Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

And in other news, CMS really wants older adults with dementia to remain in their homes. The government agency seems to have given up on improving the quality or affordability of dementia care in senior living or nursing homes. Never mind enabling caregivers to enter a robust job market away from their homes. Just asking.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

More than 14 million urban homes and nearly 4 million rural homes have no broadband. It could be especially valuable for patients with long-standing medical issues who don't have a primary care doctor, or are uninsured. Broadband in millions of additional homes isn't strong enough to drive telehealth. and 10 p.m.,

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Necessity will drive AI usage in care work across all five care types (healthcare, home health care, home care, senior living, and Skilled Nursing Facilities). The term ‘population health’ evolved over many years to encompass all population groups and all factors that influence health outcomes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

Certainly ccess has improved: Ninety-five percent of Americans use the Internet and more than 80% have broadband at home. Customers in groups are confused about what to do (or where to find iced tea.). The patient portal(s) one for every insurer and medical practice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

And Nielsen observed that the pandemic was a catalyst for the rise of tech use for working at home and shopping, among other uses. But other categories of usage and their user groups are coming into focus – consider the multiple examples in senior living during the visitation lockdown. First the confusion.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2022

Their website identifies the top item (16,000 searches, results with ads) as a 'medical alert bracelet'. Except for the deep-pocketed Medical Guardian which bought ads everywhere , these were all bracelets to help emergency workers determine a health issue. Best and worst companies – more ads -- and Medical Guardian.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The same held true for images of workers: while one third (53 million) of the labor force is 50+, only 13% showed them working -- otherwise they were shown at home, with a partner or in a medical setting. category tags: Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , smart home , smartphones, cell phones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

This complaint persists despite growth in adoption among that age group. So mobile health devices, apps or medication reminders may be useful, but touch a tiny aspect of the whole person’s life or health. See updated Report 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging category tags: AgeTech , computers, broadband, and social networking

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2021

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. Karie provides an automated solution to the common, costly, but completely preventable problem of poor medication adherence for elderly patients living alone.

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Digital Health 138

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

Columbia Orthopaedic Group in Missouri, like so many ambulatory surgery centers across the country, do procedures today that are far more complex than those it did five years ago. Columbia Orthopaedic Group felt it was representative of its quality and reputation to create a system that improved the care it offered patients.

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Nursing Patient Experience Pain management Remote care 128

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

“Vivo is a breakthrough interactive online strength training fitness program scientifically designed for adults 55 and older that you can join from the safety of your home. And because our classes are taught virtually, you can access everything from the comfort of your own home.” Learn more. DMEConnected. Learn more. Learn more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 28, 2018

The central monitoring service, staffed by trained Emergency Medical Dispatchers, provides real-time emergency event updates through electronic messaging to up to 5 Caregivers on their iPhone or Apple Watch simultaneously and is available 24/7. Keeping on top of medications can be challenging for seniors and their caregivers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Greater than you think – can you imagine that that by 2050, the number will grow from 72,000 to 1 million in the United States – in Canada, centenarians are the fastest-growing age group. 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.

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Nursing Digital Health Health Data Health Technology 109

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

This is only natural as it reduces footfall to physical places and helps avoid the need for those who are most vulnerable in having to leave their homes. The other aspect of medication that COVID-19 soon outed was prescribing. Staying at home has meant that many people were driven to use remote services.

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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. " Dr. Lisa R.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

It feels like the vision industry is at an inflection point at this moment, I intuited during yesterday’s convening of Decoding the Consumer: The new science of customer behavior, the theme of the 13th annual global leadership summit hosted by Vision Monday, a program of Jobson Medical Information which is part of the WebMD family.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Optum acquires DaVita Medical Group and Humana acquires Kindred Healthcare. And the $146 million that went into PointClickCare – that is software for long-term care ( LTPAC ), another euphemism for what it really is – care of the elderly , generally in nursing homes. Gee, what do they do? We can certainly hope.

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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. A 24/7 monitoring service similar to home monitoring is also available. You can set the amount of as needed medication per dispense.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

So Optum acquires DaVita Medical Group and Humana acquires Kindred Healthcare. And the $146 million that went into PointClickCare – that is software for long-term post-acute care ( LTPAC ), another euphemism for what it really is – care of the elderly , generally in nursing homes. Gee, what do they do? Still with me?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

These will be prioritized to immunize three target groups: healthcare workforce consisting of service providers, management & support workers in hospitals and social care, adults above 65, and about 45% of adults with comorbidities. By the end of 2021, about 4 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses will be delivered globally.

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Telehealth Interoperability Medicare Pharmaceuticals 215

Henry Kotula

JUNE 30, 2020

Visits of all types to medical practices declined 58% in March and April compared to the baseline average, and in-person patient encounters declined by 69%, the study found. Dive Insight: Medical practices across the United States have been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak. Some practices are also projected to have steeper losses.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Tracking heart rate is one of the most basic functions of wrist-worn wearables—and a basic element of tracking includes knowing the target (and maximum) heart rate ranges for your particular age group. As noted in the link, medications can impact heart rate, and for those starting out, lower end of the range is better.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 25, 2018

A recent British Medical Journal study of 2,107 doctors across 5 hospital sites revealed 98.9% We believe that smartphone technology can enable examinations to take place closer to the patient's home and away from over-crowded hospitals. It is widely acknowledged that WhatsApp is being used across the majority of NHS hospitals.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

These trends include the possible future role of AI , that can help address workforce issues and provide benefit over the coming months and years: Older adults continue to live in their own homes. Older adults dominate home ownership rates as well as benefiting from lower interest rates for their mortgages, if they have one.

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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. Essence Group Fall Detector Radar. Learn more from Essence Group."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Biofourmis’ digital therapeutics are used for RPM across three primary healthcare stakeholder groups: health systems, payers and pharmaceutical companies. Clinicians at health systems typically prescribe Biovitals for three to six months of home monitoring following hospital discharge.

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American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

By the end of her virtual visit, the physician had not only reviewed her medical history and prescribed medications, but had also called Soderberg’s pharmacy to find the least expensive drug option. In fact, the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) recently analyzed how all 50 U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

A study by non-profit group FAIR Health suggests a 4,000% increase in telehealth claims across the country. Healthcare executives are more motivated than ever to keep their populations healthy in their homes. The same guiding principle applies to seamless communication on home-care models.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 8, 2022

CES 2022 – smaller in size, but big in tech futures. Many big companies decided at the last minute to stay home, eliminating, as one attendee noted, the lines at Starbucks. EveryDose is a digital health company committed to improving medication adherence through best-in-class technology. Every Dose. Learn more. Ea rgo 6 Hearing Aid.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

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? What are the real drivers to stay at home? The MobileHelp Smart with the Samsung watch?

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Nursing Medicare 82

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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