Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Remote monitoring products and services built with sensors have been around for decades. Grandcare Systems was founded in 2004 followed by a sensor-based remote monitoring startup and consolidation wave in 2009-2010. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , baby boomers , senior living. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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MARCH 12, 2022

Trends accelerated by the pandemic continue to emerge, and the population aged 50+ will continue to purchase and use technology, accounting for an estimated 51% of technology spending by 2030. Smart tags pinpoint not only locations of phones or keys, but persons with dementia. What trends matter this year and beyond?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

MindMics Heart Health System is an innovative and comprehensive solution designed to address the growing need for next-generation heart health monitoring. At the core of our technology is the patented in-ear Infrasonic Hemodynography (IH), which enables heart health monitoring through TWS earbuds. Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 10, 2023

These include questions of inherent bias in medical imaging or facial recognition software , but also in the category of remote monitoring. Consider patients whose behavior changes over time and whether they continue to give permission to being monitored. Lack of interfaces to senior and health care systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

Why should home care agencies boost awareness of remote monitoring? Both types of monitoring are increasingly likely to be found by home care professionals entering a new care recipient’s home. Passive activity monitoring assists with safety and wellbeing. CPT code 99454: “Remote monitoring of physiologic parameter(s) (e.g.,

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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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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2018

That sharing is limited by doctors’ ability to accept patient-generated data, where only a handful of doctors have implemented technology for remote monitoring or integrating data from wearable technologies. But evidence is growing for telehealth and a more remote health monitoring tools, some undergoing scrutiny by the FDA.

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Digital Health Wire

JUNE 28, 2023

The round brings DexCare’s total funding to $146M as it looks to help health systems attract new patients, capture more downstream revenue, and control costs to fuel growth. The platform matches patients to best-fit providers, settings, and care modalities, then facilitates seamless appointment booking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

The new market sizing follows their prediction in 2017 that wearables will be the key to connected health monitoring , including this prescient observation that: “ the next wave of wearable health market growth will come from integrated systems that are able to sense danger signals.”. More when there’s more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

In January 2020, Geisinger, the Pennsylvania-based integrated health system known for decades of clinical innovation, launched a multi-year digital strategy to make health easier for patients and members in its health plan. As with the rest of the world, the COVID-19 crisis came to Geisinger in a severely disruptive fashion.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2022

But some offered innovation for patients, whether in virtual visits and care, vital sign measurement, and improvements to patient experience. Patients can also get automated care plans, intelligent nudges on next steps, and enhanced health literacy." Learn more. Canary Speech. WizeCare Technologies. "At

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Digital enterprise vaccination management platforms will have to be built to inform the public, schedule vaccinations, automate mobile facilities, monitor outcomes and manage the supply chain for COVID-19 vaccines. Nearly 35% of patient interactions will be digital in 2021, compared to 20% currently as delivery paradigms change.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

Focus on the benefits of digital technology for nurses and patients, with continuity of care ensured through remote consultations. Patients have embraced the shift to digital, with nurses supporting digital engagement. Patients embrace the digital shift. Lack of testing adds to pressure.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2022

But some offered innovation for patients, whether in virtual visits and care, vital sign measurement, and improvements to patient experience. Patients can also get automated care plans, intelligent nudges on next steps, and enhanced health literacy." Learn more. Canary Speech. WizeCare Technologies. "At

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

Despite the best efforts of industry leadership and management, the gap between the numbers of patients and families seeking assistance and the availability of workers to provide that care is accelerating at an unsustainable pace. Home health care providers currently report turning away over 25% of referred patients due to staff shortages.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

Staffing issues continue to plague senior care organizations. Wrist-worn and patch-based wearables have revolutionized care of individuals with conditions like dementia (tracking) or diabetes (monitoring). Examples: Current Health (now part of Best Buy) , and Samsung.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Here is a sampling: Apps: Nutrition tracking apps for monitoring diet and blood sugar (from Healthline ) include Glucose Buddy , DiabetesConnect, and SugarSense. Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs): Beginning in 2016, the FDA began approving Continuous Glucose Monitors.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

As smart phone adoption among the oldest continues, their ability to adjust their own hearing aids will also improve. The traditional PERS pendant industry’s growth is slowing and vendors are stepping into the reimbursed Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) market. Safety and security. Learning and contribution.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Telehealth: Remote consultations and monitoring for improved accessibility and convenience. Wearables & Biosensors: Continuous pain monitoring and data collection for personalized treatment plans. Remote patient monitoring: Continuous data collection for proactive intervention and improved outcomes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

" Care facilities need to be responsive, prepared and equipped with technology that continually evolves and adapts. It uses a neural network of sensors deployed throughout the care facility continuously monitors conditions, learning from behaviors.” Learn more. Caredaily.ai. Netherlands-based Envision.ai

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

Care facilities need to be responsive, prepared and equipped with technology that continually evolves and adapts. Toch Sleepsense is a non-contact sleep monitoring device, easily placed under the foot of a bed that is uniquely designed to detect when a person exits the bed. Now partnered with Samsung. Toch Sleepsense.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Health systems are rapidly transforming their healthcare delivery models with online access and patient engagement tools, remote monitoring and other virtual care modalities. Despite the integration with patient data in EHR systems, the apps operate as stand-alone solutions. Where does that leave digital health startups?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 13, 2021

Its automatic lighting, built-in fall detector, and integrated monitoring system not only reduces falls but can decrease the stress on caregivers, allowing high-risk individuals to be independent again. This product is a remote activity monitoring app for seniors. Learn more at Domalys. CarePredict TouchPoint. Learn more at Omron.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Telehealth demands continued investment -- phone, video , remote patient and/or device monitoring. What changes will be wrought in smart home categories – sensors, robotics, predictive analytics that improve remote monitoring and carein a post-Covid world? What will be the priority? Thoughts welcome.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Worse, for many older adults, isolation is a worsening health issue that we will hear more about as shutdowns continue and shut-in becomes the virtual norm. MedSign’s Qortex is a secure, HIPAA-compliant, two-way communication platform that connects healthcare professionals to their patients through the home television.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2022

Note the top trends that matter this Many changes underway in the enabling tech categories for older adults – including the importance of tech for home care agencies – not just the apps for the workers, but for care recipients, such as remote monitoring. Why should home care agencies boost awareness of remote monitoring?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 28, 2018

And four companies released new offerings to help professional and family caregivers improve monitoring and well-being among older adults: FallCall and FallCall Lite. John Fisher College shows MedaCube improving medication adherence in a group of patients from an average of 48% to an amazing 97%. Learn more at MedaCube.

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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. Enhancing emergency response as a way to save more lives.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

Further, the home care and home health companies see the opportunity to boost deployment of technology – and they’re moving aggressively forward – with engagement tools, remote patient monitoring (RPM), analytics and AI, sensors in the home. . Consider the components of next generation remote technology to deliver care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Per their own by-the-numbers charts , you see a picture of the scale of it -- more than 40,000 attendees wanted to be in Orlando, braving weather-related travel obstacles, obtain any required continuing education units – and ideally see as much as possible of the 1300 vendor exhibits. Learn more at BeyondVerbal. CarePassport.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

"In the past, we haven't worried as much about coordinating care across the patient journey, from preoperative education to surgical aftercare," said Andrew Lovewell, administrator. Columbia Orthopaedic Group felt it was representative of its quality and reputation to create a system that improved the care it offered patients.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

And it looks like they will continue to benefit in 2022 and beyond. Amazon’s Alexa Together wants to help monitor falls of older adults in senior living. It also offers personalized content, a community-support feature with tutorials and workshops, and activity monitoring." Learn more. CareMerge Voice Trends. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

That connectivity became essential for engagement, remote patient monitoring (RPM), telehealth interactions, family interactions, and staff communications. As the pandemic continued , hospitals were losing $50 billion per month of revenue by June and many went out of business permanently. The total of 34.5

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

How Healthcare Benefits from Enterprise Visibility RTLS have been proven to offer cost-effective solutions that ease operational burdens and enhance safety for both patients and staff. Manual systems require a significant amount of time and attention that can otherwise be reallocated back to patient care.

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Mobile Health Matters

MARCH 15, 2018

Science and medicine continue to advance at an astonishing rate thanks to technological innovation. We have already seen digital health solutions that promise to transform patient care in our lifetime. This type of technology ensures the right ECG strip is transmitted to the correct patient record.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2019

Appearing on 15-inch monitors strategically placed throughout the residence, she carries on two-way conversations, and is programmable for a user’s personal needs and plans of care. We change this by monitoring the fall risk of elderly continuously through our solution ALMA Home. Alma Home. "By Learn more at RoundTrip.

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