Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

In years past, getting older adults online was a lower priority for senior advocates, social service agencies or healthcare organizations. Then there is the cost of 24x7 home care, same as assisted living (which is $67K/year in Massachusetts, for example) or even Genworth’s 44-hours of home care ($53-54K annual).

Health Technology 114

Health Technology Nursing Digital Health 114

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

In a University of Michigan national poll in November, 2022, more than half of adults aged 50-80 say they have helped an adult aged 65+ with health, personal and other types of care needs. Click here to for the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy

Telehealth 62

Telehealth 62

Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2020

If you hadn’t tuned into the Health Populi blog yesterday, 10th August 2020 , you missed the first five letters of my Age of Corona alphabet, curated in my art journal created in the early weeks of the pandemic. health citizens into hygiene shoppers. “H” is for hand-washing. “I” is for Italy.

Public Health 295

Public Health Leadership Life Science Nursing 295

Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 4, 2020

I am not advocating for canceling, just hoping that people put on their big-boy-pants and come to HIMSS anyway. Learning Objectives Understand how FHIR can be used to continually synchronize information with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) bi-directionally. That will make HIMSS less helpful than not having the event.

FHIR 54

FHIR Interoperability Health Information Health Data 54

Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

As regular readers know, our Society for Participatory Medicine has always been a strong advocate for the OpenNotes movement as a key enabler of patient power. 10/30/20: How to write an open note for patients: 2020 edition with U of Colorado’s legendary primary care physician CT Lin. OpenNotes for Health Professionals.

Primary Care 90

Primary Care Patient Experience 90

Healthcare Exchange Standards

DECEMBER 16, 2020

I interact with many Patient Advocates, Privacy Advocates, and individual Patients that are frustrated at the state of Privacy Consent today. Interoperable Consent Standards My main focus is on enabling Health Information to flow given proper Security and Privacy. Likely hundreds of people care, and 20% of them showed up.

Interoperability 92

Interoperability FHIR EHR Health Information 92

Healthcare Exchange Standards

JULY 29, 2018

Here is the main vision for this panel: Assuming that we agree that patient advocates’ and privacy advocates’ vision is our goal; what lack of standards is getting in the way. What lack of a standard is preventing them from achieving the vision of the Privacy and Patient advocates? Data-Tagging? Authentication?

FHIR 49

FHIR Interoperability 49

Healthcare Exchange Standards

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Privacy advocates continue to push for better support of Privacy. Sensitive health topics Healthcare is not simple. Some episodes of care indicate sensitive topics even when there is no data recorded: Patient received psychotherapy treatment, patient was treated for substance abuse. or "Deny all access." or "Deny all access."

FHIR 51

FHIR HIE Health Data 51

American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

The use of telemedicine across state borders has long been predicted as a way to improve access to care—particularly for patients in rural areas—as well as to give physicians and patients access to talented sub-specialists. Virtual Care a Growing Trend Locally, Nationally. Dark Daily.

Telemedicine 48

Telemedicine Telehealth Primary Care Medicare 48

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 20, 2020

When the customer does not advocate for self. Despite years of media rage about conditions in nursing homes (see 2018, above), nothing is really done about those that provide poor care. But realistically how will that process change, given that it is typically done by state health agencies , which are not likely to be overstaffed?

Nursing 136

Nursing 136

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 20, 2020

When the customer does not advocate for self. Despite years of rage about conditions in nursing homes (see 2018, above), typically nothing is ever done about those that provide poor care. But realistically how will that process change, given that it is typically done by state health agencies , likely not overstaffed?

Nursing 111

Nursing 111

Society for Participatory Medicine

JUNE 10, 2018

SPM advocates vociferously for patient ownership of their own data. Physicians and other licensed clinicians express increased frustration – no, outrage – that the electronic health records support billing, not clinical care. The business of health data is powerful and entrenched.

ePatients 58

ePatients Health Data EHR HIE 58