Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The term “Digital literacy” has been defined by the American Library Association task force as " the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills." The benefits of digital literacy applied to health seem self-evident.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

Layla McCay ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ is an old proverb proving true as health services across the world race to adapt to manage the challenges of the current coronavirus pandemic. During the coronavirus pandemic, digital innovation and transformation is arriving at pace in health systems in the UK and beyond.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

It is perpetuated in associations , venture capital and public policy lobbying. And depending on health, wealth or financial planning, many older adults will one day move to nursing homes, where the worker pool matches that in the other care services. The care continuum that serves older adults is an ignored reality.

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Digital Health Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

When looking at the movers and shakers in the behavioral health arena, it’s hard not to include NeuroFlow in that conversation – especially after last week’s funding boost courtesy of Concord Health Partners. The post NeuroFlow Picks Up Steam With New Growth Funding appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Parks Associates published a useful chart this week about the Changing form factors of panic buttons – take a look. How about a broadband connection in the home, a voice-activated smartphone with an associated smart watch and smart speaker/display ? But that was not the real subject of the article (thankfully). Now consider AllTech.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

By 2018, more technology (and associated improvements) could be found in the Cloud. Consider voice-enabled smart plugs, thermostats, audio books, traffic directions, weather, and news updates – and answers to questions that might matter about health, social connection, and personal safety.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

But all that is just a beginning – early January brings the Consumer Electronics Show and many more innovations that can help older adults with health, mobility, cognitive issues, and caregiving. Some other thoughts about 2023 tech trends: Remote (health) care technology should add socialization. Stay tuned for blog posts in January.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

In an interview with Best Buy Health for their 800,000 recipient newsletter, these were the 7 trends we identified that will persist throughout the year -- and beyond. In-home care, home health care , remote patient monitoring (RPM) , fall detection , and other services that help older adults age in their homes are critical.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

Here are four categories of AI for older adults – all discussed in the upcoming report, The Future of AI and Older Adults , to be published the week of May 15: AI in home and home health care. The American Medical Association formed an advisory group to make a recommendation and in January, 2022, it was adopted.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Population Health Telehealth Workflow Workforce On the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, UW has ramped up telemedicine capabilities and made immediate changes to its EHR to support COVID-19 care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In 2010, this association was renamed LeadingAge – from the Association of Homes and Services for the Aging – a mouthful, shortened to AAHSA. As it was at first encounter in 2009, it is an association of faith-based and non-profit senior living and aging-related services. Learn more at Keenly Health.

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Digital Health Wire

JULY 12, 2023

Rock Health’s H1 2023 digital health funding report confirmed the writing on the wall. Here’s the first half of the year by the numbers: US digital health funding totaled $6.1B Here’s the first half of the year by the numbers: US digital health funding totaled $6.1B across 244 rounds ($24.8M across 113 rounds (Q1 saw $3.6B

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. It's the secret sauce. Mike Restuccia is chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed. Acute care delivery at home for Medicare recipients has been endorsed by the American Hospital Association – and bills supporting it may pass.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Approximately half of the older adult population has a smart TV – a common platforms used to stream Internet services without an associated specialty box like Apple TV , Roku or Chromecast. category tags: Television/Smart TV , computers, broadband, and social networking. Learn more at Caavo. Learn more at UniperCare. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. To build this chart, interviews were conducted that included senior execs from Philips, the VA, Visiting Nurse Services, home care associations, Home Instead, Volunteers of America, and several home care organizations.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 9, 2021

The first and most remarkable for older adults has been realized -- improvement in natural language and the associated AI can occur without user upgrades. Our voice-enabled personal health coaches – not so much. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020. The photo underneath the star was printed from a local newspaper article showing public health and LTC staff wearing hazmat-type suits.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

In today’s very competitive post-Covid job market, with all of the associated issues, the home care industry seems ripe for change. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , home health care. But these are desperate times: worker scarcity has created pay pressure across the aging services sectors, including home care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

From the national home care associations , a report in March: “The workforce shortage in home-based care has reached crisis proportions. Home health care providers currently report turning away over 25% of referred patients due to staff shortages.” Optum, a division of United Health Group , has launched a $3.3

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Video visits, temperature sensors and wearables can replace the need for clinic visits. Video visits, infrared temperature sensors, mobile health, and wearables replace the need for clinic visits.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

By 2018, it seemed possible that Voice First technology (and its associated AI software) could transform the technology user experience for older adults (see report: The Future of Voice First Technology and Older Adults 2018 ). This was further explored in a 2020 report called Voice, Health and Wellbeing.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

The following is a guest article by Moliehi “Mo” Weitnauer, Chief Product Officer at MRO Providers are witnessing an explosion in health plan requests for medical records. The healthcare industry’s steady progress toward interoperability and health information exchange promises to improve data exchange to address these challenges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Guard Plus will add a more robust "sounds of activity" detector, which will listen for doors opening or closing and other sounds associated with unwanted visitors. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. Learn more at Care Hub. Not yet released. Amazon Guard Plus. Learn more at SlashGear.

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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. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

For example, state ombudsman programs will get tech to enable remote monitoring of long-term care facilities, programs were launched to foster digital health innovations for vulnerable populations, reimbursement for telehealth services delivered to people at home, the CART program for collaboration between the VA and NIA for aging in place.

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David Chou

MARCH 25, 2023

The American Hospital Association Center for Health Innovation recently released a report forecasting the revolutionary changes that retail firms and tech giants will bring to healthcare delivery in 2023 and beyond. The move comes at a price tag of $3.9 and Puerto Rico. The pharmacy benefit management arm brought in $43.7

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

To build this chart, interviews were conducted that included senior execs from Philips, the VA, Visiting Nurse Services, home care associations, Home Instead, Volunteers of America, and several home care organizations. This will include a look at home health care, home care, and the discharge processes from hospitals.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

Consider Optum’s acquisition of Amedisys home health business. It is perpetuated in associations , venture capital and public policy lobbying. And depending on health, wealth or financial planning, many older adults will one day move to nursing homes, where the worker pool matches that in the other care services.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 20, 2020

PR agencies are specifically focused on the client company’s message – and facilitate awareness and associated publicity about that message, ideally helping to create interest and even leads. It is striking the level of ignorance of that overlap, or even by health professionals. OPINION OFF. .

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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. Approximately half of the older adult population has a smart TV – a common platforms used to stream Internet services without an associated specialty box like Apple TV , Roku or Chromecast. And the rest may have standard TV with attached streaming devices.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Among the 30 interviewees across 28 organizations, including Microsoft, AARP, Best Buy Health, Home Instead, and the Consumer Technology Association, here are a few of the themes that emerged from these conversations: Connection matters – tech connectivity is a pre-requisite.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

Connecting with the patient, obtaining their vitals, noting exceptions and issues, and providing feedback and guidance to them is key to helping patients manage their post discharge recovery, their chronic conditions, or note the early signs of health problems that could be mitigated before becoming a crisis. How is RPM delivered?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In the portfolio of the 2019 events produced by Mary Furlong and Associates , the Washington Innovations in Longevity Summit is relatively new, in its second year. Through three focus areas; Active Life Mealtime and Digital care, Camanio Care wishes to support people's basic needs and increase accessibility and quality within health care."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

"Receiving reproductive health care, including early pregnancy termination care, through telehealth is no different." " The vast majority of patients choose to have their follow-up virtually, said McNicholas, although they do have the option to visit a health center in person.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

GreatCall Link helps keep friends and family updated on your health and safety. Our aim is to help reduce social isolation in this population and mitigate the associated negative health outcomes. category tags: social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. Learn more at OneClick.chat.

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