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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Joyoti Goswami At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient.

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Remote patient monitoring and virtual care – a paradigm shift

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By Bill Siwicki | October 17, 2023 News Covenant Health advances hospital-at-home program Dr. John Busigin, Covenant Health's Advanced Care at Home medical director, said that 20-30% of. By Andrea Fox | September 01, 2023 News Will CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program become permanent?

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With telehealth, one size won't fit all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

My firm's work with health systems on their digital health and digital transformation programs suggests that while telehealth technologies have matured rapidly in the wake of the pandemic, the implementation of virtual care programs has been a struggle. A significant percentage of ambulatory care will never return to a clinic.

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Key trends expected to shape Pain Management and Adherence markets in 2024 and beyond

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: The pain management market is experiencing exciting growth, driven by several key trends: Increased Demand: Chronic pain prevalence: Chronic pain affects a significant portion of the population, with an aging demographic further increasing demand.

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Client remote monitoring for home care agencies -- why and what?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Patients with chronic diseases or those who are discharged from hospitals may benefit from the use of RPM technology to monitor significant chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension or congestive heart failure, and especially to avoid a recurrence of an issue that would require readmission. .

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Five Covid-19 Technology and Health Blog Posts from April 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And 90% of hospitalized patients identified through COVID-NET had one or more underlying conditions, the most common being obesity, hypertension, chronic lung disease, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease. The article attempts a number of references to mitigation, including the use of GrandPad in two Pace programs.

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Design for all – what we wanted and what we got

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Instead, vendors will create health condition-specific offerings for chronic disease management or assistive technologies that cross all age ranges. category tags: Aging technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , smartphones, cell phones. Why should they want older adults online, subsidizing to make it happen?

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