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Six Health and Aging Technology Blog Posts from October 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

There’s the Family Caregiver Alliance report that lists technologies from firms, but was last updated in 2013 (perhaps the date of this FCA list). Five Offerings from the Boston Connected Health Conference 2018. Help Yelp Serve Families with Information about Nursing Homes. A small percent live in nursing homes.

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From Yorkshire Lad to Global Design for Health: A Profile of Sean Carney of Philips

Health Populi

Launched in 2013 , the team now has about 150 health care consultants, spanning Chief Nursing Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, ex-department heads of hospitals — the range of professionals who can, as Sean said, “dig in and redesign care pathways that optimize performance through design.”

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Connected Care is Better Care

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

Dr. Grabowski described the positive impact of telemedicine to support the care of nursing home residents after hours and on weekends. Telemedicine reduced hospital admissions and inpatient days, but the savings did not accrue to the nursing homes or hospitals. Grabowski of Harvard Medical School.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Some advantages include increased utilization of recommended therapies, shorter hospital stays, fewer emergency room visits, and better health outcomes.In In a 2013 study about diabetes management in US primary care settings , researchers found that the Chronic Care Model has effectively sustained diabetes care. registered nurses, etc.)

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#PGHD: Buzzword to Business

Chilmark Research

First of all, the article was from February 2013. Claims data anchors us as patients to the transactions we take part in, while EHR data is more robust but rooted largely in what happens in those magical 12 minutes we spend with some nurses and a doctor. Is there more that goes into “a 360 degree view” of our health?

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

The health system provides employees opportunities to take part in global mission trips, and its wellness program offers incentives for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.). For two consecutive years, the health system was named among the Best Places to Work in Illinois.