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Consider Amazon’s role in the caregiving and older adult market

Aging in Place Technology Watch

It’s already been a big year for new Amazon offerings that could benefit older people. This month’s most obvious change was the introduction of Amazon CareHub , an Alexa app that can be used to help monitor potentially isolated older adults. Amazon in healthcare. And today you can see AARP’s focus in its website AARP Voice.

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Will Retail Health Really Disrupt Healthcare?

David Chou

Amazon is making a major investment by acquiring One Medical, a leading concierge primary care provider. The move comes at a price tag of $3.9 Shortly after Amazon and One Medical announced their partnership, CVS Health unveiled its plans to acquire Oak Street Health for $10.6 The pharmacy benefit management arm brought in $43.7

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Four Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from July 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And according to the Pharmacy Times , Covid-19 has made a problematic situation much worse. Some pharmacy experts express concern about the pandemic’s side effects of isolation, job loss/loss income, medication costs, missed or unavailable doctor’s appointments, or issues with package delivery.

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Leave no trend behind – yet another PERS smartwatch ticks on

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Medical Guardian already had a PERS watch (from Omate) – which Amazon reviewers did not love ; other than HELP and telling the time, there wasn’t much to it anyway. category tags: Mobile PERS , smartphones , wearables, smart watch.

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Pendent medical alerts evolve – and will disappear

Aging in Place Technology Watch

They then persisted with a Medication dispensing device that has been eclipsed by others, including pharmacy-connected MedMinder and Amazon-owned Pillpack. category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , wearables, smart watch , fall prevention, fall detection. Mobile and medications matter.

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When Buying a Pair of Jeans Competes With Filling a Prescription at CVS in Target

Health Populi

Sensory-friendly shirts will have flat seams, softer material and no tags.” “While Walmart and Amazon could be formidable competitors,” Marshal Cohen of NPD Group notes, “this customer wants a company that understands her.” The back of the jeans will be pocket-less and will have a higher rise.

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Bonus Features – October 30, 2022 – 46% of Americans have gone into debt paying medical bills, 41% say retail and virtual care experiences are disjointed, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Clinical pharmacy service provider Aspen RxHealth launched its payer platform. DoseData released an RFID-tagged drug database to help pharma companies monitor drug supplies within hospital inventory systems. Social care platform Eviset was selected for the Amazon Web Services Health Equity Initiative.