Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. Innovate long-term care. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the U.S. Achieve health equity.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

If an affordable technology can be found that meets a personal need (or answers a compelling question ), these days, people will find it and get it to work for them. The dream of reimbursement for remote care became a reality during the pandemic. In-home healthcare services will persist and expand.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

The care continuum that serves older adults is an ignored reality. The stove-piping of care-related services is a myth. Examples: Some believe family caregivers are a standalone entity that does not use care services. Or that home care a parallel universe to senior living. Or they move loved ones to senior living.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

One of the media-fueled risks today with the plethora of AI-related hype is the tendency to find and publicize deficiencies and mistakes, reinforcing the premise that it is too early for benefits across industries like senior living or home care. Lack of interfaces to senior and health care systems.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Turnover is highest in the lowest-paid care positions – home care is at a high point at 77% as of 2022. Pressure is growing in senior living to ‘keep people well’ in conjunction with a higher level of acuity of care needs. Hospitals are closing, particularly in rural areas – boosting expectations about care delivery in the home.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Some of this shift to virtual care will be permanent. A significant percentage of ambulatory care will never return to a clinic. As an example, elder care differs from pediatric care. The challenges with telehealth in elder care were the topic of a recent study by Harvard Business School.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

The My Health, My Data Act defines “consumer health data” as “personal information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a consumer and that identifies a consumer’s past, present, or future physical or mental health.” ” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 23, 2024

From integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare and health data platforms to establishing robust data standards that reach beyond clinical settings to managing patient consent and increased patient access, it is fair to say that health data exchange and data management have many important intricacies worthy of careful attention.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

New progress for dementia care. Home Care Magazine provided details about the just-announced Dementia Care policy changes, called the GUIDE Model , including care coordination services, support and payment to family caregivers to help keep care recipients out of nursing homes, and respite help. TaprootElla. “

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2020

Accountable Care Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Workflow More than ever, the system selected to provide telemedicine services must provide added controls to overcome factors that are outside the control of the provider. Telemedicine has added factors in care delivery.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

Here are four categories of AI for older adults – all discussed in the upcoming report, The Future of AI and Older Adults , to be published the week of May 15: AI in home and home health care. Furthermore, post-hospital care will increasingly be tech-enabled , including use of voice based chatbots like Sensely’s Molly.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

Add in the NSF grant to Georgia Tech for AI-CARING ($20 million) to help older adults, including those with dementia. Some of these grants will fund projects to determine best practices in care, some new technology for care, including wearables, and some researching new processes to help older adults age in their own home.

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Medical Billing 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2023

The federal “Money Follows the Person” was introduced in 2005 to enable seniors to avoid them and receive Medicaid-paid services. Was it the misnamed Five Star rating system that got such a bad reputation that Yelp seemed better at helping families find care? Does that mean families will care for the frailest members at home?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Harvard study describes a bleak care future. But only 14% of Americans can afford long-term care in the home. Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?) to supplement in-person care. The shortage of care workers within the next decade is daunting – it spans all aspects of care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Covid-19 fallout pushed the care industries into the home. Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed. Medical practices are now offering choices to patients – in person or telehealth ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

A striking shift from care in faci lities and hospitals to care in the home. . In-home care, home health care , remote patient monitoring (RPM) , fall detection , and other services that help older adults age in their homes are critical. Sensor technology shrinks and changes form for health care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 2, 2020

A number of companies popped into my inbox in the past week with announcements of a period of free access to remote care/engagement technologies – including and in alphabetical order CareCentrix , CareTree , Ergo , Eversound , Outpatient , Ready Responders , VitalTech , and NurseCaller. Home health care and home care – what are they doing?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Consider The Internet of Caring Things. The original 2016 definition from Susann Keohane and Nicola Palmarini at IBM stated: "A network of connected objects (devices, sensors) and cognitive systems with a clear mission: to actively care for people – their physical and mental well-being, homes, loved ones…and….when

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Part of its three-pillar approach to modernization, VA is leveraging innovative technologies, both in-house and commercial off-the-shelf solutions, to provide Veterans with personalized medical care that addresses their individual needs, and the results for Veterans and their families are amazing. Improving care through technology.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 15, 2024

These life-long treatments deliver impressive clinical outcomes but come with a high price tag, putting employers and healthcare insurers under pressure. 9amHealth is addressing this challenge by providing affordable cardiometabolic care at scale and helping to manage the rising costs of GLP-1s for both patients and employers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Our reporters will be on the ground to cover the exciting discussions on healthcare analytics, new models of care, and more. Region Tag: ASIA Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Analytics Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed Get all the coverage from this event on this page.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Conversational AI already plays a growing role in care delivery. AI can be used to create personalized health plans, deliver virtual care and assistance, provide remote monitoring, detect cognitive decline and falls, manage medication, and provide social and entertainment activities. Likely -- but we need to wait and see.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 27, 2023

Those caregivers that remained earned well deserved increases in compensation while high priced travel support was required to fill in the patient care scheduling gaps. While in this transition phase, many organizations are looking to information technology to advance their operational efficiency and further evolve patient care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Telehealth In recent conversations with healthcare executives across the country, I hear the same story: The dramatic spikes in telehealth visits in March and April have dropped off, even as in-person visits have started climbing slowly. In such cases, patients have no choice but to make in-person visits to the nearest clinic.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 31, 2022

No surprise – tech innovators see the opportunity – usually from personal experience. Or Vayyar Care , touchless fall detection, or SafelyYou , recording the image and possible cause of the fall. . category tags: fall prevention, fall detection , AgeTech , baby boomers. The innovators know that a crisis is ahead.

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Clear Arch Health

JANUARY 10, 2024

2024 got off to an auspicious and promising start for the everyone vested in promoting telehealth and remote patient monitoring as viable solutions to advancing health equity and providing high-quality care to rural and geographically isolated U.S. citizens.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Home care agencies are contacted, transportation providers of rides to-from appointments surface, food is delivered, and other services are brought in. The numbers of care recipients in home care, senior living, and adult day services has likely crossed 5 million people by now.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Joyoti Goswami At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The platform is utilizing AI, automation, and advanced data analytics that sit on top of the telecom infrastructures to engage older adults, detect needs, and facilitate service delivery in a personalized and proactive process. category tags: AI and machine learning , Scams -- all types , senior living , AgeTech Learn more.

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Mental health 108

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

For instance, the coronavirus response has made clear the value of online and video-consultations in primary care, and we have seen a remarkable expansion of digital platforms. In the space of weeks, primary care services in the UK have switched from 1.2 In the space of weeks, primary care services in the UK have switched from 1.2

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

Staffing issues continue to plague senior care organizations. And the shortage of care workers is mirrored in other industries – signs are posted everywhere seeking workers in the midst of the ‘ great resignation.’. How about the care-related industries? Fewer workers available invites technology augmentation. Motion sensors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 4, 2023

For example, asking ChatGPT “ how is a nursing home paid for ”, the answer was detailed and accurate about the six ways to pay for the care (see below). Then ask Google the same question: multiple (different) answers , first three provided by Ad sponsors, leading with A Place for Mom, the business that is paid to help find care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And not least, look at the shortage of workers in the care industries and the obvious but elusive pay raise that would match the market of possible workers. This was also true of the Personal Sound Amplification Product” (PSAP), described in 2017 as being helpful to people with mild to moderate hearing loss. Read more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

HIMS22 APAC The first HIMSS in-person conference taking place in the Asia-Pacific region since the pandemic will see healthcare changemakers gathering in beautiful Bali from 26 to 29 September 2022. Region Tag: ASIA Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Patient Engagement Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

From appointment booking to post-discharge follow-up, hospitals and health systems are striving to innovate and personalize the way people navigate their care journey. News The value of integrating in-person and virtual care The retail industry with its e-commerce boom has lessons to teach healthcare, says an innovation.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Sensor technology is increasingly useful in the care of older adults. And their role tracking trips to the bathroom has been useful in detecting UTIs , identifying wanderers , alerting about sleep issues , noting whether a person has eaten. Or they could extend time in a senior living home, prior to moving to a higher level of care.

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Nursing 135

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

Or reading the wrong tea leaves or basing a product on personal experience (“My grandmother fell down.”) At the time, the Affordable Care Act incentives, for example. category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones Or conducting focus groups, even less prevalent today.

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