Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

But maybe not always so independently: consider the post-Covid rise of the Medical Home , the rise of ’virtual first’ visits and telehealth care. And the explosion of wearables to help us stay well – or at least be remotely monitored – see Health Populi and the 7WireVentures Market Map.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Myant Health. They developed smart underwear that could become one of the most reliable and effective ways to detect and prevent health issues. Sensoria Health. " Since skin inflammation is accompanied by a rise in temperature, studies show that home monitoring of foot skin temperature could significantly reduce skin ulcers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As care delivery and consumer expectations change, the traditional fee-for-service model has already morphed into the new era of health-care consumerism – a patient-organized mix of self-care, urgent care, and in-home care, avoiding emergency rooms or long wait for a doctor visit. Healthcare delivery is migrating away from the hospital.

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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. With the rise of hospital-at-home programs , you guessed it, more will be AI-enabled.

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Health Populi

JULY 6, 2021

The ultimate health and wellbeing of an adult depends on the factors that shape us when we are children. A new, deep report from the OECD, Measuring What Matters for Child Well-being and Policies , spells out the many domains of experience that, together, bolster our whole health as we grow from child to adult.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Isolation has produced an increase in mental health issues, loneliness and depression – and that would be for those who have a good grasp of what is going on – for those in long-term care , for those with dementia, unable to be hugged by family, it is far worse. Home Care Assistance received $100 million in 2016. Read more. .

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Health Populi

AUGUST 14, 2023

I’m sharing that image with you here in Health Populi to set the stage for, of course, a discussion of WSJ’s data points through a health/care lens. we’ve got a growing women’s health care desert challenge — that is, a shortage of health care providers on the supply side to care for women’s health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. Mike Restuccia is chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

Seniors at any tech proficiency level can hear a demonstration of this – and be startled at what can be done without rising from a chair, fiddling with a mouse, or swiping a screen. Our voice-enabled personal health coaches – not so much. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The rise of AgeTech – it is a trend. And with those capabilities we can begin to monitor our own health, have a teleheatlth session, track our medications , and even have our falls detected prior to injury. category tags: AgeTech , computers, broadband, and social networking , hearables , smartphones.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 11, 2023

What Sets the Innovation Challenge Apart Unlike other startup competitions, the CharmHealth Innovative Challenge specifically targets entrepreneurs developing products or solutions related to digital health and the EHR domain. All brand names and solution names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | August 23, 2023 News Health system execs bullish on generative AI, but still lack strategy As they grapple with rising costs, three in four C-suite leaders say recent artificial intelligence. In this regularly updated page, we offer their perspective and advice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

September brings falling leaves, rising and falling hopes. Behold the rise of the active adult lifestyle, now enabled with a boom in 55+ rental communities. Now add in the shortage of workers in home care , health care , and nursing homes. Turns out that VCs are waking up to the opportunity in the longevity economy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2020

Consider an upcoming HIMSS event in Orlando with the charming title: Monitoring Grandma: Adoption of Connected Health Tech by Seniors. Despite the user interface complexity, smartphone adoption by seniors is rising. Back to monitoring, connected health or otherwise. What is the point of sneering at older people? Just saying.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Stories about three fashion brands have me thinking about women and their health economics. I first read about Universal Thread on The Mighty website , which is a community of over 1 million people interested in connecting on health and disabilities. The back of the jeans will be pocket-less and will have a higher rise.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

And Nielsen observed that the pandemic was a catalyst for the rise of tech use for working at home and shopping, among other uses. One article author cites the growth of digital health but swaps in terms like “remote services” and “virtual consultations.” A technology transformation is underway, greater than the sum of its parts.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Network Infrastructure Telehealth Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. At nearly $15 billion, the funding surpasses the amount for the full year 2020.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

That chasm highlighted the isolation in senior care facilities and in seniors' homes, widening the distance from families -- and highlighting lack of connection with health providers. Consider the rise of telehealth , but also consider the wave of ageism that surfaced, accentuating and predicting further isolation of older adults.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Email lloyd@nelsonadvisors.co.uk HealthTech M&A Newsletter from Nelson Advisors - HealthTech, Health IT, Digital Health Insights and Analysis. Mental health integration: Addressing the strong link between chronic pain and mental health conditions like anxiety and depression for improved overall well-being.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Meanwhile, the labor shortage has impacted every aspect of senior care, requiring a rethink of financial health of the businesses and the role of technology. Occupancy in senior living dipped below 80% in 2021, though said now to be in a period of recovery --even as costs to operate and resident prices rise.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Cathedral Hill will debut the new smart devices to be ready for its first residents this spring with the help of Aiva Health, the leading virtual assistance platform for healthcare and senior living. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , senior living. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50.5% -- during the same period." Death rates are rising, projected to be 7 up to deaths per hour for the 65+ by 2030. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , computers, broadband, and social networking , fall prevention, fall detection. million) in 2012.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 1, 2019

If one member of a couple is still living in the home, the number rises to 81%. Maybe high-end food choices could be trimmed, the lobby furniture more modest, or the long-shot on operational costs, noted in the Health Affairs the study : “Technology is already driving innovation. category tags: senior living , baby boomers.

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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

MARCH 1, 2022

Louis on April 1 – and next week’s VIVE 2022 , the new health IT event in Miami. The rise of AgeTech – it is a trend. category tags: wearables, smart watch , AgeTech , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Television/Smart TV. AgeTech or All Tech – for Quality of Life.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 16, 2018

"We believe technology has the potential to foster healthy, productive lives by enabling easier access to information and medical care," says Kurt Hulander, then senior director of health platforms at Best Buy. . In 2018, it began loud hints about the opportunity in health technologies and the elderly.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 30, 2019

In fact one of those which went to UnaliWear for Best IoT Device, a firm we have long tracked in the aging tech market segment, but given the rise of smart watches , the potential transcends that segment. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health. Speak2Software.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

The news articles pile up – assisted living and nursing home staffing shortages ; stranding older adults without home health care ; keeping patients in hospitals longer because of lack of care; nursing home staffing crisis ; Medicaid paying family members to provide care , low wages and low unemployment worsen care situation , and on and on.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2023

To meet those demands, organizations should prioritize the creation of convenient digital-first environments that satisfy all parties involved in providing health care services. Patients, medical personnel, operations staff, and insurance companies all expect a first-rate experience when dealing with your enterprise. And the stakes are high.

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Insulin Nation

MARCH 26, 2020

“On March 23, 2020, an application for a biological product approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), including applications for insulins and other biological products, will be deemed to be a license for the product under the Public Health Service (PHS) Act,” explains a recent report from the FDA.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2018

You want to launch a boomer/senior, home health tech, caregiving, product or service. share by then – and Google Home-related will rise to 30%. These are worthy experiments – and not wanting to be left behind, there are always health organizations eager to see what the fuss is about. Does this matter? How comforting.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

And Nielsen observed that the pandemic was a catalyst for the rise of tech use for working at home and shopping, among other uses. category tags: covid-19 , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , seniors and aging policy , social isolation , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , healthcare.

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MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The pandemic pushed digital health to new heights – and there’s no going back. The rise in mental health conditions alongside COVID-19 is being billed a dual pandemic. Likewise, mental health among Millennials is declining steadily. Virtual Primary Care Leads to Better Health. The Demand for Virtual Care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2019

If one member of a couple is still living in the home, the number rises to 81%. The issue of non-adoption, particularly as more health services move online, will become increasingly vexing for service providers of all types. category tags: VR/AR technology , cell phones, smartphones , tablets. Read more. .

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GlobalMed

MAY 28, 2019

When a medical emergency hits – say, a car accident or a heart attack – no one’s first concern should be about the price tag attached to the ambulance or medical air transport. In our era of rising costs and healthcare barriers, telemedicine solutions can open the door to care when patients need it most.

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Waracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The IoMT ( Internet of Medical Things ) enables these devices to collect, interpret and disseminate health data via the cloud and it’s predicted that within the next ten years the number of connected medical devices across the world could exceed 50 billion. The Dramatic Rise Of IoMT In Healthcare. The other key driver is mobile.

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