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Focus on Technology for Older Adults Sharpens in 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In January, 2019, the coordinating body for Health IT (ONC) released interoperability advice, connecting people to their care , that requires representing the relationship between a patient and another person (provider, caregiver, or family member). Medicare Advantage changes may revive tech-enabled home care services.

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Why It's Time to Embrace Telemedicine

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What’s this new thing called Telemedicine? For starters, it’s not new! I t’s more than 40 years old and was developed as a way to use improvements in communication technology to bring quality medical diagnoses and care to individuals in remote parts of the world.

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Five technology and health blogs from March 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

But the interest and use of telehealth in senior living has been accelerating since April 2019, when Medicare Advantage plans began covering it. And further, when senior living companies were enabled to provide their own Medicare advantage plans , that piqued more interest in telehealth. Technology innovation from HIMSS 2020.

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