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Five Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from September 2020

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These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. Here are five other posts: Will telehealth help the oldest adults during Covid-19?

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Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from September 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. What happens when people avoid health-related in-person care? But is telehealth viable for the oldest?

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Innovative offerings from 2020 (virtual) HIMSS

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CEO (and American Well founder) Dr. Roy Schoenberg noted that the pioneering telehealth company, founded in 2006, rebranded itself on March 9 as Amwell. As the newly published vision states: “No longer is telehealth merely a virtual urgent care service. J2Global – from the telehealth sublime to the reality of fax.