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

Continue Education Journal

Telehealth and Telemedicine Definition. We often hear telehealth and telemedicine used interchangeably, so let’s set the record straight – telehealth is the umbrella term that refers to medical services that healthcare practitioners provide to patients from a distance. Telehealth in 2019.

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Focus on Technology for Older Adults Sharpens in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

2019 Technology Market Overview is online this week. Here are four updated premises from the 2019 Market Overview of Technology for Older Adults : 1. Caregiving demands of an aging population drive policy change in 2019. Tech adoption among the oldest has not kept pace with technology improvements.

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Six Health and Aging Technology Blog Posts from January, 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

January 2019 was a l-o-o-o-n-g month. Most because it was difficult to absorb and rationalize so much tech news, hype, booths and convention center halls at the Digital Health Summit at CES 2019 – where a step counter status update may have been the most satisfying experience of all at the end of the day. A few topics that stood out.

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Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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

Health Populi

Yet with that bullish supply side of digital health, there was a marked decline in peoples’ use of them in the past two years, found by Accenture in their latest health consumer survey, Digital is Transforming Health, So Why is Consumer Adoption Stalling? Use of wearable tech nearly halved, from 33% to 18%, between 2018 and 2020.

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Three Trends Shaping the Future of Telehealth

Advanced Medical Reviews

In the healthcare industry, telehealth was once thought of as futuristic. Approximately 89 percent of healthcare leaders expect telehealth to transform U.S. healthcare in the coming decade, and 74 percent of surveyed patients say they would use those services. Government in Action.

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Covid-19 – Technology changes accelerate – some a work-in-progress

Aging in Place Technology Watch

If your firm is in the remote care/caregiving space (health, telehealth, engagement), please comment or email and I will add to this list. Note the other ‘temporary’ change of reimbursement for remote (even telephone) visits , now fitting into the concept of telehealth. Well, as of 2015, only one-third offered free Wi-Fi to residents.