tag community-health-choice 
Health Populi
MAY 17, 2024
Hospitals are not alone in price cliffs, with health insurance premiums spiking last year at the fastest rate in a decade, the Labor Statistics data showed. “For patients and their employers, the increases have meant higher health-insurance premiums, as well as limiting wage hikes,” Melanie Evans explained.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
APRIL 12, 2023
Not surprisingly, a search for ‘chatbots and older adults’ reveals research studies targeting those aged 60+, startup investment, for example, Lena , which evolved into Lena Health for scheduling appointments , and a small study about what makes a compelling chatbot. Human Good jumps right into live chat about finding a community.
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Aging in Place Technology Watch
JULY 19, 2023
Consider Optum’s acquisition of Amedisys home health business. Without a standard set of data about residents, including staff scheduling, care plans, and communication with families – it’s hard to know if a community or agency is profitable until it’s too late. Note its 2015 $72.5 Data, of course, is the backbone of AI.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
JANUARY 23, 2023
In a University of Michigan national poll in November, 2022, more than half of adults aged 50-80 say they have helped an adult aged 65+ with health, personal and other types of care needs. Notable at the end of 2022, the Administration for Community Living published the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
Health Populi
JUNE 5, 2018
This tough decision — to “use chemo or not to use chemo” — is among the toughest choices a doctor makes. If patients don’t understand what the notes say, and the differential costs of treatment options, full-on health engagement remains elusive. The ASCO story is such good news.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
DECEMBER 17, 2018
We make life better for seniors by providing them with what they want: freedom, independence, dignity, and choice. Lacuna Health. "A Lacuna Health offers a proven care engagement service for patient-centered care. Learn more at Lacuna Health. The shoeboxes are the story of a life, a family and a community.
Aging in Place Technology Watch
MAY 26, 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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