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Consider: Aging in a Virtual World

Aging in Place Technology Watch

We were guided on how to cope with these remote processes where we were not present to manage or experience. And for the care recipients being managed, they were unable to communicate problems in their on-site, 'real' experience. Since then, the concept of a virtual nurse and a virtual nurse caregiver assistant emerged.

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The Evolution of Healthcare at Home, the Technology Driving this Change, and It’s Impact on the World of Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a Medicare and Medicaid program designed for individuals aged 55 and above requiring nursing-home-level care, embraced the benefits of providing care at home prior to the pandemic, enabling this frail population to remain within their familiar home environments and communities.

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Haiku as a path to resilience in the COVID-19 era: #HaikuChallenge20

Society for Participatory Medicine

I have just finished co-teaching a month-long elective on the topic of pain to a group of rising 4th year medical students. All humans will experience pain in their lives, some of us more than others, but pain is a universal experience of being mortal. Over the years I began to craft those few words of observation into haiku.

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Revolutionizing Postoperative Care at Home with Remote Patient Monitoring

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

Postoperative care at home is a crucial component of the recovery process and involves a variety of services, including wound care, pain management, physical therapy, and follow-up appointments. In addition, RPM enables patients to communicate with their healthcare providers and caregivers, even when they are not physically present.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The platform also captures patient input and makes real-time adjustments to care paths as necessary, such as changing the type of exercise video presented based on patient feedback regarding the difficulty level of the last video. We've hired more nurse navigators to enable the greater volume.

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Top 5 Examples Of Wearable Medical Devices

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

The device has embedded inertial and mechanomyography sensors, algorithms to classify functional movement, and a graphical user interface to present meaningful data to patients to support a home exercise program. Wearable diagnostics devices can identify symptoms that may not have been present during doctor appointments.

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Voice Health Summit Spotlight 2018

Consumer eHealth Engagement

With the Joint Commission’s focus on “accurate screening and assessment of pain”, Dr. Samir Tulebaev, Geriatrician and the Center of Nursing Excellence at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are working with O rbita’s CEO Nate Treloar on the development of a post- operative pain management voice assistant.