Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

The news articles pile up – assisted living and nursing home staffing shortages ; stranding older adults without home health care ; keeping patients in hospitals longer because of lack of care; nursing home staffing crisis ; Medicaid paying family members to provide care , low wages and low unemployment worsen care situation , and on and on.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The shortage is keeping people in the hospital for longer than their health status warrants. Sensors, of course, only augment care and do not address the hands-on care needs of residents and patients. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , tech-enabled home care , Family caregivers. Some worry the industry cannot recover.

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Nursing 135

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The concept of an AI Caregiver to augment limited staffing took on new significance as the crisis in care work worsened throughout the year. The time is right for engaging with an AI-powered avatar for health advice, including assisting with fall prevention.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 6, 2022

"Honor Expert allows older adults and their families to easily call a dedicated toll-free number or start an online chat to ask questions about major aging-related topics, such as health and wellness, care planning, and home management. category tags: AI and machine learning , Family caregivers , Home Care. Meet Caregivers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Home care of various types now augments and even enhances services that not long ago may have been provided by senior housing. In addition to low pay and benefits, non-medical and home health jobs can be lonely, with no onsite supervision or peer relationships. category tags: tech-enabled home care , Home Care.

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Nursing 128

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

In other wrap-up surprises, entrepreneurs are shifting to the enterprise for funding, or that the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake. The Petnow app can solve the problems of the existing pet identification methods such as microchips, tags, and collars that are prone to damage or loss, and it is beginning to enter the U.S.

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Digital Health Pain management 140

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 2, 2020

If your firm is in the remote care/caregiving space (health, telehealth, engagement), please comment or email and I will add to this list. Home health care and home care – what are they doing? category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , senior living , social isolation , SNF.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

Government & Policy Population Health Telehealth The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is funding new efforts to help counties and municipalities build high-speed broadband networks. Most of them are augmenting the federal money with state broadband money. Craig Settles Every mile of broadband that the U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Technology solutions augment care – not replacing family or support. Health and wellness. The abrupt shutdown of health visits during the pandemic triggered frenetic adoption of telehealth – now firmly entrenched as a care option on a smart phone, tablet or even on a TV. Learning and contribution.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Imagine if that same theory could be applied to young people on their first job choosing between health plan choices offered by their employer. While professional care providers will play a key role, increasingly their work will be augmented by software -- apps, machine learning and conversational AI.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

But the accumulation of this behavior information over time enables analytics that will augment simple monitoring and alerts. BellPal , Freedom Guardian , Bay Alarm Medical , UnaliWear , HandsFree Health , FallCall Lite (Apple) – connect to a required response center. Voice first technology – in everything.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions, mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. Home care of various types now augments and even enhances services that not long ago may have been provided by senior housing. Déjà vu all over again.

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Health Technology Nursing Digital Health 114

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

Consider Optum’s acquisition of Amedisys home health business. Senior living companies (and families) augment limited staff with home care workers. 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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David Chou

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

While AI can never replace physicians or care providers, it can augment healthcare delivery in several key areas. It does help but is the price tag something that health systems can justify vs. pay for a scribe in specific scenarios? This is a controversial area as to the benefit of the solutions.

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Nursing 52

Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Diabetes is a critical health problem. Coaching: Numerous websites offer online, remote coaching – like Omada Health , Diabetes Strong personal coaching , Integrated Diabetes Services , and reversing Type 2 Diabetes (Verta) and studies that demonstrate reversal , even without weight loss. billion in avoidable healthcare costs.

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 96

Digital Health Global

AUGUST 11, 2023

is a leader in health and wellness check software which makes health data more accessible for better care at lower costs. has been recognized as a top startup, winning several awards, including the health and wellness innovation award at CES. chief of endocrinology at Alameda Health System; Uli Chettipally , M.D.,

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Now add in the shortage of workers in home care , health care , and nursing homes. If there was a time to look at the role of monitoring and engagement technologies that augment and assist the worker in the care of older adults – it would seem that this is the time. Consider the Chicago Tribune article about tech for aging in place.

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Nursing 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2009, there were specialized email services that converted an online message into paper form; WiFi in seniors’ homes or senior living residences was rare; the mobile PERS offerings were just a concept; the iPad had not been announced; Digital Health was three years away; and Voice First offerings would not appear for another five years.

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Digital Health Global

MARCH 12, 2024

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #CharmHealth — CharmHealth , a leader in healthcare technology solutions for providers, today announced the launch of its health-tech marketplace, CharmHealthApps , a third-party vendor and innovation hub that aids in the discovery and acquisition of integrated healthcare-related products and services.

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EHR healthcare technology Digital Health Interoperability 88

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2022

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Precision Medicine Telehealth Workforce AI, augmented reality, biomedical sensors and beyond – by mapping out a clear vision now, we can widen our ambitions and improve modernization strategies to better harness the vast potential offered by technology advances. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

Analytics Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as the single largest disruptor in the history of American healthcare. A cross-functional team across the health system came together to build the program quickly. Geisinger This post was co-authored by Rebecca A.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Health status, including fall risk, recent discharge from a hospital, Parkinson’s, dementia and a host of other factors keep the market thriving. These can augment or substitute for the need for a wearable on the body. category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , computers, internet and social networking , smartphones, cell phones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2020

HomeFit AR is an augmented reality app created from the solutions in the AARP HomeFit Guide. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , robotics , IoT and home monitoring , hearables/hearing technology , digital health. Not yet available. Learn more from video. Learn more at Zibrio.

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mHealth Digital Health Telemedicine Telehealth 121

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies. Bardy Diagnostics.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

The corporate takeover of healthcare and the exodus of physicians from private practice into employed positions, combined with sub-par deployment of electronic health records and patient portals, has resulted in increasing patient and physician dissatisfaction with the current healthcare delivery model, he contended. THE PROBLEM.

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