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Five tech and aging blog posts from October 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Between trade events, including the Connected Health Conference in Boston, LeadingAge in San Diego, HLTH in Las Vegas, the Aging 2.0 Between trade events, including the Connected Health Conference in Boston, LeadingAge in San Diego, HLTH in Las Vegas, the Aging 2.0

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Six Health and Aging Technology Blog Posts from October 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Here are six blog posts from October 2018: What is Caregiving Technology, Anyway? There’s the 2017 AARP report that surveys caregivers about what they want from technology -- they are interested in but not currently using. Five Offerings from the Boston Connected Health Conference 2018. It's crazy. Read more here.

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Big Hearts, High Tech – How Caregiving Has Changed in the U.S.

Health Populi

The 2020 AARP report on caregiving was published this month, and the survey research into caregivers uncovered fresh insights about caregivers’ demographics, financial stressors, and intensity of tasks both in volume and time. In the U.S., this has particularly acute impacts — physical, emotional, and financial.

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Empathy Is As Important as the Medical Treatment – the 2021 Accenture Health Experience As Backdrop to HIMSS 2021

Health Populi

At the same time, people took on their own versions of digital transformation at home, for work, for school, for cooking, shopping, and indeed, for health care. As the report concludes, “people’s sentiments and behaviors” with respect to technology in health care “provide no clear answer.”

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Trust In Data Stewardship Is Healthcare Providers’ To Lose

Health Populi

Trust is a precursor to health engagement, I learned way back in 2008 when I collaborated with Edelman on the first Health Engagement Barometer in 2008. This chart illustrated data from that survey, showing that trust, authenticity and satisfaction were the top three drivers among consumers looking to engage for health.

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For older adults, the future of wearables is predictive

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Also notable, considering that most wearables are still paired with them, smartphone ownership has risen most sharply among the 70+, with 77% of survey responders indicating they own one. Wearables are increasingly providing health status signals, some useful, some not. More when there’s more.

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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

Health care system financing, delivery, and workflows widely vary across nations around the world. The Dilemma is the risk of “too little” or “too much” health data being shared. Enhanced data privacy and data protection.