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Covid-19 – Technology changes accelerate – some a work-in-progress

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The ‘tipping point’ of telehealth is here – and tipping with a suddenness that is unnerving for vendors and most notably, difficult for providers who may lack the equipment and/or processes to deal with patients remotely, despite the risks to themselves with in-person interaction. But nursing homes, specifically?

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Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program

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Orlando Health's program is the first in Central Florida to be approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and represents an expansion of a federal enhanced care model created during the pandemic to extend the scop of hospital resources. 15 and 16 from noon-4 p.m. All the ambulatory care stuff, and all the simple stuff?

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Tips for Therapists to Survive Health Insurance Deductible Season

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Medicare is a government-run insurance program for people who are 65 years of age and older (though it does cover people with certain approved disabilities). Medicare Part A hospital insurance covers inpatient hospitals and skilled nursing facilities as well as hospice care. Medicare Part B covers doctors and outpatient care.

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Experts: Telemedicine in Healthcare Nearing ‘Tipping Point’

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After decades of increasing acceptance from patients, providers and payers, telemedicine in healthcare is reaching a “tipping point,” argue some experts. I truly believe we may soon stop using those words,” says Wendy Deibert, a nurse-turned-executive who directed Mercy Hospital’s groundbreaking SafeWatch eICU program. “

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Why are older adults demeaned by the health and tech industry?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

But this is just the tip of the condescension iceberg: Go ahead, Google ‘technology grandma’. The 2017 Harvard article indicates that 1 million had signed up for these home nurse visits – but there were 19 million people covered by Medicare Advantage plans in 2017. With persuasion? That’s 5 percent!

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Allina Health spinoff to help health systems build hospital-at-home programs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Minneapolis-based Allina Health, working with Flare Capital Partners, has launched a new company, Inbound Health, designed to help health systems and payers design and build hospital-at-home and home-based skilled nursing programs. Here are some tips to set programs up for success. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Miss one of these? Six aging and health tech blog posts from April and May

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Is 2022 the tipping point for technology and older adults? Home care companies, senior living companies, skilled nursing facilities are all desperate for workers to address this increasingly overwhelming market. Scanning through the collection of blog posts from April and May, the obvious has finally occurred.