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Consider: Aging in a Virtual World

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Let's take a longer look into this virtual world as it relates to care of older adults and consider such offerings as: Virtual caregiver nurse. Last month a startup launched with $35 million of funding to create a virtual caregiver nurse , targeting the labor shortage in private duty care. Virtual dementia tour.

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Co-Pilot in HealthTech: Revolutionising Healthcare with Human-AI Collaboration

Lloyd Price

Virtual reality (VR) for pain management and therapy: VR experiences can help distract patients from pain, manage anxiety, and support rehabilitation. Or, picture a nurse receiving real-time guidance from an AI assistant on administering medication to a critically ill patient.

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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. However, with the advent of RPM technology, studies prove that postoperative care at home has been transformed.

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Mayo Clinic Guidelines Cut Opioid Prescriptions

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Mayo Clinic researchers are studying the clinic’s opioid prescribing practices after surgery, discovering areas for improvement based on that evidence, and applying it to optimize care for individual patients. The team also notes it’s important to counsel patients before surgery on pain expectations. and Patricia E.

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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. Pam is a member of the Society for Participatory Medicine.

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The Digital Tools Creating Scalable Access To Psychotherapy

Waracle

Dr David Wrigley, the wellbeing lead for the BMA told the Independent , doctors and nurses were being left “physically and mentally scarred” from their work on the pandemic frontlines. Many clinical studies show the benefits of early diagnosis. Samaritans , a mental health charity, fielded 1.7

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Recognizing the Leaders of Telehealth

American Well

Corvel has successfully conducted a high volume of worker’s comp visits and has recently integrated a behavioral health and clinical pain management program into its offerings to support individuals at risk for pain medication addition. CorVel seamlessly integrated telehealth into its Workers Compensation program.