Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2023

Not surprisingly, a search for ‘chatbots and older adults’ reveals research studies targeting those aged 60+, startup investment, for example, Lena , which evolved into Lena Health for scheduling appointments , and a small study about what makes a compelling chatbot. They should not mislead you into thinking that ‘chat live now’ means it.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

David Gray When President Joe Biden recently declared on national television that “the pandemic is over,” he offered a glimpse into the strategy his administration will be using on COVID-19 going forward: We’re ready to move on. What this means for telehealth and connected health policy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

Sam Shah COVID-19 has been deadly, it’s infective and has posed the biggest public health risk to society in almost a hundred years. Amongst these tragic circumstances there has also been a lot of attention on technology in healthcare and public health. This is a gap and adds to the friction for clinicians and their patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

David Gray When President Joe Biden recently declared on national television that “the pandemic is over,” he offered a glimpse into the strategy his administration will be using on COVID-19 going forward: We’re ready to move on. What this means for telehealth and connected health policy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Depending on the product or service, it may need a mix of resellers/distributors, face-to-face, and online sales. If that population needs a technology or service, such as access to benefits, their caregivers must search online on their behalf. The real user need – a service problem solved.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. I was grateful to have an opportunity to share my views with attendees on the vision patient as health consumer through the health economic lens.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Because it is easier for them – turning frustration into a valued service world in which what you say should get you what you need. Fifty-three million Americans are providing care to someone with health or or functional needs – in short, they are family caregivers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

The National Council on Aging site, NCOA features medical alert vendor comparisons in which the vendor earns a commission if purchased through the site. The next generation response device and service would be personalized and encompass wellness monitoring and visibility to status for caregivers. Are we there yet?

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

And we have never seen a world in which the ‘connections’ to everything -- services, shopping, learning about new products, listening to music, meeting people, talking to a doctor -- are all made through an alphabet soup of technology, delivered from almost monopoly-like tech firms from Amazon to Zoom. . Another more likely number?

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 11, 2023

by Arielle Zionts / Kaiser Health News January 3, 2023. The nurse examiners offering SANE services have extensive training in how to care for assault survivors and collect evidence for possible criminal prosecution. The service, known as “teleSANE,” is new at Shelley’s hospital.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

You may be one of the dwindling population ( 34% are homeowners ) who have landlines in the US (even digital phone-service based). Maybe you are legitimately afraid of not being found by emergency services (see below). But wait -- what if emergency services can't find the caller from a cell phone? So why keep it?

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020. The photo underneath the star was printed from a local newspaper article showing public health and LTC staff wearing hazmat-type suits.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

A survey from digital health platform Babylon found that 46% of Americans have gone into debt from their medical bills , while 34% are currently struggling to pay their medical and insurance bills. Haleon is using the the Microsoft Seeing AI app to provide more detailed labels on more than 1,500 of its consumer health products.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

Connected Health Mobility Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth How contact tracing, contactless experiences and remote monitoring will redefine healthcare and public health. A study by non-profit group FAIR Health suggests a 4,000% increase in telehealth claims across the country. Telehealth is here to stay.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. To build this chart, interviews were conducted that included senior execs from Philips, the VA, Visiting Nurse Services, home care associations, Home Instead, Volunteers of America, and several home care organizations.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

From the national home care associations , a report in March: “The workforce shortage in home-based care has reached crisis proportions. Home health care providers currently report turning away over 25% of referred patients due to staff shortages.” Optum, a division of United Health Group , has launched a $3.3

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Hint Health , the company powering the direct primary care (DPC) movement, today announced the acquisition of AeroDPC, a practice management and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) designed for DPC clinics. As a DPC physician myself, bringing Hint Health and AeroDPC together is extremely exciting and powerful for DPC as a whole” says Dr. Brown.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 11, 2023

by Arielle Zionts / Kaiser Health News, The Daily Yonder January 3, 2023. The service, known as “teleSANE,” is new at Shelley’s hospital. To avoid this scenario, teleSANE services are expanding across the country in rural, sparsely populated areas. She said every sexual assault survivor faces health consequences.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

Health Populi’s Hot Points: One of the earliest and most important books on the benefits of “doing less” in healthcare was Shannon Brownlee’s Overtreated , which I’ve covered here in Health Populi since the start of the blog in 2007. The ASCO story is such good news.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Organizations everywhere are rallying to the need to fix or solidify connectivity, whether as part of national policy directive, care delivery , family pressure, staff retention, or maintaining service delivery. Along with telehealth, will wearables for health and wellbeing be a priority post Covid-19?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions including mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , senior living , Home Care , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). Déjà vu all over again.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

One article author cites the growth of digital health but swaps in terms like “remote services” and “virtual consultations.” Organizations everywhere are rallying to the need to fix or solidify connectivity, whether as part of national policy directive, care delivery , family pressure, staff retention, or maintaining service delivery.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Next week's blog post will detail 10 products/services from CES 2022 that will likely make a difference for older adults. Depending on the product or service, it may need a mix of resellers/distributors, face-to-face, and online sales. The right customer or referral – families and service providers partners.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions including mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , senior living , Home Care , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). Déjà vu all over again.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2018

Behavior monitoring for aging-at-home, allowing better care services, improved emergency detection and predictive analytics. Virtual caregiving, providing peace of mind to caregivers and improving the quality of life of their loved ones with voice-initiated, intelligent and connected services to support the elderly as they age-in-place.

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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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

It’s also likely that teleaudiology (the utilization of telehealth to provide audiological services ) will gain additional importance when face-to-face visits are worrisome, even impossible in some locations. Cambia Health released a survey of caregivers, 64% of surveyed caregivers use at least one digital tool to help them with caregiving.

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Iris Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

While experts continue to seek effective treatment and vaccine options for the ongoing COVID-19 virus, mental health care providers face another side of this worldwide phenomenon: the unforeseen and widespread impacts on individual and community mental health and well-being. Optimize website for SEO. Use text messaging-based marketing.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 5, 2021

A federal agency (or other national entity) could help individuals and organizations find a product that is needed with a product/service registry. A government agency could raise a hand and start a registry of these products/services – one with staying power. Five interesting and useful technologies for older adults.

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Iris Telehealth

AUGUST 1, 2022

Search for grantors using paid grantor search services. While these services save considerable time and legwork, they often come with a hefty price tag — especially if multiple providers will be using the platform. Check out resources and opportunities from local and national professional organizations.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 20, 2020

announced today that it has provided telehealth access and services to the residents of Holiday’s 261 senior living communities. Holiday’s residents have access to MeMD’s national network of healthcare providers for treatment of urgent-care situations and other conditions in the safety of their Holiday home. Learn more at MSN. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2020

Add to that, state-by-state, the National Guard is being brought in to disinfect nursing homes or assist with Covid-19 testing. Multiple of these owners also own the supplier companies that deliver nursing home goods and services which also contribute profit to the owners. . category tags: Seniors , SNF , senior living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The event capitalizes on the presence of numerous Washington government agencies, including National Institute on Aging and HHS , as well as representation from DC-based organizations like NCOA and AARP. We're experimenting with messaging, NLP and machine learning to radically improve the overwhelming logistics of health care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC/AARP) report is dated 2014 – and focuses on a vision for what caregiving technology should be. 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. Find Care.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

The ASCA Medicare Rate Calculator displays national and local payment rates, as well as a chart comparing the rates charged by ASCs and HOPDs for the same surgical procedures, and additional information. ASCA members can view an ASC-specific surveyor tag tool. Coding and capturing all patient services can be overwhelming.

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