Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | April 25, 2023 News Lehigh Valley streamlines ED triage with virtual docs and nurses Further, the Pennsylvania health system has seen a reduction in the percentage of patients who.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

According to a 12 April BBC report, GPs are now seeing just seven in every 100 patients face-to-face. Region Tag: Europe/UK Custom Tags: COVID-19 coronavirus Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: COVID-19 and digital transformation Featured Decision Content:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Telehealth In recent conversations with healthcare executives across the country, I hear the same story: The dramatic spikes in telehealth visits in March and April have dropped off, even as in-person visits have started climbing slowly. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Has telehealth hit the high watermark?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

In the UK, for example, one practice of 8,000 patients, of whom 40% needed a translator, saw more patients go online in the first half of April than during the whole of 2019. One user-friendly solution co-designed by nurses included multilingual patient education videos on social media. " Listen to the full webinar here.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

But the interest and use of telehealth in senior living has been accelerating since April 2019, when Medicare Advantage plans began covering it. category tags: mHealth-Telehealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , healthcare. and here’s home care. More when there’s more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 7, 2021

According to Pew Research, as of April 2021 , only 61% of the 65+ population owned a smartphone. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , vehicle/transportation technology-services. How can trust in technology be improved? Edelman had theories, which can be perused by studying the Barometer report.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2020

Then in April, Verizon does it again, launches a PERS, this time a smart watch offering, called the Care Smart Watch for seniors. category tags: Mobile PERS , PERS , Seniors , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Also early in the year, Vidapoint was announced as a 'global' low cost offering.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

From the CDC released April 8 : Rates of hospitalization (4.6 category tags: covid-19 , Aging technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , smartphones, cell phones. per 100,000 of population) during the month of March indicated 13.5% those hospitalized were aged 65+.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

During April, numerous senior living communities ramped up tech connections for older adults. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , senior living , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Technology companies have stepped up to fill in some of the access gaps. Who or what makes that happen?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 9, 2018

April showers, daffodils and other flowers. Depending on where you went in April you could experience spring multiple times – each time buds and birds emerging. At any rate, here are the four blog posts from the month of April. Time to worry much more about data privacy and profiles. Why has this taken so long here? Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 25, 2018

April Showers, Innovation and Spring flowers. Consider that April offered up the winners of the Stanford Design Challenge – a computer-integrated bicycle handle with blind spot warning and fall detection and emergency alert. Here are the five offerings from April with all material drawn directly from the company's websites: .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In fact, in April, 43% of primary care visits for Medicare patients were through telehealth. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. Through July, CMS noted that 10 million Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth visits. The total of 34.5

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

Pew Research notes 53% of responders in April consider the Internet as ‘Essential’ – although, no surprise, the oldest did not. category tags: covid-19 , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , senior living , seniors and aging policy , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2022

Louis on April 1 – and next week’s VIVE 2022 , the new health IT event in Miami. 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

AUGUST 3, 2020

At the end of April, ninety million US adults were estimated to own smart speakers , one-third of consumers. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Aging, ageism. Voice tech is pervasive – for some, but hardware market adoption may be slowing.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2020

See the lengthy list of free or low-pricing tech offerings for seniors that emerged in April , all aimed at both marketing their offerings and tackling loneliness and isolation. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , smart home , dementia care, cognitive decline. The smarter home of older adults must help fill care gaps.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

The month of April had only one subject – no matter where you looked or what you read. In case you missed them, here are five Covid-19 blog posts from an April that was unlike any other: Covid-19 – Technology changes accelerate – some a work-in-progress. From the CDC released April 8 : Rates of hospitalization (4.6

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

This probably includes the 31% of the 65+ surveyed in April who said that access to the Internet was essential. category tags: telehealth , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , healthcare , Seniors. According to Pew Research’s 2019 survey, 59% of the 65+ have broadband in the home.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

According to mobile app marketing intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the world’s top ten English-language mental wellness apps generated two million more downloads in April, when the peak of the pandemic was becoming a reality. Mobile phone apps for mental health management have seen a global surge in popularity under lockdown.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Scanning through the collection of blog posts from April and May, the obvious has finally occurred. Consider these six blog posts from April and May 2022. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , computers, broadband, and social networking , baby boomers. Soon all 54 million of them will be over 65.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

Read down the April Pew report with the moniker, “53% of Americans say the Internet has been essential during the Covid-19 pandemic. Pew Research notes 53% of responders in April consider the Internet as ‘Essential’ – although, no surprise, the oldest did not. How essential has the Internet been during this pandemic?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

However, in April of 2018, top executives stepped down , including the new president who had only been on board 5 months -- as the firm pivoted to B2B service for the dual-eligible (Medicare, Medicaid) model in its same region. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care. million over three rounds.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 11, 2020

Read down the April Pew report with the moniker, “53% of Americans say the Internet has been essential during the Covid-19 pandemic. category tags: Technology - AARP , social isolation , computers, internet and social networking , smartphones, cell phones. How essential has the Internet been during this pandemic?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

April 22, 2021) " Constant Companion and Canary Speech have formed a new strategic partnership to study how voice technology can be used to identify human conditions in specific populations. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , senior living. Learn more. Learn more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

by Bill Siwicki April 05, 2019. by Mike Miliard April 03, 2019. by Bill Siwicki April 25, 2019. The EHR vendor’s founder also discusses the state of interoperability, cloud computing and today’s sticking points in health IT. Epic, Cerner and others reveal just how their EHRs are interoperable. " News.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2018

Protecting our data privacy in dominant tools like Facebook and its Instagram (new process introduced April 12, 2018), Google, Twitter, and Youtube -- many days late and millions of dollars short. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , baby boomers , digital health , senior living.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 30, 2020

Visits of all types to medical practices declined 58% in March and April compared to the baseline average, and in-person patient encounters declined by 69%, the study found. Although visits are expected to have rebounded by June, volumes are still below pre-COVID-19 levels.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

Then in April, Verizon does it again, launches a PERS, this time a smart watch offering, called the Care Smart Watch for seniors. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , computers, internet and social networking , smartphones, cell phones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2020

But the interest and use of telehealth in senior living has been accelerating since April 2019, when Medicare Advantage plans began covering it. category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , senior living. Read more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

At the end of April, ninety million US adults were estimated to own smart speakers , one-third of consumers. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. The irreversible telehealth boom may be slowing and yet, older adults may be unable to benefit.

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Medicine and Technology

MARCH 26, 2013

Join the American Public Health Association ( APHA ) for their third annual National Public Health Week Twitter chat on April 3, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. All tweets should be tagged with the following Twitter hashtag: # NPHWchat Never participated in Twitter chat before? Eastern Time). Now is a great time to start.

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The black market price tag of stolen protected health information (PHI) can go for $60 a record, compared to roughly $1 for a credit card or social security number. telehealth claims were filed between April and July 2020, a?4,000%?year-over-year More than 41 million?telehealth A sharp increase in cybercrime.

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Chilmark Research

JULY 13, 2015

It helps that the Apple Watch, notably stripped of health monitoring features prior to its April launch, barely made a dent in FitBit’s market share.) Expect FitBits, Jawbones, and smart watches to rule the wearable tech market for the next few years. Over time, though, the limitations of watches and wristbands will continue to manifest.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 5, 2018

As BioSpace noted when the deal was announced, Takeda will also take on a significant amount of debt through the deal, sending the price tag closer to $80 billion when that amount is included. In April New Haven, Conn.-based In April, GSK divested its rare disease gene therapy portfolio to Orchard Therapeutics for a 19.9

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

A much-hailed partnership between Google and Apple, announced in April to enable a national data-sharing framework via API's, has stalled due to disagreements with federal health authorities over the collection of location data (meanwhile, a slew of unregulated contact tracing apps have appeared on the Google and Apple stores).

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2022

A Bankrate and Psych Central survey from April 2022 found that for 42% of people, money negatively impacted their mental health. But for people in the 50s and older, facing retirement sooner rather than later, the sticker-shock reality of a $315,000 price tag for health care costs will be a stress-inducing moment that could be long-lived.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

In April and May alone, more than 60,000 video visits occurred, averaging more than 1,000 per day. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Geisinger's digital strategy to combat COVID-19 and accelerate enterprise transformation Featured Decision Content:

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