Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Blooming Health's user-friendly platform addresses the vital needs of older adults and the family caregiver population, including wellness check-ins and needs detection around nutrition access, transportation and mobility, emergency preparedness, and follow-ups on the outcome of services provided to thousands of individuals every day.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

There are wearables that can predict the onset of stroke , track at home blood pressure , as well as fit into Air Tags or Smart Tags that can pinpoint the location of a purse, phone (or suitcase) left behind or a person who is lost. category tags: AgeTech , AI and machine learning , home health care , IoT and home monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Forrester’s CEO George Colony just predicted the death of search and the web as we know it – his American Airlines flight experience is instructive (see the GenAI Imperative ). Maybe they have near term tactics -- the obvious use cases are, well, being used.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

Medical Guardian also informs that every 11 seconds, 1 in 4 Americans aged 65+ experience a fall-related injury. The next generation response device and service would be personalized and encompass wellness monitoring and visibility to status for caregivers. On the LifeAlert website, the woman is still falling and can’t get up.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

According to Pew Research in 2020, 21 million Americans lack access to broadband , as well as 60% of healthcare facilities outside of metropolitan areas. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , computers, internet and social networking. In-home and high-speed access to the Internet is still elusive for many in the US.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

And the explosion of wearables to help us stay well – or at least be remotely monitored – see Health Populi and the 7WireVentures Market Map. Americans are aging long but not necessarily aging well. Americans are aging long but not necessarily aging well. Meanwhile, how about an aging and reality check-up?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

ACP gives qualifying homes up to $30/month – $75/month for Native American households – for Internet access plus a $100 subsidy for a computing device. 42,268 unserved Native American households as well as businesses and anchor institutions that previously had no connectivity now have Internet access.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Acute care delivery at home for Medicare recipients has been endorsed by the American Hospital Association – and bills supporting it may pass. That’s where all of these technologies combine together with a well-managed, affordable, even reimbursed, service (like RPM), available nationwide. The future?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Every year, USAging develops a set of its top policy priorities that guide our legislative and administrative advocacy efforts to support the growing numbers of older Americans and caregivers: Important government and other essential systems should not rely completely on online interactions, including hands-on assistance that may be necessary.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 17, 2019

More than 30 million Americans have diabetes – but 23 million of them, according to the CDC, are undiagnosed. Health2Sync (‘round the clock diabetes care’ provides a logging tool as well as encouragement. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health. Diabetes is a critical health problem.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

” Financial toxicity has been identified as an unwanted side effect in American healthcare, first emerging from the cancer treatment providers at Sloan-Kettering Institute, one of the organizations involved in this study. The second chart illustrates patient-borne costs for early stage breast cancer.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association published this week showed that in New York City during the first few months of the pandemic, Black and Latino patients had lower odds of using telehealth versus other modalities. In areas with broadband availability, telehealth is still not always an option.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Forrester’s CEO George Colony just predicted the death of search and the web as we know it – his American Airlines flight experience is instructive (see the GenAI Imperative ). category tags: Family caregivers , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , AI and machine learning , AgeTech Learn more at www.linkagelaunch.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Once upon a time, a new technology user interface was mostly just annoying. It’s almost quaint to look back at what we complained about – though some of the famous user interface disasters are well-described in a Scientific American article – Windows 8, BMW iDrive, TV remotes. At some point, the user gets mad.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Furthermore, the field is getting more and more digital with wellness sites, telehealth, and fitness devices—so making them accessible is crucial to making health care accessible. We’ll hear more from accessiBe, as well as UserWay , UniDoc , and Deque Systems , creators of the open source Axe-core. ” (page 32 of the PDF).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

The 2023 versions of voice-first interfaces on smart speakers are no longer ground-breaking – 35% of Americans now own one. Health and wellness. As 2023 began, tech vendors used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to launch a gaggle of gadgets, not solutions, to mitigate life barriers from hearing loss to limited mobility.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 7, 2020

Ouslander is a professor of geriatric medicine at Florida Atlantic University and the Executive Editor for the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS). . Maybe not, but the language of ageism is alive and well. category tags: Aging , Seniors , social isolation , social media.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

for Americans. There are reasons underneath this value-calculation I’ll address in another post: top-line for me is Americans’ lack of comprehensive data privacy protection and lack of opt-in to data collection in everyday life (addressed in the concluding Hot Points , below). Globally, that calculated to a value of $2.36

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Its competitor American Well has raised nearly $ 200 million to keep up with the "skyrocketing" demand for telemedicine, and Doctor on Demand collected $75 million for meeting the increased demand for its platform and services. Teladoc reported that total visits rose 92%, from 1,063,000 to 2,045,000 in the past quarter.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 11, 2020

In the meantime, Here are some of their updates, in alphabetical order: Amwell (formerly American Well). CEO (and American Well founder) Dr. Roy Schoenberg noted that the pioneering telehealth company, founded in 2006, rebranded itself on March 9 as Amwell. The service is offered online and on mobile devices.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2021

Paddy Padmanabhan Ross Perot may have popularized the term during his unsuccessful presidential bid in the nineties as a reference to the adverse effects of NAFTA on American jobs, but " giant sucking sound " may be an apt metaphor today for the rapid consolidation of digital health companies. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 24, 2018

How about a text message with a picture of the sender, someone you know, pitching a fund-raising and time-limited opportunity – in a category the recipient knows well. of Americans are wireless-only homes. million Americans over 65 had already been victims of fraud. Oh well, you probably did. Read more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2022

This will be exciting for firms hoping to actually meet prospects in person, including events like HearTech Expo , sponsored by the American Academy of Audiology in St. Upcoming, Argentum’s Senior Living Executive Conference in Minneapolis in March, then the American Society on Aging’s annual conference, On Aging , in New Orleans in April.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Considering the recent CES 2022 product introductions, we are entering a world of 'touchless' interactions, ubiquitous sensors and hearables, as well as AI and machine learning, now about to reach its promise and contribute to serving older adults. Family caregivers cannot provide enough care for a growing population of the 80+.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 30, 2018

Well, robo-calling was banned by the FTC in 2009. See how well that worked – Senator Susan Collins did what many do – she disconnected her home phone number, saying as many do – the ‘Do Not Call’ Registry does not work. So she doesn't have a home phone now – like half of Americans in 2017. Could the government help?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Who knows, since Pew appears to be largely done – after all, they note, 89% of Americans are online and they do not survey all questions each time. Senior centers are partially funded by the Older Americans Act – which also provides Meals on Wheels. Are those who should care about this not doing enough?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 31, 2018

And in fact, a search on the Amazon site turns up many – but as for Amazon itself – well it is as stealth in intent as Google, only more so. Today there are nearly 50 million people aged 65+ in the US, and one in five Americans will be at least that age in twelve short years. Was that accidental innovation that benefits older adults?

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American Well

JUNE 4, 2018

With a software update and perhaps a few new peripherals, some with price tags as little as $10, your original machine can now work for everyone. Avizia was acquired by American Well in July of 2018. The post Telehealth Launching and Scaling Up appeared first on American Well.

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American Well

JUNE 4, 2018

With a software update and perhaps a few new peripherals, some with price tags as little as $10, your original machine can now work for everyone. Avizia was acquired by American Well in July of 2018. The post Telehealth Launching and Scaling Up appeared first on American Well.

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American Well

DECEMBER 19, 2017

With a software update and perhaps a few new peripherals, some with price tags as little as $10, your original machine can now work for everyone. Avizia was acquired by American Well in July of 2018. The post 2018 Top Trend: Telehealth Launch and Expansion appeared first on American Well.

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American Well

DECEMBER 19, 2017

With a software update and perhaps a few new peripherals, some with price tags as little as $10, your original machine can now work for everyone. Avizia was acquired by American Well in July of 2018. The post 2018 Top Trend: Telehealth Launch and Expansion appeared first on American Well.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Who knows, since Pew appears to be largely done – after all, they note, 89% of Americans are online and they do not survey all questions each time. Senior centers are partially funded by the Older Americans Act – which also provides Meals on Wheels. Are those who should care about this not doing enough?

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ACA Times

APRIL 20, 2016

While these advancements have proven beneficial to patients, they continue to arrive with a hefty price tag. The cost of Humira is marginally lower in European countries—some by well over 50%. The Kaiser Family Foundation released a detailed analysis regarding prescription drug costs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

The 2021 FCC broadband progress report revealed 19 million Americans lack high speed Internet access, and even if it were available, 25% of the 65+ never go online. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive. category tags: CES 2022 , smartphones , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

That was three years before COVID-19 – but it took a pandemic to put telehealth into the spotlight and modernize the way Americans access healthcare. In this case, regular preventive and primary care services – like annual wellness visits, vaccines, screenings and labs – are directly linked to better health outcomes and lower costs.

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David Chou

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Simultaneously, there have been notable reforms taking place in the healthcare market to ensure appropriate healthcare services to the entire population as well as increased quality and the ability to meet diverse patient needs. They are looking to enter the market with an emphasis on quality of life services and health services.

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