Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Meanwhile providers in that same survey noted that staffing shortages prevented them from providing better access. Today 11,000 urgent care centers are in suburbs and cities across the US, staffed by nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants. Health risk identification moves away from institutions to the pharmacy and home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day. It must be tough to be focal points for nursing home policy these days. Even as a task force is being set up to focus on nursing homes, on the one hand, that seems positive. Times change – staffing turnover and low pay have been issues forever.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 2, 2020

But nursing homes, specifically? In 2018 and 2019, infrastructure topped the list of investments for surveyed organizations, particularly multi-site campuses that might include nursing homes. category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , senior living , social isolation , SNF.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

And last, but not least, the worsening staffing shortage, noted for years throughout the older adult service industry, is now a full-blown crisis. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , home health care. The slow rollout of Wi-Fi in senior living was, to say the least, a miscalculation about the future. That is a sign.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Home care companies, senior living companies, skilled nursing facilities are all desperate for workers to address this increasingly overwhelming market. Staffing issues continue to plague senior-focused care organizations. Consider these six blog posts from April and May 2022.

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Telehealth Nursing Medicare Patient Experience 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

This could be an enabler for differentiating behaviors among users in senior housing, hospitals and nursing homes. Will AI enablement help senior living achieve just-right staffing at a given time or location? Possibly the biggest change yet to be fully realized may be the advent of embedding AI in senior-focused technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

While their increased retirement has been anticipated, the associated timing compounded staffing challenges within the healthcare industry and left leadership seeking solutions. Seek RTLS providers that work with nurses, former hospital administrators, epidemiologists, and clinic managers as part of their implementation and consulting teams.

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Patient Experience Leadership Nursing Healthcare Innovation 56

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Now add in the shortage of workers in home care , health care , and nursing homes. Here are four Sept blog posts on these and related topics: In a time of short-staffing, sensors are increasingly useful in the care of older adults. Welcome to iPad!

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2019

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Nursing 73

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2022

And last, but not least, the worsening staffing shortage, noted for years throughout the older adult service industry, is now a full-blown crisis. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , Mobile PERS , IoT and home monitoring , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. Otherwise the market has moved on – to remote monitoring.

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Health Technology Telehealth Nursing 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic increased the use of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) technology, which aggregates patient data such as vital signs , interprets it and provides it to the healthcare team, often a nurse. Given the current staffing gap times, families will likely pay.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Each interviewee was asked for thoughts in the context of the categories suggested by ChatGPT and any other categories that will improve the work processes for those in the care-related industries – home care, home healthcare, senior living care (including nursing homes), and hospital discharge processes to any of those.

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Nursing Medicare Remote care Interoperability 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

And there has been an 88% increase in the number of open Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) jobs. And staffing challenges are top of mind for home care agencies which are seeing fewer billable hours at higher rates. category tags: AI and machine learning , senior living , Home Care , seniors and aging policy

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Nursing 75

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2022

Because healthcare organizations still need technology to deal with the staffing crisis while still meeting the goals of reducing costs. Note: Humblest apologies to Dr. Smart for typing her name wrong in the video and for not tagging her properly @KatharineSmart ]. Technology + Physician Retention.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 11, 2023

Shelley, a nurse in rural Eagle County, Colorado, went to her car and called a telehealth company to arrange an appointment with a sexual assault nurse examiner, or SANE. The nurse examiners offering SANE services have extensive training in how to care for assault survivors and collect evidence for possible criminal prosecution.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 11, 2023

Shelley, a nurse in rural Eagle County, Colorado, went to her car and called a telehealth company to arrange an appointment with a sexual assault nurse examiner, or SANE. The nurse examiners have extensive training in how to care for assault survivors and collect evidence for possible criminal prosecution.

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Telehealth eCare Nursing Mental health 52