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Older adults need vendor empathy to attain digital literacy

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Oops, not supported by all apps. The instructions are required because the UI behavior varies across different apps and screens. Can it be that the majority of Apple’s are young women ? But adding fall detection as a feature for the 65+ in Apple Health and the watch was a change. Watch and listen together?

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A decade later -- Next Generation Response Systems have arrived

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The age of purchasers was high – averaging 82, mostly women, and the duration of ownership was short – either from user disinterest (“Why do I have to wear this thing?”) These future systems would offer vital signs monitoring and be integrated with health applications – and even health systems. Are we there yet?

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Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Healthcare IT Today

A survey from digital health platform Babylon found that 46% of Americans have gone into debt from their medical bills , while 34% are currently struggling to pay their medical and insurance bills. Haleon is using the the Microsoft Seeing AI app to provide more detailed labels on more than 1,500 of its consumer health products.

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Did you miss one? Check out September’s Aging & Health Tech blog posts

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Now add in the shortage of workers in home care , health care , and nursing homes. Women will outlive men by a few years – living on average into their late 80s. They may struggle financially – including the 15% of women who rely primarily on Social Security income. Oops, not supported by all apps. More young folk.

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Leave no trend behind – yet another PERS smartwatch ticks on

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Along came a gaggle of gadgets for the wrist, including Medical Guardian’s, but also Verizon’s Care Smart watch – teen-focused and largely disliked by reviewers, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 with fall detection , the Garmin Lily (with fall detection) , HandsFree Health Smartwatch , BestBuy Lively app for Apple Watch , UnaliWear Kanega , and many more.

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Apple accidentally shines a light on its technology ageism

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And perhaps you have also turned on the Health app (somewhere) and entered your birthdate. I am sure they believe themselves to be age-agnostic, despite their oxymoronic growing focus on health (half of US health spending is for individuals age 55+ ). category tags: wearables, smart watch. Still with me?

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Isn’t It Eyeconic? Vision Care in the Evolving Health Care Ecosystem

Health Populi

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. I was grateful to have an opportunity to share my views with attendees on the vision patient as health consumer through the health economic lens.

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