Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Consider the telehealth-enabled virtual patient sitter. No surprise, telehealth visits extend the reach of medical providers across all geographies (not just in the US) and enable care coordination , not just care delivery. category tags: Conversational and generative AI , healthcare , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 27, 2023

Patients experience the effects of this impact through a reduction in available services, an increase in appointment wait times, and lengthy visits at the emergency department. For those requiring in-person visits, reduce the burden of visit check-ins and consents through patient-centric electronic capabilities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 14, 2020

Depending upon the organization, the daily number of telemedicine visits can range from hundreds per day to several thousand per day. Unlike an in-person physician visit, there are multiple factors that can impact the quality of the telemedicine visit that are outside the control of the provider.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Telehealth In recent conversations with healthcare executives across the country, I hear the same story: The dramatic spikes in telehealth visits in March and April have dropped off, even as in-person visits have started climbing slowly. Teladoc reported that total visits rose 92%, from 1,063,000 to 2,045,000 in the past quarter.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2019

Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Delivering Compliance and Integration for Telemedicine Solutions Region Tag: Global Edition They required maximal security, compliance, scalability, affordability, and reliability of their critical infrastructure.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Remote patient monitoring The question of virtual care's post-pandemic staying power has been answered resoundingly: Telemedicine is here to stay. Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Connected Health Care for these sick patients is costly.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Virtual sitters with telehealth support are replacing the in-person in-hospital 24x7 monitoring of at-risk patients. category tags: Home Care , home health care , senior living , AI and machine learning AI is being used to train medical professionals via simulations of patient interviews in Hippocratic.ai.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2022

The Virtual Concierge construct will be commonplace. But a Virtual Concierge helps any who asks a question, with recommendations for restaurants, reservations, and travel arrangements. But a Virtual Concierge helps any who asks a question, with recommendations for restaurants, reservations, and travel arrangements.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , SNF , wearables , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring. Given the staffing crisis in long-term care , maybe technology’s time has come. . Figure 1 Annual Cost of Care, 2021 Source: Genworth Financial.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Worse, for many older adults, isolation is a worsening health issue that we will hear more about as shutdowns continue and shut-in becomes the virtual norm. Zeppi. “ Zeppi floating video call device facilitates and increases family caregiver presence and reduces older adult loneliness with video visits that feel entirely real.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

category tags: Home Care , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living You should be able to obtain a cheap package, perhaps subsidized if needed. In what year? And from whom?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

Is this ‘magical’ technology (and its plethora of virtual assistants) in the peak of inflated expectation or has it just come off the peak headed for the trough of disillusionment , just another tech with plenty of current deficiencies and still-unfulfilled promise? Or is Voice First today, per the Gartner hype cycle, just another interface?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

They live in a virtual world, so this app and the ability to access their care team through text messages [are] much more comfortable." “They proposed creating a virtual patient-centered medical home – what we call the Virtual PCMH, or V-PCMH – for the patient/family and their healthcare team.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As if that weren’t enough, a tech track at Argentum’s annual (now virtual) conference included a session on Voice First (sponsored by CDW Healthcare) in a long list of tech enablement session entries. category tags: senior living , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. Learn more at Netsmart.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. How stress manifested as telehealth visits boomed. Stressors from COVID-19 and virtual care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

Analytics Cloud Computing Population Health Telehealth Workforce One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' Virtual Care 3.0, Here are some portfolio solutions to consider: Virtual care. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | July 13, 2023 News Telehealth proves successful for opioid use disorder treatment Virtual care provider Ophelia found 56% of its OUD patients remained in treatment for six months. with home-based virtual care Also through its Virtual Care at Home program, Augusta has been able to show a reduced readmission.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

Similar progress has been made in secondary care, with widespread moves towards digital-first outpatient appointments and some hospitals supplying iPads to enable loved ones to ‘visit’ their relatives who have been hospitalised with coronavirus, without risk of infection. It's not all plain sailing, of course.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

Examples include using Teams for virtual care visits, Teams integration with Cerner electronic health record, and additional enhancements on the Azure Health Data Services using AI. Virtual care. Delivery of care at home necessitates the clinician to go and visit the patient's house. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

category tags: senior living , healthcare , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health WatchRx visual medication reminders and caregiver notifications help keep seniors and chronically ill patients compliant with their medication regimen." Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Mobile PERS. That’s where all of these technologies combine together with a well-managed, affordable, even reimbursed, service (like RPM), available nationwide. This will be the only way older adults will be able to remain at home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

In addition, telehealth usage has skyrocketed, with virtual doctor visits expected by Forrester Research to top 1 billion by years end. One article author cites the growth of digital health but swaps in terms like “remote services” and “virtual consultations.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Staff and families can see a real-time view of what’s playing on the resident’s TV and use the virtual Caavo remote to control the TV and navigate other Caavo features from any laptop, tablet, or smartphone. category tags: Television/Smart TV , computers, broadband, and social networking. Learn more at Independa. See recent reports: .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As if that weren’t enough, a tech track at Argentum’s annual (now virtual) conference included a session on Voice First (with aRyan Elz and Nick Patel , sponsored by CDW Healthcare) in a long list of tech enablement session entries. Or they are avoiding outpatient visits , afraid of Covid-19, but also concerned about cost of care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

As the novel coronavirus spread across the United States this spring, the demand for telehealth skyrocketed in turn – as did concerns about patient access to virtual care. Black and Latino patients had higher adjusted odds of using either the ER or office visits versus telehealth than either white or Asian patients.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

category tags: wearables, smart watch , wearables , IoT and home monitoring , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. Examples: Current Health (now part of Best Buy) , and Samsung.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 24, 2020

Expect more announcements moving forward, but matching reimbursement for telehealth with in-person visits was a big deal. Note United Healthcae’s reimbursement of E-Visits and Virtual Check-ins (including Medicaid patients until June 18). category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health. If not now, when?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

It's putting more emphasis on the need for home healthcare and home care , especially in times in which the care workers hesitate to enter a home and which families are locked down and not visiting. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Family caregivers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

category tags: senior living , homecare , SNF , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health.

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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. From the survey: " My mom was able to live independently in her home until she was 95."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

" The vast majority of patients choose to have their follow-up virtually, said McNicholas, although they do have the option to visit a health center in person. Some states have laws requiring patients to view ultrasounds, for example, which would mean an in-person visit regardless. " So wrote U.S.

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MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Demand for Virtual Care. HIMSS 2021 State of Healthcare Report revealed nearly two-thirds of respondents prefer the convenience of virtual vs. in-person care. Employers are now turning to virtual care to address the mental and emotional needs of their staff. shows a full 50% of psychiatry visits are now virtual.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

And because our classes are taught virtually, you can access everything from the comfort of your own home.” Learn more. platform for senior care, announced today the release of CareHeroTM, a cloud-based virtual. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. DMEConnected. Learn more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

" The free app serves as a point of coordination for a patient’s family and friend caregivers to organize tasks such as dropping off groceries, picking up medications from the pharmacy, virtual check-ins and emotional connections." Learn more at ianacare. MightyHealth. Learn more at Omron. WellBe Medical Alert.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. In the the next wave, let’s call it Voice 2.0 Launching a new research/report project this month– Voice-AI for Older Adults 2022].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

category tags: Mobile PERS , PERS , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , wearables, smart watch. With their $100 million investment from WaterStreet and their less-than steller watch offering, one would think they would get into the RPM market? Move further into the smarter watch space?

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