Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

Will results change when older adults are surveyed later this year? 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. Health-related technology adoption.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

The last published eMarketer survey in 2019 sized the software voice assistant (Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa et al.) But according to a late 2019 AARP survey , only 20% of the 50+ population use voice assistants – and for the 70+, only 12%. 2020 is that year – when a category is subsumed into technology ecosystems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2021

The findings are based on a survey conducted from October to December 2020 from 17 countries. In particular, IT security and data privacy is ranked as the highest priority for most of the healthcare organizations that were represented in the survey.

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Health Populi

APRIL 5, 2021

Investments in the digital health sector have fast-grown in the past decade, reaching $14bn in 2020 based on Rock Health’s latest read on the market. Beazley conducted a survey among 376 digital health and wellness practitioners and divined four key themes from the research on risk, growth, insurance, and understanding.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 9, 2021

Released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the study showed that in 2020, the number of telemedicine clinics for patients with diabetes in both countries rose by 90%. ON THE RECORD.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

Numerous companies popped into my inbox in the past week with announcements of a period of free access to remote care/engagement technologies. Note the other ‘temporary’ change of reimbursement for remote (even telephone) visits , now fitting into the concept of telehealth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

And in the face of this lockdown, likely more technology may be used at home by older adults than is detectable in surveys. Using the most recent data, home broadband adoption drops off notably in the upper age ranges, down to 59% of the 65+, though surveying of the older age ranges is infrequent.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I noted this Morning Consult survey , data shown here, finding that people of color who were lower-income as of June 2020 had a more difficult time paying for Internet and phone bills than white people with lower incomes. As we move to “build health care back better” in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

However, health providers should now identify other care pathways that can incorporate virtual care. This could include tele-ICU, remote patient monitoring and self-care tools. Operations workflow and integration - The use of virtual care in 2020 was mostly related to the provision of health during the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

"Fast forward to 2020, the health system experienced what can only be described as a convergence of factors driving deployment of fully remote virtual digital health practices ? "The AI-powered platform engages patients, staff and clinicians through a chatbot designed with 100% remote care capabilities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 20, 2023

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. Staffing shortages, budget cuts and low patient volumes coming out of the pandemic have forced some rural hospitals to shut their doors, with 19 closures in 2020 alone.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In a survey based in the US, patients that experienced telehealth visits highly rated this type of healthcare (recommendations: > 80%) 5,6 , stating it was beneficial for their mental health as well. In a cross-sectional survey, 52.5% In a survey among telehealth patients in the UK conducted by Dhahri et al., ” 27.

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Waracle

JANUARY 5, 2022

Prioritising remote care and wellness. The majority of respondents in our recent Patient Experience survey shared that they are happy to have online consultations about their health, except for things like physical injuries. In 2020, we saw the world’s first AI-developed medicine by drug discovery company Exscientia.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 6, 2021

"The healthcare disparities in the patients we care for were even more visible during the pandemic." By April 2020, Mount Sinai's ambulatory and inpatient services department saw a 25% decrease in volume, indicating that patients were reluctant to come into a health facility.

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Iris Telehealth

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Among adults aged 50-80, telehealth usage jumped from 4% in May 2019 to 26% in June 2020. The offering of remote care delivery can help them receive non-discriminatory care from a safe location. These results indicate that patients are satisfied with the care they receive when using telehealth.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 18, 2021

Ruvalcaba’s pandemic fears were typical of patients across the nation, surveys revealed. 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. Unequal access is another challenge for telehealth.

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Primary Care Telehealth Public Health Medicare 41

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The transition to telehealth continues to be a success: As of March 1, 2020, Executive Mental Health was providing no remote care, had not purchased any equipment to offer this service and had not conceptualized the logistics of delivering an effective telehealth model.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. The eCareCoordinator telehealth software platform allows clinicians to remotely monitor patients’ vital signs and send patients short surveys about their health status. Vivify Pathways +Home is a system for remote care for home health.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Partner at Berger Singerman LLP Telehealth has revolutionized the delivery of outpatient mental health services, and there has been exponential growth in the acceptance and delivery of remote care. No longer does a patient have to be sitting on a therapist’s couch to receive care. The sofa at home will work just fine.

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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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