insurance. In the U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 9, 2018

It stretches the mind a bit to include transportation and meal service, but that broad conceptualization is derived from all the previous material – caregiving is…what caregivers need. category tags: Family caregivers , Home Care , home health care , IoT and home monitoring. Enrich Care. Thoughts? .

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 11, 2023

About an hour later, Shelley met the patient at the Colorado Mountain Medical urgent care clinic in the small town of Avon. Patients who travel to a second hospital might struggle to arrange for and afford transportation or child care. Sapp’s experience inspired her to help bring SANE services to Colorado Mountain Medical.

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Telehealth eCare Nursing Mental health 52

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 11, 2023

About an hour later, Shelley met the patient at the Colorado Mountain Medical urgent care clinic in the small town of Avon. Patients who travel to a second hospital might struggle to arrange for and afford transportation or child care. Sapp’s experience inspired her to help bring SANE services to Colorado Mountain Medical.

Telehealth 52

Telehealth Nursing eCare Mental health 52