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Four Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from February 2021

Aging in Place Technology Watch

This followed late-year 2020 activity, including the $10 million in funding for tech training company GetSetUp. And note the $18 million of funding for Papa from Comcast Ventures to combat social isolation in older adults and launch tech-enabled health offering called Papa Health.

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Regional Victoria expands access to virtual care with Microsoft HoloLens rollout

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Backed by an A$80,000 (over $50,000) investment, the region-wide rollout comes following a successful trial at Bairnsdale Regional Health Service – believed to be the world's first application of the technology in a virtual medical setting. Its rollout for home visits will follow soon.

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Healthcare Consolidation: Opportunities for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

Consolidation often results in providers needing to go to new hospitals or offices, necessitating training on new EHR systems. This may be reflected in how physicians, nurses and other clinical personnel are trained, compensated, and included in policy and procedural changes. Clinical applications.

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Introducing Layer Health

Healthcare IT Today

When combined, these breadcrumbs tell a rich story of a patient’s health journey and clinical care. However, the most nuanced and valuable data is unstructured and hard to understand, often inaccessible without a team of nurses and data scientists.

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Philips’ Future Health Index 2019 report focuses on the role digital health technology plays in improving both the clinician and patient experience

Lloyd Price

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, today announced the publication of its Future Health Index (FHI) 2019 report: ‘Transforming healthcare experiences: Exploring the impact of digital health technology on healthcare professionals and patients’ [1].

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How UCHealth's Virtual Health Center has enabled innovation, scaled capability and capacity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Suddenly the demand was more than the health system ever conceived it would be. "Scaling this virtual visit capability and capacity was an extreme effort by our virtual health technology team to add on the infrastructure to support the new demand that no one could have predicted." " Kathy Deanda, UCHealth.

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Ask and Tell: Family Caregiving as a Social Determinant of Health

Healthcare IT Today

There’s also financial stress, and the stress of doing hands-on nursing tasks we’re never trained for. Is it any wonder the caregiver’s own health often deteriorates? Hospitals/In-patient Care: Train caregivers at the bedside. Health technology companies: Build caregiver proxy access into your app or platform.

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