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AI and the Internet of Caring Things

Aging in Place Technology Watch

These two letters, AI, have risen to top of tech talk and media minds. A quick search reveals near hysteria in the media and near panic among leading tech firms. So as a result, tech firms want you to know that they are working on appropriate fixes. Consider The Internet of Caring Things.

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Five worrisome aging and health blog posts from August 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Here are the five blog posts from August: Taking stock of the tech market for older adults – what’s happened? Past the halfway mark in 2023, it’s increasingly clear that the older adult tech market has been disrupted by changes in demand. That was an embarrassment in the UK – and this is a scandal in the US.

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Riding the digital wave through COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay. A second wave of digital transformation?

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Did you miss one? The Four tech and aging blog posts December 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Big tech revealed growing interest in older adults and investors saw the potential in firms like Papa, which provides (reimbursed) varied assistance to older adults. Here are the four December posts: Why is Age-Tech different from All-Tech? Age-Tech has its own Market Map as developed by Keren Etkin, Gerontechnologist.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Population Health Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce From vaccines to virtual care, enterprise imaging to precision medicine, these are the growth areas that will shape the direction of healthcare, this year and beyond. Remote monitoring tools and mobile health apps and services took center stage.

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Anxious about the implications of AI? So is the government

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Let’s remember The Facebook Files , in which company execs admitted that they knew but did not control the Instagram content that was harmful for teenage girls – it was even implicated as the cause of death of a teenage girl in the UK. But maybe the in-tech warnings will be helpful. Maybe 2023 is different?

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