Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Along the way, Medicaid waiver programs appeared in many states to enable alternatives to nursing homes. And finally, there’s the Aging in Place fixation , perpetuated by the media , as well as AARP – just use the checklist and help Mom age in place ! Seniors and families need them?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The platform currently offers more than 150 classes on essential life-changing skills, from professional development to technology, health, wellness, and hobbies and casual social hours, with trained expert guides holding graduate and master's degrees in business, music, science, and more." Learn more at GetSetup. HomeThrive.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Joyoti Goswami At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient. Tracking and monitoring the program.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Note that PACE programs for frail and low-income elderly are now directed by CMS to use remote technology for "activities that would normally occur on an in-person basis," such as scheduled and unscheduled participant assessments, care planning, monitoring, communication, and other activities.”.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 4, 2023

At the end of November, the tech world figuratively-speaking fell over when the staggeringly well-funded AI tool, ChatGPT, was launched by OpenAi , its sponsor and creator.Within five days, a million were giving the tool a try – and who knows how many by now (six weeks later, perhaps more powerful servers are required).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

By delivering IvedaAI™ appliance hardware and software as well as 150 HIPAA-compliant IvedaCare kits, outfitted with IvedaAI and Iveda’s proprietary IoT-enabled sensors and devices, the contract will support the ongoing care and safety of patients residing within Waymark Gardens’ facilities.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

This is an 8-year program, and a part of the CMS Innovation initiatives. BoundaryCare is an app for the Apple Watch that promotes caregiver peace of mind and empowers aging-in-place by silently gathering information about safety and wellness and sharing this data with caregivers when necessary. BoundaryCare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Through a growing number of programs, initiatives, and strategic partnerships, VA is facilitating breakthroughs in healthcare delivery and services, improving our ability to serve the Veteran population now and in the future. Empowering future innovation. Innovation doesn’t happen in a bubble. Department for Veterans Affairs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 9, 2019

In 2017, it was clear that virtual reality technology had evolved beyond the point of experiments and was having a number of limited introductions into the world of older adults , including senior living environments ( Rendever ) as well as pain mitigation ( FirstHand ). Wellness VR (Visual). Learn more at DigitalTrends.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

Technology’s role in mitigating it is being studied in research programs and healthcare. GrandPad allows for seniors (especially those over 75) to see family and friends through videos and photos, as well as enables them to send messages via voice emails, using safe and secure technology. Learn more at Rendever.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 16, 2022

A well-known consulting firm assesses the growing care gap. Well, as Jane Sarasohn-Kahn’s blog notes, it’s a given that robots won’t save us in the near (by 2030) term. category tags: Home Care , home health care , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , tech-enabled home care. Tech in the home – can it help, even a little?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

You probably think, well that must be good, because those landlines cost as much as $55/month. Technology’s role in mitigating it is being studied in research programs and healthcare. Read more. category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , smartphones, cellphones , social isolation So that’s a cost savings, right?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Its competitor American Well has raised nearly $ 200 million to keep up with the "skyrocketing" demand for telemedicine, and Doctor on Demand collected $75 million for meeting the increased demand for its platform and services. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Has telehealth hit the high watermark?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

It provides caregivers with continuous insight and increased visibility into their loved one’s well-being. This program is for everyone who takes their overall health seriously and wants to try to prevent a heart attack or stroke. and what/who is still around. Laptops were hot (remember the Ultrabook?) Fast forward to 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Now live on Walmart.com, Nomo Smart Care is designed for seniors who want to live at home while maintaining their independence, and for their family members who worry about their daily well-being. category tags: Family caregivers , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , AI and machine learning , AgeTech

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

This is a training program developed by Second Wind Dreams that can help family and professional caregivers better understand what it is like to have dementia. It is now offered in senior living communities for families of residents with Alzheimer’s, as well as in home care. Virtual dementia tour. Virtual reality for seniors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 2, 2020

Well, as of 2015, only one-third offered free Wi-Fi to residents. category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , senior living , social isolation , SNF. Remote engagement technology is suddenly a must-have in senior living. But nursing homes, specifically?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

These 2022 initiatives offer opportunities to tech firms that focus on older adults, collaborations like AARP and OATS , as well as the entrants in AARP's AgeTech Collaborative. Click here to for the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy

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Telehealth 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Projects are underway at the University of Illinois , MIT AgeLab , Georgia Tech , and no doubt other university programs around the US. It is just as well – younger device owners are struggling. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , SNF , seniors and aging policy , AI and machine learning.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2021

One of these was the Longevity Health & Innovation Summit , which featured numerous longevity and technology experts as well as a pitch challenge. Karie is easy to use, enables greater patient autonomy and ensures better healthcare through a highly coordinated program." Learn more at AceAge. Dance4Healing. "

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Digital Health 138

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

" Telehealth projects should have a digital literacy support program. Redlining is alive and well in 2021. Region Tag: Global Edition. " asked Peter Caplan, the managing consultant for New York-based eHealth Systems & Solutions. "Who's training patients what to do if the Internet has a glitch?"

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Amazon Alexa: They’re building a health and wellness team , and can list more than 1000 health and wellness skills , though only 13 pop up that are loosely related to older adults. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , Voice First/AI technology.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Those language barriers can discourage patients from making appointments and addressing their health concerns, as well as those of their children. They also needed to screen for seizures in high-risk populations, as well as improve their transition planning. It has helped eliminate phone tag by providing a secure place to message.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2021

The report notes difficulty with financial and document management/editing – as well as limitations in using social networking and engagement technology. The money is paid to Internet Service Providers to encourage discounting programs, including the cost of providing required equipment to the home.

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Telehealth 123

Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

It feels like the vision industry is at an inflection point at this moment, I intuited during yesterday’s convening of Decoding the Consumer: The new science of customer behavior, the theme of the 13th annual global leadership summit hosted by Vision Monday, a program of Jobson Medical Information which is part of the WebMD family.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2020

Last month, long-time colleague and friend Colin Hung interviewed me on the #HITMC broadcast to discuss a lovely recognition I’d received: HIT Advocate of the Year , a program highlighting various friends-in-the-field active in digital health, communications and marketing, sponsored by Medigy. Stay tuned, and stay well!

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

I recently wrote about financial toxicity discussing a study from IQVIA Institute on the 2017 prices for oncology drugs, with all new treatments exceeding $100,000 price tags in 2017 and a median price of about $150,000 for a year’s therapy. The second chart illustrates patient-borne costs for early stage breast cancer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2019

And that will only change in the months and years ahead as more startups get funded, proofs-of-concept demonstrate success and pilot programs take flight into production environments. Implementation best practices: Launching clinical decision support. by Bill Siwicki March 07, 2019.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

That may work for the most well-to-do seniors. More programs are emerging to get older adults to tech parity. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , healthcare , digital health. But families are still in a position of finding and then managing the care workers, even with agency assistance.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 10, 2019

Will they be used effectively to help them remain as safe, independent and/or well as possible? Among its many features, WellBe can be programmed to remind you or your loved ones to take medicine, to make or keep appointments, order refills, and to require verbal confirmation that it's been done." Learn more at Handsfree Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The event capitalizes on the presence of numerous Washington government agencies, including National Institute on Aging and HHS , as well as representation from DC-based organizations like NCOA and AARP. The comprehensive system includes software, assessment tools, decision algorithms, and a training and technical assistance program.

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TheraNest

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Follow these 5 tips and you’ll be well on your way to doing just that. Optimize your meta tags. A good portion of SEO strategy is on the backend of things and meta tags are an important piece. Meta tags are simply short bits of HTML code located in the header of a web page. OK, so how do I optimize a meta tag.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Vivo is a breakthrough interactive online strength training fitness program scientifically designed for adults 55 and older that you can join from the safety of your home. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. But in the meantime, here are five recently surfaced. All content is drawn from the company websites.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 11, 2020

In the meantime, Here are some of their updates, in alphabetical order: Amwell (formerly American Well). CEO (and American Well founder) Dr. Roy Schoenberg noted that the pioneering telehealth company, founded in 2006, rebranded itself on March 9 as Amwell. In addition, HIMSS is in the process of arranging a digital version of HIMSS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached. There are cost controls built into these programs, so telehealth can't increase overall costs. What do you think will happen with telemedicine in 2022?

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Accountable Care Medicare Telehealth Public Health 167

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

Appendix I, Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidelines for Life Safety Code Surveys, as well as Appendix Q, Guidelines for Determining Immediate Jeopardy, must be followed by all ASCs. ASCs are required to evaluate risk, develop policies, procedures, and a communication plan, as well as train and test their final plan.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 31, 2018

And in fact, a search on the Amazon site turns up many – but as for Amazon itself – well it is as stealth in intent as Google, only more so. There are differences for sure – benefits eligibility and national age-based programs: age 62+ for Social Security, 65+ for Medicare, and age 50+ eligibility for AARP discounts.

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