Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Privacy and security features will be built into design of software and websites. Two-factor authentication will likely be required as part of all online apps, including financial and health-related services. Today if looking for assistive tech for older adults, today there are multiple options, including Amazon or Best Buy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 13, 2024

Two weeks ago, VIVE in Los Angeles , "The Only Digital Health Event Focused on You" was attended by 8000 people there to hear 300 speakers on topics of interest to payers, providers, and those interested in consumer health. Consider the recent big healthcare events. HIMSS this week – the website says it best: Now HIMSS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2023

The following domains will add AI (via voice or other interaction modes) to services, including: Health management of self-care, enabling conversational access. In fact, computer scientists and medical researchers are intrigued by the possibility of a medically traine d GP T-4, the software basis for the current chatbots.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

For years device and software tech ‘improved’ to a point of widespread optimism about our tech future. One would believe this ubiquity of access might make us hopeful that we are now in the era of tech helping consumers of all ages, no matter what task or level of knowledge. Has the tech user experience substantially improved?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Voice, Health, and Wellbeing 2020. Although work is being explored in using the voice as a health diagnostic tool, most uses today are rudimentary and/or experimental. 2020 saw more entrants into this early segment, particularly in voice assistants and new health-oriented skills, refining what works and adds value.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Is the healthcare consumer ready for voice assistants? Voice First technology – the ability to use natural language to speak to and be spoken to by devices and software – has become at least one mandatory user interface in every business and consumer interaction. Joseph Health has an Alexa skill to book same day appointments.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

And many forward-thinking hospitals and health systems are finding significant clinical, financial and operational ROI for their efforts. By Bill Siwicki | August 03, 2023 News Community Health Systems improves chronic condition outcomes with RPM Remote patient monitoring has helped the health system boost patient engagement, improve patient.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Privacy and security features will be built into design of software and websites. Two-factor authentication will likely be required as part of all online apps, including financial and health-related services. Automatic updates and application software changes push users back for refreshers to avoid considerable frustration.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The following is a guest article by Stephen Dean, Healthcare CRM Expert and Co-Founder of Keona Health. Many health care professionals think the strength of the patient-provider relationship is determined solely by the face-to-face interactions between patients and physicians, and that all problems begin and end there.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Pajama-like clothing is the only way to consume the content vastness of this entirely online Consumer Electronics Show with 500 exhibits, 70,000 registered attendees, and 3 full days of sessions, many pre-recorded, some live. Laptops were hot (remember the Ultrabook?) Voice First and the Apple Watch had not emerged.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

It is dumb not to report complaints about misleading advertising, and so older consumers are doing just that , with 74% reporting unsolicited calls among other inappropriate marketing messages. Imagine if that same theory could be applied to young people on their first job choosing between health plan choices offered by their employer.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

A survey from digital health platform Babylon found that 46% of Americans have gone into debt from their medical bills , while 34% are currently struggling to pay their medical and insurance bills. Haleon is using the the Microsoft Seeing AI app to provide more detailed labels on more than 1,500 of its consumer health products.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

At the end of April, ninety million US adults were estimated to own smart speakers , one-third of consumers. The last published eMarketer survey in 2019 sized the software voice assistant (Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa et al.) category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Aging, ageism.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Investors continue to salivate over health tech. billion in Digital Health ( which means whatever you want it to mean.) Yes that is vertical integration in the continuum of care – specifically for health services to elderly Medicare recipients. category tags: Aging technology , Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. These networks profit the people they serve.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

You know a topic is important when leading media sites like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal become irrational and contribute to the general cacophony – even offering up worries from, wait for it, Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt – Kissinger is 98, but apparently still trying out new software tools.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2022

So often we become mired in a swamp of settings, especially when upgrading to a new device or software version. Meanwhile, the labor shortage has impacted every aspect of senior care, requiring a rethink of financial health of the businesses and the role of technology. Oh, and here's a secret -- 5G may offer nothing to the consumer.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

You know a topic is important when leading media sites like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal become irrational and contribute to the general cacophony – even offering up worries from, wait for it, Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt – Kissinger is 98, but apparently still trying out new software tools.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 17, 2019

Can you look at a list, for example, of technologies that vendor websites claim are aimed at older adults and their caregivers -- and substitute younger beneficiaries or health care recipients? Transform senior technology products to be health-specific. Software version changes, new functionality and invasive viruses plague us.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 13, 2020

It seems reasonable that a device correctly pre-loaded with doses either at the pharmacy, by a home health worker or a nurse in senior living would improve accuracy of dosages. Here are five, in alphabetical order with content from vendors: Hero Health. RxPense is a fully connected, IoT home health hub for today’s aging population.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 5, 2018

Consider smart speakers (the Echo was launched in 2014 ), IoT boxes, phones, tablets, PCs, Macs and all cloud-based software. Because Google says it was a ‘misunderstanding in the car’s software and from now on, the car will understand that large vehicles and buses will be less likely to yield.’. . in health care. What’s next?

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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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 17, 2019

The category has been generally described as software "designed to be a threat to, challenge, and eventually usurp entrenched traditional financial services providers with the purpose of being more nimble and serving an underserved segment, or providing faster, better service." Learn more at Golden Financial Care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

What Facebook’s breach will cost consumers – no one knows yet, but with that volume, it can’t be good news for users. Here are four blog posts from September 2018: Investors continue to salivate over health tech. billion invested in Digital Health ( which means whatever you want it to mean.) So the first half of 2018 saw $3.4

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

At the end of April, ninety million US adults were estimated to own smart speakers , one-third of consumers. The last published eMarketer survey in 2019 sized the software voice assistant market (Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa et al.) More from August 2020: Voice tech is pervasive – for some, but hardware market adoption may be slowing.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 30, 2019

The tool is supposed to help banks and lenders better market appropriate services to potential customers and nudging consumers to improve their financial health." Featuring a 360 degree camera, and full video integration and intuitive, easy-to-use software, WooHoo enables users to manage all connected home devices from any location.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 21, 2018

Because Google says it was a ‘misunderstanding in the car’s software and from now on, the car will understand that large vehicles and buses will be less likely to yield.’. Traffic deaths are a 'public health crisis that cannot be tolerated.' Into health care? How does the writer know this? Well, that takes care of that, right?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Fewer software platforms, but new and more interesting offerings. And investors have regularly run screaming from the ‘older adult’ category, preferring to view the whole bucket as ‘health’. Note that hearing loss has been linked to dementia and to social isolation – and that in turn has been connected to poorer health outcomes.

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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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Lloyd Price

JUNE 25, 2018

Messaging apps are the future of digital health technology in the UK. The results provide strong evidence that healthcare organisations need to develop policies to support the safe and secure use of digital technologies in the workplace and that strategies are needed to secure further innovations in digital health."

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Some folks think this is a consumer show, but that was the long-ago Consumer Electronics Show. So many entrants in the AgeTech, accessibility and health categories seek visibility and possible global reach. Eight more aging and health innovations from CES 2024. And Google is no better with Pixel phones.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

Connected Health Mobility Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth How contact tracing, contactless experiences and remote monitoring will redefine healthcare and public health. A study by non-profit group FAIR Health suggests a 4,000% increase in telehealth claims across the country. Telehealth is here to stay.

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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. Software is eating the world and healthcare. Build it and they will come. What does big tech really want?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

But since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency, our organization has expanded its telehealth capabilities. A brief background about myself and my practice: I am an occupational medicine physician working under a not-for-profit health care system. To test this assumption, I surveyed my patients.

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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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Tools for finding home care, home health care, senior care, respite care, wound care specialists and so on – providers understand search algorithms and have positioned themselves online accordingly. The home care software industry is made up of licensed process automation software for each of the business steps in running an agency.

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