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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

Clinicians from Scripps Research and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine collaborated on this work, calling out the relatively fast adoption of HaH programs during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Varda Shalev of Team8 discussed prospects for Care At Home Transformed tag-teaming with Deborah Di Sanzo, President of Best Buy Health.

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Health Care Costs for a Couple in Retirement in the U.S. Reach $300,000

Health Populi

While the rate of increase year-on-year since then has slowed, the $300,000 price-tag for retiree health care costs is a huge number few Americans have saved for. is “accelerating plans” to quit work, Fidelity learned. Now in the context of the post-COVID-19-pandemic era, one in five employees in the U.S.

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The Tech Support Chasm -- tough to cross for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Consider the first 3 reasons for returning (installation, learning features, configuring settings). Aside from returning a product that is baffling to deal with, what should people, not just older adults do? Figure 1 Reasons for Returning Smart Home Devices Source: Parks Associates 02-23-2023 Who provides support for the hapless user?

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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. A January 2021 study from Altarum looked at health sector job recovery, finding slower return-to-work for women. economic outlook following today’s news that the U.S.

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Poor information hobbles market perceptions about older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Data returned was from 2017, with an apology that nothing more recent was available. Today 32% of people age 65-69 are still working. And 24% of men, 14% of women aged 70-74 are still working. These two trends are tightly coupled – longer life expectancy, longer working. And likely more tech ownership. Some of the 108.7

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With telehealth, one size won't fit all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A significant percentage of ambulatory care will never return to a clinic. My firm's work with health systems on their digital health and digital transformation programs suggests that while telehealth technologies have matured rapidly in the wake of the pandemic, the implementation of virtual care programs has been a struggle.

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RTLS & AI: Solving the Riddle of Healthcare Inefficiency

Healthcare IT Today

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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