Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

As 2023 began, tech vendors used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to launch a gaggle of gadgets, not solutions, to mitigate life barriers from hearing loss to limited mobility. As smart phone adoption among the oldest continues, their ability to adjust their own hearing aids will also improve. Health and wellness.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One might well argue that Amazon has and will continue to have a major impact on the quality of life for older adults (assuming senior privacy concerns and technology barriers to adoption are overcome – more on that another time): Offered low-price Voice First devices.

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HIPAA Digital Health Telehealth 164

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Network Infrastructure Telehealth Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. At nearly $15 billion, the funding surpasses the amount for the full year 2020.

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Digital Health EHR Primary Care Connected Health 151

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Consumers are on board with telehealth , and engagement technologies like smartphones and tablets are offered through Medicare Advantage , plus a wave of other pandemic-related tactics and free offerings appeared. category tags: covid-19 , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , senior living , Technology - AARP , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) also moves more care into the home – and is expected to further evolve in 2022 – regulation changes in the past year are have begun to turn the adoption tide ). Older people, consumers of a significant portion of healthcare spending, will need and use many of the Digital Health technology categories. .

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Remote care Digital Health Health Technology Telehealth 75

Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2020

If you hadn’t tuned into the Health Populi blog yesterday, 10th August 2020 , you missed the first five letters of my Age of Corona alphabet, curated in my art journal created in the early weeks of the pandemic. health citizens into hygiene shoppers. “H” is for hand-washing. “I” is for Italy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2018

So how safe are self-driving cars for us, those pesky consumers who are also the victims of this tech for tech's sake ? Digital health tech for providers and consumers, current status is bleak. And the adoption of digital health by providers – 44 % non-adoption in hospitals.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Today marks the 10 th month since the near hysteria surrounding the arrival and rapid adoption of ChatGPT. Nomo Smart Care , a consumer kit for family caregivers. announces the first-of-its-kind smart technology for the millions of people providing personal care to family members, especially those facing health challenges.

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Health Technology Nursing Telehealth 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Reimbursement of technology was a key policy change in 2020 that fueled adoption and investment in telehealth. That digital divide applied whether they live in senior living communities, nursing homes or remained in their own homes. That change super-charged growth in telehealth-related companies that had been growing incrementally.

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Remote care Telehealth Medicare Primary Care 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

When assembling the 2019 tenth anniversary version, it was apparent that this year reflects change -- in the supply-demand balance in the overbuilt senior housing market, in policy changes driving health care services into the home, in market forecasts, and in the mix of vendors who serve the market. million unfilled jobs by 2026.

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mHealth Interoperability Medicare Digital Health 108

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

Voice tech is pervasive – for some, but hardware market adoption may be slowing. At the end of April, ninety million US adults were estimated to own smart speakers , one-third of consumers. According to eMarketer’s newest report Better Be Nice to the Boomers , the 55+ population specifically has increased its digital spending 47%.

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Remote care Telehealth Patient Experience Nursing 120

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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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 81

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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mHealth Telehealth Medicare Digital Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Happy New Year – and onward to 2020, the publication of the now-completed Voice, Health and Wellbeing 2020 on Monday, January 6 th , and so many more (and counted) CES steps -- more wearables, virtual experiences, smart and not-so-smart speakers. But I am sure the blaring will begin at the door. Here are the most read blog posts from 2019.

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Digital Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Between trade events, including the Connected Health Conference in Boston, LeadingAge in San Diego, HLTH in Las Vegas, the Aging 2.0 Between trade events, including the Connected Health Conference in Boston, LeadingAge in San Diego, HLTH in Las Vegas, the Aging 2.0 Remember Healthy@Home in 2008 ? Read more. . .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. " Dr. Bradley Crotty, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network. " Dr. Lisa R. Bardack, CareMount Medical.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 25, 2018

Messaging apps are the future of digital health technology in the UK. Looking forward 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, secure communication between doctors, patients, clinicians and nurses is going to be an essential utility and productivity tool, potentially unrivalled by any other technology in terms of impact and widespread adoption.

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Digital Health Nursing Primary Care HIPAA 91

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow CIOs need to look beyond just EHRs and explore standalone platforms to enhance care delivery – keeping focused on reliable patient data and streamlined clinical workflows. Adopting FHIR standards for integrating data with a physician's daily workflow.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 28, 2021

According to a leaked memo, Google is dissolving its single unified health division and reassigning all consumer and enterprise projects across myriad teams internally, consisting of 570 employees. So why are big trillion dollar tech companies not succeeding despite their significant track record in a myriad of other industries?

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Claus Jensen, chief innovation officer at Teladoc Health, says the question isn't just about what other kinds of healthcare can be made virtual. It's also about using clinical, technical and logistical tools to help patients make the best health decisions. What happened last time I saw a mental health provider?"

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Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Healthcare IT 144

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Therasa Bell, Cofounder, President and CTO at Kno2 , has spent her career in healthcare IT, so it’s very meaningful to hear her speak of Kno2’s intention to become a designated QHIN (Qualified Health Information Network) under the TEFCA, asserting, “This is a turning point”. And that’s where Bell places TECFA; it’s meaningful.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 30, 2020

This tech market is less about products specifically designed for older adults and more about smarter marketing of many consumer offerings that could be useful to them. In addition, HIMSS is offering a digital version of HIMSS. category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , senior living.

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Health Populi

MAY 11, 2023

We continue to track to evolving, expanding landscape of retail health — which we see as the expanding ecosystem of health/care accessible to people-as-health consumers. Let’s start with weight-loss, as several aspects of health/care come together in the consumer’s retail health sandbox.

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