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“The virus is the boss” — U.S. lives and livelihoods at the beginning of 2021

Health Populi

Goolsbee and Jason Furman, former Chair of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, tag-teamed the U.S. economy lost 140,000 jobs — the greatest job loss since April 2020 in the second month of the pandemic. The 2020-21 economic recession is the first time in U.S. At the start of the 2021 new year, one-half of U.S.

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Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults 2020 -- Themes Emerge

Aging in Place Technology Watch

As the research interviews for the 2020 report “Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults” wind down, a few themes become apparent. This work began in the summer of 2020 as the Covid-19 lockdown was underway. Reimbursement of technology was a key policy change in 2020 that fueled adoption and investment in telehealth.

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Voice, Health, and Well-being – Launching a New Report for 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

It’s a given -- Voice First will be even more pervasive in 2020. Speech recognition, for example, will penetrate 80% of mobile devices by 2020. The goal of this project is to complete interviews in Q4 and publish the report in early Q1 2020. Thanks in advance for your help and thoughts.

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After Covid-19, When the Care Recipient is Elsewhere, What?s Next for Technology?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

After the re-opening and stabilization phase of businesses in 2020 and beyond, delivery organizations will want to do a better job of delivering care in its many forms -- when the care recipient is elsewhere. What technology considerations will need to be next, moving from a desperate to a more measured pace? What will be the priority?