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Ten Years – Technology for Older Adults – 2009-2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In fact, a greater percentage of the oldest (the real seniors) could be counted if a representative population was actually surveyed. Sadly, it appears that only Link·age surveys tech ownership of the oldest, but that only encompasses their own constituency. Google’s IPO was in 2004 and Facebook (coincidentally) emerged that year.

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Did you miss insights and data from the five August blog posts?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Grandcare Systems was founded in 2004 followed by a sensor-based remote monitoring startup and consolidation wave in 2009-2010. se assertions are built on the Service Annual Survey (2021). Here are the five blog posts from August 2022: Some might say that sensor technology for older adults is nothing new. What’s the big deal?

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HHS, DOD and vendors partner for critical care via telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2004, Avel evolved to begin providing 24/7 on-demand services. Survey and consent tools. To help develop a collaborative solution, Avel eCARE drew on its 28 years of experience supporting patients and clinicians with a team of medical experts through robust communication and video infrastructure. HIPAA Compliant.

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Will Telemedicine Be the Blockbuster or Netflix of Healthcare?

Henry Kotula

After its peak in 2004, Blockbuster started losing market share and relevance. Many patients have experienced telehealth for the first time and many have positive impressions, with nearly three quarters of patients who had a recent telehealth visit describing it as good or very good, according to a recent survey.

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Early warning signs of a mental health tsunami: A coordinated response to gather initial data insights from digital services providers

Lloyd Price

During the SARS (2002-2004) epidemic, social disengagement, mental stress, and anxiety were associated with increased suicide rates in the elderly population [2]. A survey conducted in March, just as lockdown rules were coming into place in the USA, also highlighted higher levels of psychological distress among lower income households [12].

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. I’d like to discuss what I believe are five areas of significant opportunity for quality technologies. EHRs were designed as documentation centers for billing and regulatory purposes.

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Is laughter the best medicine?

Lloyd Price

The ‘laughter line’, founded in 2004 is a phone line that connects you with other people to have a giggle (it is contagious after all). A survey of American cancer patients found that laughter was frequently used as a complementary therapy. As well as inducing a positive emotional response, laugher can improve NK cell activity.