Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 31, 2024

To verify that you are you, an authentication processes require 2 devices to log in – one of which is a phone – cumbersome enough to invite satire in the Wall Street Journal. Convenience and portability today compete with clarity and usability. There is no turning back the clock – older adults will own smartphones.

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Health Data 80

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In recent years, TV Remote control devices became more usable – except for Apple’s. Starting with the older one (“ Ridiculously symmetrical and highly unusable ”) to the most recent Siri remote – where they give up on usable buttons and enable changing the channel by voice. No wonder it makes more sense to talk to it. Read more. .

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Nursing Medicare 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Is it about out-of-box usability? category tags: computers, internet and social networking , social isolation , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. Is it about the price, which seems to average $500 (without the carrier) though many are pricier, and some are less, and much less with a monthly carrier plan. And for the Android?

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Telehealth 140

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Too expensive to have focus groups or usability testing ? category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. We struggle, even the most techno-determined, to master user interfaces of products we own – like using TVs, stoves, or smart speakers. Too time-consuming?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2023

ccessibility and usability – who knew they were different? Here are five current examples, all information was drawn directly from the vendor websites: Read more. category tags: AI and machine learning , Generative AI , computers, broadband, and social networking

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Medical Billing 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

But to be fair, there is no elderly equivalent of Voice First KidsMD – though an entrepreneur could imagine an Alexa skill called CaregiverMD that could match up the usability of Marvee with the useful (but buried) content of WebMD or the Voice First offerings of Mayo Clinic. We can certainly hope.

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Medicare Connected Health Nursing Digital Health 108

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

These do not include, unfortunately, providing usable technologies to connect isolated seniors with families. category tags: social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. What might they be to help with loneliness? Learn more at OneClick.chat.

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Nursing 127

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2022

For example, we expect tech products to be more intuitive and usable than they are. category tags: senior living , smartphones , computers, broadband, and social networking , AI and machine learning. July offered time to think about gaps and staff shortages.

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Nursing 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

But while government and insurers see benefits of using technology to help people remain at home, device complexity, price, poor usability, rapid obsolescence combined with lack of standard professional training have created big barriers to broadening usage of an aging population, particularly for individuals aged 75+.

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mHealth Interoperability Medicare Digital Health 108

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

Perhaps smartphone designers are (still) not reading the testing and usability issues studied and reported by IEEE in 2018. category tags: Technology - AARP , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , aging in place , Aging. Isn't there a business opportunity in there somewhere that would boost the 50+ economy?

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EHR Medicare 109

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

These do not include, unfortunately, providing usable technologies to connect isolated seniors with families. category tags: covid-19 , Seniors , Aging , senior living. What might they be to help with loneliness? Here are six that businesses and non-profits serving older adults should provide for each of their constituents.

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Nursing Telehealth Remote care 62

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

For example, if a patient’s blood tests come back and I need to discuss with him how to manage high cholesterol, I can schedule a telehealth visit instead of playing phone tag. A telehealth visit is much more effective, less stressful, and improves a patient’s engagement with their health.” Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Primary Care 167

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Too expensive to have focus groups or usability testing spanning broad age ranges? category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. We struggle, even the most techno-determined, to master user interfaces of products we own – like TV remotes, stoves, or smart speakers. Too time-consuming?

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

JANUARY 16, 2013

I am however happy to use IHE-ATNA as the marketing tag. A very readable and directly usable specification that does NOT require you to understand anything else in DICOM. These other standards are where the real stuff is. Back then there were a handful of people working on Security and Privacy standards for healthcare.

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FHIR EHR Meaningful Use 40

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

I’ll be honest, it was refreshing to hear a President & Co-Founder of a healthcare IT company celebrating the dropping of the word “interoperability” from their tag line. And that goes a long way when it means usable, effortless and impactful solutions to serve everyone in healthcare. What sets Kno2 apart ?

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Interoperability FHIR EHR Healthcare IT 59