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Four Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from July 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

More on that in several upcoming white papers. Between boosting the deployment of telehealth technologies, once-delayed initiatives became instantly late. On the other hand, a new poll noted the prevalence of ageism for older adults and that other Covid-19 related pandemic – loneliness in late life.

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Connected Health Initiative Announces Formation of Value-Based Care Task Force

Connected Health Initiative

Ways to incent further innovation by private payers to systemically advance value-based care. ### About CHI: The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) is the nation’s leading consortium of health technology innovators, policy experts, and patient advocates.

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Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

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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Health, Tech, Government Leaders Join CTA and CHI Coalition to Address Health Disparities Amplified by COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

Data from surveillance networks maintained by the CDC show that for a three-month period ending in mid-July, age-adjusted COVID-19 hospitalization rates were about five times higher for Black, Hispanic and American Indian and Alaska Native people than for Whites. CTA owns and produces CES® – the most influential tech event in the world.