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Consider tech adoption trends to contemplate what might be next

Aging in Place Technology Watch

So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Their latest surveys about smartphone and broadband, as with the Caregiver study, were completed in 2019.

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Virtual Visits: Come face to face with the future—now

In Hand Health

Over the past two months, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun shifting its policies in favor of telemedicine and telehealth services. But they want to make sure that an e-visit or other remote care is just as good as they’d get in person, and that their health information stays private.”.

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Five technology and health blogs from March 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

TElehealth, HIPAA compliance and innovation tracking. But the interest and use of telehealth in senior living has been accelerating since April 2019, when Medicare Advantage plans began covering it. Remote care technologies – what have they been, what will they be?

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