Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

Who can comprehend that 43% of Covid-19 deaths are linked to nursing homes? Or that high speed internet would not be available in nursing homes or the dementia care units in assisted living where their relatives now lived. Here are the five blog posts from June 2020: Tech adoption older adults matter more now than ever.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

Intermountain Healthcare announced this week that it is expanding the scope and services of its hospital at home program, more than a year since it was first launched in May 2020. Patients and family agree to have phones nearby at all times, so tele-nurses and technicians can reach out to validate new alerts. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

That was followed by a collection of companies offering free services for use of their technologies in the context of an increasingly isolated older adult population in senior living communities, nursing homes and at home. Nursing home transparency needs more than Covid-19 case-counting. So many of the 1.5

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2022

Murthy’s warning to the industry was that unless significant steps are taken to reduce the crisis of stress, exhaustion and burnout among physicians, nurses and other clinicians, the nation’s health will suffer through worsening of access to care and quality of care due to lack of resources.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2021

Once the enquiry is received, the attending nurse or medical officer will provide advice or make recommendations to consult a specialist at Sunway Medical Center. And we pride the credibility of our Telemedicine Services as all medical or clinical enquiries will be attended by a certified nurse or medical officer. ON THE RECORD.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

Note that 51% of 5000 responders in this 2020 global marketing survey worry about voice assistants listening to them without their consent. Also note that the survey extended to boomers (those aged 56 to 74) who apparently cared less than younger people. 2020 is that year – when a category is subsumed into technology ecosystems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

are facing an increasing healthcare crisis due to shortages in healthcare providers and facilities, especially as the nursing shortage continues throughout the country. While there is a need for remote patient monitoring in rural settings due to inadequate resources and limited access to medical facilities, actual utilization is low.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2022

"iObserver allows a remote care team to monitor up to 12 patients per screen, with two-way audio/video support, night vision and rapid-response bedside alerts. "With upwards of 50 in-person observations on any given day, our goal is to maximize our workforce through the use of remote patient monitoring," he added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

of remote patient monitoring patients comply with. By Bill Siwicki | June 20, 2023 News Piedmont Healthcare launches Epic-integrated continuous RPM program Working with Telemetrix and Remote Care Partners, the Atlanta health system is enabling cloud-based.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Through COVID Watch – which has enrolled more than 5,000 patients since its launch in late March 2020, with a Spanish language version launched in May – patients receive text messages twice a day to check on their condition and enable contact with nurses who elevate to higher levels of care if need be.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 12, 2021

At the start of 2020, widespread adoption of remote patient monitoring was still in the distance. A: At the start of 2020, widespread use and adoption of telehealth and RPM was still struggling to get off the ground, despite the technology being available for years. What is the problem?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

These include senior housing, skilled nursing facilities, home care, home healthcare, or healthcare providers. Next generation: What are the dimensions of remote care technology? What technology considerations will need to be next, moving from a desperate to a more measured pace?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

Not much chance to mitigate the isolation from family in locked-down nursing homes or assisted living. Could the 2020 catastrophe be the catalyst to boost tech use up to 90% among all older adult segments, at home or in senior living, propelling adoption of telehealth forward for older adults?

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care innovations

DECEMBER 12, 2018

That’s according to a number of recent reports focused on telehealth research within a few specific areas of telehealth implementation — one of them focused on primary care and mental health, the other on exploring the application of telehealth and remote care technology within skilled nursing facilities.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 11, 2020

Nursing homes struggled to link residents to remote care telehealth services. Consider the hand-wringing that surfaced recently in that same time period about lack of access among the oldest that has contributed to social isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It employs 14,000 people, including more than 2,850 doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and has more than one million patient encounters per year. "The AI-powered platform engages patients, staff and clinicians through a chatbot designed with 100% remote care capabilities. THE PROBLEM. " Kapoor said.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2020

The world is spinning from the events of March 2020. It’s almost quaint to look at where the month began – publishing the 2020 Market Overview of Technology for Aging. Smart home and ability to enable participation in remote interactions) matters more than it ever has. Technology innovation from HIMSS 2020.

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19 Labs

AUGUST 19, 2020

Zoom was the top downloaded app on the playstore in the first few months of the pandemic and almost all hospitals and health care systems use Zoom, Skype, or other tools for internal communication between physicians, nurses, and staff. But, by 2020, the value in the video call itself has commoditized. We shall see.

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GlobalMed

JANUARY 14, 2020

After all, GlobalMed is a telemedicine company and we should be all about expanded options for remote care. Clinicians can base their care plans on complete, not partial, knowledge, and even catch a serious illness in time by interpreting a patient’s symptoms in their totality. Home health care. Well, yes – we are.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

19 Telehealth opportunities and remote care options can create a variety of these touchpoints in a personalized and case-specific way, ranging from an overview of patient consultations to implantable cardiac monitors. 20 Remote monitoring especially holds tremendous potential to profit from telehealth applications. Reay at al.

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GlobalMed

MAY 27, 2020

A primary factor in this crisis is the lack of access to health care. In remote Zimbabwe villages healthcare may be limited to a monthly visit from a nurse whose job it is to see as many patients as possible in a single day. Learn more about how our virtual health platform can serve your remote care needs.

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mHealth Insight

APRIL 15, 2020

Fiona has enjoyed a wealth of relevant experience including work with the worlds most famous remote care service the “flying doctors” 11:10am “How mobile has transformed the Medical Record”. Kate served as the Director of USAID’s CapacityPlus Project, the world’s largest global health workforce program.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In early March, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of skilled nursing facilities restricted access to residents. These restrictions included, but were not limited to, essential care providers, such as neuropsychologists and psychologists. THE PROBLEM. Kalechstein, president and CEO of Executive Mental Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 30, 2020

Telehealth always has been a key pillar of technology-enabled care delivery that helps hospitals, health systems and group practices deliver quality care at a distance – and often also gain efficiencies, improve patient and provider satisfaction and save costs. Another system the vendor offers is Teleisolation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

For those who don't know, please describe the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The waiver program launched in November 2020 in response to the massive bed shortages hospitals experienced during the early waves of COVID-19.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 18, 2021

A 2020 CHCF poll of 2,249 California adults revealed that even when people wanted to see a doctor for an urgent health problem, one-third did not receive care. Nearly half of those surveyed didn’t receive care for their nonurgent health problems. Telehealth Solved Access Issues for Some, Not All.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. It also equips providers with Eko’s FDA-cleared AI to assist in remote screening for AFib, heart murmurs, tachycardia and bradycardia. A provider present with the patient at one location – a nursing home, community clinic, etc.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

JANUARY 29, 2023

In 2020, the Hypertension Journal documented strong evidence that explicitly supports virtual care for remote monitoring, counseling, addressing the individual electronic health record, and communication regarding chronic illnesses like cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. What are the Challenges of Virtual Healthcare?

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Continue Education Journal

MAY 28, 2021

Listed below are the current waiver statuses of each state (as of May 28, 2021): State Status Changes (if applicable) Alabama Active – end date TBD – A physician can provide an Alabama resident TeleHealth services as long as the physician holds either a full license or a license to practice across state lines Alaska Active – end date (..)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 31, 2020

CPSI is offering the product for free for the remainder of 2020 to help healthcare-provider organizations during the pandemic. TalkWithYourDoc.com, the company said, delivers more than remote-care appointments. The goal is to enable safe and comprehensive virtual medical visits between patients and healthcare providers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The year 2020 has been a wild ride to say the least – difficult, yet full of opportunity, because the last 10 months have reaffirmed the critical importance of agility and innovation, said Mohan of Brigham & Women's Hospital. "Digital health in 2020 became an essential part of patient care and operations.

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