Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

A survey from digital health platform Babylon found that 46% of Americans have gone into debt from their medical bills , while 34% are currently struggling to pay their medical and insurance bills. Haleon is using the the Microsoft Seeing AI app to provide more detailed labels on more than 1,500 of its consumer health products.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2020

Cambia Health released a survey of caregivers, 64% of surveyed caregivers use at least one digital tool to help them with caregiving. And ageism and the digital divide got worse. The resulting loneliness and depression revealed a glaring digital divide between the technology haves and have-nots among older adults.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

Success Stories & ROI Having gained some hard-won wisdom about the dos and don'ts of information technology investments in recent years, healthcare providers are getting bolder in their digital transformation spending. million medication instructions without.

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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%. as penetrating one third of the US population – 111.8 Is it furniture or feature?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

A hot topic now – crossing the so-called ‘Digital Divide’. And do we mean ‘Digital Divide’ – or do we really mean Internet Access Divide? This shouldn’t be that hard, but the data seems to be at best surveyed annually. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , social isolation , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 16, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dmitrii Evstiukhin , Director of Managed Services at Provectus In today’s world, personalized and efficient digital interactions are expected, especially in the healthcare industry. And the stakes are high. When done well, great customer experience improves customer satisfaction.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

And survey frequency about Internet access had dwindled over a decade. When the 2022 surveys of broadband access for the 65+ are published, will the numbers be much higher? category tags: computers, internet and social networking , healthcare , digital health. Déjà vu all over again. You get the idea.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Necessity will drive AI usage in care work across all five care types (healthcare, home health care, home care, senior living, and Skilled Nursing Facilities). Population health will transform into a population of one. Avatars are emerging built on health protocols and voluminous data sets.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

It’s at the point where the surgeon general recently declared it to be a serious health risk : " 29% increased risk of heart disease, a 32% increased risk of stroke, and a 50% increased risk of developing dementia for older adults. Our virtual companions extend the reach of both the provider and health plan into the home. CareAngel. "AI

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

As with other market segments, the hearing health market saw the opportunity to promote their teleaudiology (or tele-audiology ) services for those who already own telehealth-capable hearing aids that may need adjustment. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , medication management , social isolation , covid-19 , Aging, ageism.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The iPhone had just been released in June of 2007, so this survey did not ask about smartphone use – there was no Digital Health (a " check engine light for your body! "); the Longevity Economy hadn’t been invented; Fitbit was a 2007 new clip-on tracker , and Facebook was still a campus toy. Oh yes, and does it save money?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | September 21, 2023 News Oracle Cerner adds generative AI to its EHR platforms The Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant tool can also respond to conversational voice prompts from. In this regularly updated page, we offer their perspective and advice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. What happens when people avoid health-related in-person care? But is telehealth viable for the oldest?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

This past week, Cambia Health released a survey of caregivers, 64% of surveyed caregivers use at least one digital tool to help them with caregiving. category tags: wearables, smart watch , smartphones, cell phones , hearables/hearing technology , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2020

Consider an upcoming HIMSS event in Orlando with the charming title: Monitoring Grandma: Adoption of Connected Health Tech by Seniors. Pew hasn’t bothered lately, but AARP recently published a survey of tech ownership among the 50+. Back to monitoring, connected health or otherwise. What is the point of sneering at older people?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Diabetes is a critical health problem. A survey of technology offerings reveals a plethora of apps and information sites, not to mention devices that are part of the diabetes management equation. Although some would say that Americans take too many pills , for many, medication is critical to health and wellbeing—especially diabetics.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 30, 2019

The tool is supposed to help banks and lenders better market appropriate services to potential customers and nudging consumers to improve their financial health." Surveys by Voice is the only survey platform designed specifically for VOICE. Learn more at Bond.Ai. Speak2Software. Learn more at Speak2Software. SurveyLine.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

When assembling the 2019 tenth anniversary version, it was apparent that this year reflects change -- in the supply-demand balance in the overbuilt senior housing market, in policy changes driving health care services into the home, in market forecasts, and in the mix of vendors who serve the market.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

You may be one of the dwindling population ( 34% are homeowners ) who have landlines in the US (even digital phone-service based). In another pilot program, Talking Tech , participants were surveyed as being less lonely following increased technology literacy and access to tools to connect with others and boost social interactions.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

But this is January, 2021, in the time of Covid-19 and the time of the all-digital Consumer Electronics Show -- this time with at least 70,000 online attendees from around the world and the tech industry -- and so new companies are surfacing with technologies that will generate interest and even excitement during 2021. Learn more. Learn more.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The following is a guest article by Stephen Dean, Healthcare CRM Expert and Co-Founder of Keona Health. Many health care professionals think the strength of the patient-provider relationship is determined solely by the face-to-face interactions between patients and physicians, and that all problems begin and end there.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Between trade events, including the Connected Health Conference in Boston, LeadingAge in San Diego, HLTH in Las Vegas, the Aging 2.0 The survey was fielded in December of 2007 with a population of 907 adults aged 65-98 (the mean age was 74). This population is rarely surveyed today, despite the growing lifespan of the 65+.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2018

Even though half of people in a recent survey said they might leave, it’s still very popular among all age groups. Digital health tech for providers and consumers, current status is bleak. And the adoption of digital health by providers – 44 % non-adoption in hospitals. But have people really left?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 7, 2019

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

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. and Bret Kinsella , is heating up. Read more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. What happens when people avoid health-related in-person care? But is telehealth viable for the oldest?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

To help meet this goal, the ambulatory surgery center contracted with health IT vendor Force Therapeutics, which offers a digital care management platform that leverages clinical data and custom protocols to educate patients and monitor their progress throughout an episode of care. " MARKETPLACE.

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Iris Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

While experts continue to seek effective treatment and vaccine options for the ongoing COVID-19 virus, mental health care providers face another side of this worldwide phenomenon: the unforeseen and widespread impacts on individual and community mental health and well-being. Optimize website for SEO. Use text messaging-based marketing.

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MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The pandemic pushed digital health to new heights – and there’s no going back. A 2017 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute/Greenwald & Associates showed that millennials rated virtual care as “extremely or very important” to their choice of medical provider. The Demand for Virtual Care. But this isn’t new news.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

There’s the 2017 AARP report that surveys caregivers about what they want from technology -- they are interested in but not currently using. Soon you will launch a boomer/senior, home health tech product or service, or maybe a caregiver advisory service. Five Offerings from the Boston Connected Health Conference 2018.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Happy New Year – and onward to 2020, the publication of the now-completed Voice, Health and Wellbeing 2020 on Monday, January 6 th , and so many more (and counted) CES steps -- more wearables, virtual experiences, smart and not-so-smart speakers. But I am sure the blaring will begin at the door. Here are the most read blog posts from 2019.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

Analytics Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as the single largest disruptor in the history of American healthcare. At Geisinger, the crisis has been a catalyst to accelerate digital transformation. Digital tools to combat COVID-19.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

Connected Health Mobility Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth How contact tracing, contactless experiences and remote monitoring will redefine healthcare and public health. A study by non-profit group FAIR Health suggests a 4,000% increase in telehealth claims across the country. Telehealth is here to stay.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies. Bardy Diagnostics.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Although healthcare organizations are embracing digital transformation initiatives, clinical and business leaders have different ideas about the importance and effectiveness of a single view of patient care. But how much is that reflected in their planned spending?

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