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Why are older adults demeaned by the health and tech industry?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Meanwhile, Medicare Advantage plans telemarket home nurse visits which provide an opportunity to assess risk scores , enabling them to boost insurer reimbursements from Medicare based on that assessment, independent of whether the insured has already been assessed at the doctor’s office. With persuasion? That’s 5 percent! Just saying.

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Overall, 75% of consumers trust medical doctors, and 69% trust nurse practitioners and physician assistants. There’s a nuance in trust that’s a key insight in this study regarding trust in clinicians overall, and trust when clinicians use technology. Let’s call out the two keywords in this phrase: Concern + Embrace. .

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Six Health and Aging Technology Blog Posts from October 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

There’s the 2017 AARP report that surveys caregivers about what they want from technology -- they are interested in but not currently using. Help Yelp Serve Families with Information about Nursing Homes. A small percent live in nursing homes. Read more here. Consider CMS Five Star Rating system and how it ‘serves’ families.

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The Future of Healthcare: Telehealth. Here’s Why You Need to Consider Telemedicine in 2019

Continue Education Journal

Nurses, physicians, counselors or dentists can all provide telehealth services. In fact, a 2017 survey found that two-thirds of healthcare consumers would prefer seeing a doctor via virtual visits. Telehealth in 2019.

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8 Key Telehealth Partnerships and What to Expect in 2019

Enzyme Health

Doctors and nurse practitioners are likely to see a growing demand in the telehealth space - increasing job security and opportunities in an alternative career path that is only becoming more prevalent. Microsoft has gotten in the game as well, partnering with Walgreens to connect customers with pharmacies via mHealth devices.

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The Rapid Expansion of School-Based Telehealth Programs

InTouch Health

Once the session is complete, the parent or guardian will be able to access a summary of the session using the mHealth app. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 15% of high school students experienced one or more concussions in 2017, and 6% experienced two or more.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The role of mHealth for improving medication adherence in patients with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review. J Nurse Pract. 2017; 7: e016242. DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016242. Telehealth and eHealth in nurse practitioner training: current perspectives. 2017; 8: 399–409. BMC Public Health.