Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

We know that one of the biggest issues in senior living (and home care, nursing homes, home health care) today is a shortage of labor. This roll-up of statistics shows more than 400,000 employees lost between 2020 and 2022, with long-term care facilities (aka nursing homes) being the most impacted.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022. In 2021, 4 in 5 providers and nurses see EHRs as important, and increasingly demand digital interactions with patients.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 25, 2022

As physicians deal on the frontlines in Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re stressed, anxious, and angry concludes the Medscape 2022 Physician Burnout & Depression Report. The post Diagnosis: Stress, Anxiety and Anger – the 2022 Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Report appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 12, 2022

ED docs offer better care than nurse practitioners, research finds. Mon, 12/12/2022 - 16:05.

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 6, 2022

15 Minnesota hospitals reach tentative deal to avoid 15,000-nurse strike. Tue, 12/06/2022 - 16:52.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2023

Nurses have been in high demand for years, and especially since the pandemic. As baby boomers continue to age, the demand for bedside nursing continues to increase. "We tried to build our model around the notion that each patient will now have two nurses coordinating their care."

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Nurses plan to picket outside of 22 Kaiser Permanente locations. Fri, 11/11/2022 - 09:08.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Unfortunately, nurse burnout has reached epidemic proportions. Nurses comprise of the largest healthcare workforce in the United States. According to The American Nurses Association, by 2022 there will be more registered nurse jobs available than any other profession in […].

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AMD Telemedicine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Increased workloads and health risks and the ever-changing dynamics in the workplace are making life more challenging for both nurses and physicians. With all that’s at stake for our healthcare staff members, nurse retention should become a focal point for those in charge of healthcare facilities. Reducing Burnout Among Nurses.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 25, 2022

Lawmakers, AHA urge White House to investigate nurse staffing agencies' price hikes. Tue, 01/25/2022 - 17:18.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 14, 2022

Hospitals forced to delay patient discharges as nursing homes and rehab centers face major staff shortages. Fri, 01/14/2022 - 16:07.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

CES begins next week – but never mind – what mattered in 2022? But before we dive into the startups next week, here is one more look at 2022 – what was notable that could/might/will serve and help older adults? Deadline is December 31, 2022, for Verizon – other carriers already switched. 4G cell phone. The high price?

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The program brings two-way virtual care communications to the hospital bedside to increase nurse assistance, improve patient safety, and advance care model innovation within the regional health system. The virtual nursing program is the latest step in a series of digital health innovation programs at Mary Washington Healthcare.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 4, 2022

Nurses vote to end 10-month strike at Tenet Healthcare's St. Tue, 01/04/2022 - 11:24. Vincent Hospital.

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FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Kaiser Permanente averts strike as nurses win 22.5% Sun, 11/20/2022 - 14:24. pay hike in new deal.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

According to a statement made on August 25, 2022, the Amazon telehealth service. On July 21, 2022, Amazon entered a merger agreement with One Medical, offering to buy a significant share in the primary care market. As reported in the One Medical 2022 Q1 results, the company already had 767,000 members at the end of March.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2024

It ensures patients have medical coverage with a VRGS doctor who can answer their questions and discuss their condition, supported by an on-site nursing staff. The VVED, delivered by Northern Hospital, has served over 256,000 patients, 86% of whom have avoided unnecessary trips to the hospital s ince its statewide rollout in 2022.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

doctors and nurses alike, are considering leaving their current role in the next two to three years. That 1 in 2 clinicians is significantly greater than the global 37% of physicians and nurses thinking about leaving their roles in the next 3 years, according to the report Clinician of the Future 2023 from Elsevier.

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 28, 2022

Medicare patients win the right to appeal gap in nursing home coverage. Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:59.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2022

Everyone from the board and the C-suite to the health IT team to doctors and nurses are talking about how digital technologies can change the industry and bring about better care and better outcomes. Digital transformation is the topic du jour in healthcare today.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Here are the four blog posts from July 2022. We know that one of the biggest issues in senior living (and home care, nursing homes, home health care) today is a shortage of labor. Remember that memory care is a sub-category within both senior living (aka assisted living) and skilled nursing facilities (aka SNFs).

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Most doctors see the advantages of digital health tools like telehealth, consumers’ access to their health information, and point-of-care workflow solutions, the American Medical Association found in a survey of 1300 physicians, published in September 2022. Note that #2 and #3 were new questions added to the 2022 study wave].

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Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2024

Add to that #5, which ties to the Press Ganey findings on the health care workforce safety culture where Press Ganey quantified assaults against nursing personnel, just one data point of several exacerbating the decline of emotional well-being among health care workers.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 4, 2022

On July 27, 2022, Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) celebrated the House passage of their Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2022. Quick Summary of Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2022. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Major told John Lynn, the toll also accounts for internal issues such as nurse staffing. NYU Langone Health is building an AI tool to rank the level of care that a patients in the hospital needs. Critically, professor Vincent J. Read more… Bringing Low-Code and No-Code Software to Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 27, 2022

Writing from The Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference, a Collaboration with the DirectTrust Summit, John shared updates on ongoing work DirectTrust is doing to improve the directory of Direct addresses. Read more… How DirectTrust Is Improving Its Directory. In a nutshell, real-time updates enabled by FHIR are the future.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 30, 2022

Think improvements to the nurse call button, a virtual whiteboard, and actions triggered by activity in the EHR. Half of all physicians and nurses are experiencing burnout these days , Canadian Medical Association President Dr. Katharine Smart told Colin Hung. Read more… A Vision for the Hospital Room of the Future: Part 2.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 17, 2024

NurseTok” is a specific category of videos on the app; a preexisting niche providing a way for nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide tailored content to an already invested audience. Aglieco Alexandra is a certified family nurse practitioner specializing in primary care, infectious disease, and addiction medicine.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 14, 2022

HIMSS has released its 2022 Future of Healthcare Report , and survey results suggest that payers and providers look at big technology companies differently. A survey of 5,000 clinicians conducted by experience management firm Qualtrics concluded that only half of nurses and physicians believe in the future of their organizations.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

It can be hard for physicians and nurses to justify taking time away from practice to attend a conference. Fortunately, most practices reported that patient volume is steady or on the rise. Read more… The Benefits of Attending the ATA Conference.

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 12, 2024

Study Details Participants : The study involved hospitalist physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants across 13 US states. Clinicians were not able to recognize and correct errors induced by biased models, emphasizing the need for further research and refinement in AI model explanations.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2022

In 2022, the oldest baby boomer turns 76, while the population aged 65+ will exceed 54 million. And the shortages in home care , home healthcare , skilled nursing facilities and senior living are juxtaposed with an overall labor shortage, just as the oldest baby boomer has turned 76 and has significant remaining life expectancy.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2022

adults online in mid-August 2022. point to nurses, doctors, and pharmacists as the most honest and ethical professionals in America, shown here in Gallup’s latest poll on the topic. Pharmacists, like nurses and doctors, can’t only live and work on the basis of love and trust.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The reality side of the coin for hospitals is that financial margins, six months into 2022, are in the red, according to Kaufman Hall’s August 2022 Hospital Flash Report. The nursing shortage, calling out that the vast majority of nurses are considering leaving the profession int he next year; and.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

Consider this graphic from The Economist’ s coverage of the state of Quantified Self in May 2022. The more health sensors on a smartwatch, the less multi-modal a consumer has to be.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

For Labor Day 2022, I’m thinking about health, vaccines, work (especially returning-to-work), and art. This history of art lesson has a specific reason as the inspiration for today’s Labor Day 2022 Health Populi post: because one of the 27 frescoes illustrates vaccination in the context of innovation, economics and politics.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Doctors and nurses are burning out, especially in the ER. Turnover is highest in the lowest-paid care positions – home care is at a high point at 77% as of 2022. You know the statistics and they are alarming. Pressure is growing in senior living to ‘keep people well’ in conjunction with a higher level of acuity of care needs.

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