Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Population Health Telehealth Workflow Workforce On the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, UW has ramped up telemedicine capabilities and made immediate changes to its EHR to support COVID-19 care. Additional details can be found on the UW Medicine COVID-19 Resource Site.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

Welcome back to my ABCovid-19 Journal, which I created/curated in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. In particular, the hottest spot appeared to be a nursing home where one resident had been diagnosed with COVID-19 on February 28. In the U.S., M is for mask. O is for outbreak.

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Public Health Nursing Mental health Health Policy 279

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The death rates from Covid-19 (or with Covid-19) of seniors in nursing homes and assisted living were horrific on the one hand and daunting to prospective move-ins. Of those, 22 million are aged 75+ -- possible candidates to move from their homes, but likely they will try to age in place. in August 2020.

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Nursing 119

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2020

No understatement, these are very difficult times for nursing homes. million residents of nursing homes were already very frail people, needing help with 3 or more ADLs. Meanwhile, a wave of nursing home ‘transparency’ directives emerges from CMS , the nursing home regulator. So many of the 1.5 Most important?

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Nursing 110

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Examine the CDC life expectancy at birth – lamenting that two decades of growth in life expectancy at birth have been erased, either by Covid-19, drug overdoses, suicides or disease. years on average, and for men it is 19 more years. million live in nursing homes – where the most common condition is dementia. million 27.2

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Nursing 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Aging in place – it’s emerged (again) during these Covid-19 times. Then there is the cost of 24x7 home care, same as assisted living (which is $67K in Massachusetts, for example) or even Genworth’s 44-hours of home care ($53-54K annual). Are nursing homes going to disappear? Déjà vu all over again.

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Nursing Medicare Telehealth 150

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2020

Some estimates indicate that 42% of all deaths from the virus could be traced to nursing homes. Among the biggest scandals were the deaths in New York City nursing homes from bringing Covid-19 patients into the buildings, quickly infecting the other residents, killing as many as 10,000 or more. And then came disaster.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day. It must be tough to be focal points for nursing home policy these days. Even as a task force is being set up to focus on nursing homes, on the one hand, that seems positive. On the other hand, Leading Age CEO was 'enraged' about shortages of PPE.

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Nursing Medicare 106

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

Government & Policy Patient Engagement Pharmacy Privacy & Security Telehealth COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, has entered the lexicon as if it was always there. Sam Shah COVID-19 has been deadly, it’s infective and has posed the biggest public health risk to society in almost a hundred years.

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Private practice General practice Public Health Telemedicine 152

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. But home care agencies can offer private pay RPM services. Passive activity monitoring assists with safety and wellbeing.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 20, 2020

The odds are, not confirmed yet, that Wi-Fi deployment, donation of tablets and online video tools , are all accelerating in the time of Covid-19, which will be confirmed in a future survey. Zorabots in nursing homes. category tags: robotics , Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , social isolation , covid-19.

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mHealth Telehealth Nursing 105

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of digital health tools and virtual health care; looking past the pandemic, the American Telemedicine Association is envisioning that care will be omni-channel just as other aspects of consumers’ lives are, whether shopping, banking, or now for people in school, education.

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Mental health Digital Health Public Health Health Data 323

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2020

In the time of Covid-19, some are talking about an increasing use of technology in their nursing homes. Others are discussing the race to enable ‘televisits’ -- noting outreach from AARP to CMS to boost the requirement for enabling technology in nursing homes. The State of Florida gave tablets to 150 nursing homes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 7, 2020

Consider interesting the behavior of ‘leaders’ during the time of Covid-19. Hysterical publicity about nursing homes can surprise even the governor of New York. It turns out that most (66%) of hospitalizations with Covid-19 in New York were people who had been staying at home, the majority retired or unemployed and over age 51.

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Nursing Public Health 158

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

Technology usage has climbed sharply during Covid-19. And Nielsen observed that the pandemic was a catalyst for the rise of tech use for working at home and shopping, among other uses. These include senior housing, skilled nursing facilities, home care, home healthcare, or healthcare providers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 18, 2020

It is encouraging to see this sheer quantity of free offerings , accelerated interest in telehealth , and other new innovations in smart homes, healthcare and robotics that have emerged in the past few months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Caspar Smart homes. Here are just five focused on older adults: Megilla. NurseCaller.

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Nursing Primary Care Mental health Telehealth 150

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Some face the lingering effects of COVID-19, while others lack funding and staff. 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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Nursing Healthcare IT Health IT 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

But this is January, 2021, in the time of Covid-19 and the time of the all digital Consumer Electronics Show -- this time with at least 70,000 online attendees from around the world and the tech industry -- and so new companies are surfacing with technologies that will generate interest and even excitement during 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Aging in place – it’s emerged (again) during these Covid-19 times. Then there is the cost of 24x7 home care, same as assisted living (which is $67K in Massachusetts, for example) or even Genworth’s 44-hours of home care ($53-54K annual). Are nursing homes going to disappear? Déjà vu all over again.

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Nursing Medicare Telehealth 125

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Life has been worsening for older adults – in senior living and at home. Every day there is some new article about the impact of Covid-19 on older adults -- or another study turns up that you missed. category tags: social isolation , computers, internet and social networking.

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Mental health 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

We have been incredulous, watching older adults die alone in a nursing home , and then dying in many nursing homes. Here are six blog posts from a May unlike any previous: Could technology improve nursing homes? Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day. Go back to 2019, for just a moment.

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Health Technology Nursing Medicare Telehealth 78

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Lots of talk about remote care technologies -- but will the 2020 crisis convert to actual technology change? So much has changed in recent months as a result of Covid-19 -- startling changes that previously were incremental. Along with telehealth, will wearables for health and wellbeing be a priority post Covid-19?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The home care market is (still) a booming business. Home care of various types now augments and even enhances services that not long ago may have been provided by senior housing. Home care workers are also among the lowest paying and least trained occupations. And many already at home and in assisted living need the same care.

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Nursing 128

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, tech nice-to-haves have become critical. Since the Covid spring, high-dollar government initiatives for seniors have been launched, and others from prior years received an update. Between boosting the deployment of telehealth technologies, once-delayed initiatives became instantly late.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Also at Argentum, existing tech players added features for Covid-19 and more. Here are five other posts: Will telehealth help the oldest adults during Covid-19? Or they are avoiding outpatient visits , afraid of Covid-19, but also concerned about cost of care.

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Health Technology Digital Health Telehealth Nursing 105

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2022

And yet, post Covid-19, so many government agencies, the White House , universities and for-profit companies want to boost that adoption to mitigate social isolation, boost access to telehealth, nutrition and even a basic, finding health information. Why survey senior living and home care firms about client technology adoption?

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Health Information Telehealth 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

Covid-19 and its impact and implications, starting early in the month following event cancellations , travel bans and stampedes , telehealth insurance changes and senior living visitation lockdowns. Side-effect: Covid-19 Should Close the Remaining Older Adult Tech Gap. The title should not surprise.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

By the end of 2021, about 4 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses will be delivered globally. 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.

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Telehealth Interoperability Medicare Pharmaceuticals 213

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

Nursing homes – consternation, condemnation are words that rule the day. It must be tough to be focal points for nursing home policy these days. Even as a task force is being set up to focus on nursing homes, on the one hand, that seems positive. On the other hand, Leading Age CEO was 'enraged' about shortages of PPE.

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Nursing Medicare 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This work began in the summer of 2020 as the Covid-19 lockdown was underway. That digital divide applied whether they live in senior living communities, nursing homes or remained in their own homes. The home – not the hospital -- becomes the care delivery hub.

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Remote care Telehealth Medicare Primary Care 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Life has been worsening for older adults – in senior living and at home. Every day there is some new article about the impact of Covid-19 on older adults -- or another study turns up that you missed. What’s up with investing in home care and technology? Home Care Assistance received $100 million in 2016.

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Telehealth Remote care Mental health 102

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

"We’ve seen the undue burden and hardship these restrictions create during COVID-19, especially in communities hit hardest by the pandemic," said Skye Perryman, chief legal officer at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which was a coplaintiff in the case. " she said.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

Here are four blog posts from February 2021: Aging in place – it’s emerged (again) during these Covid-19 times. Then there is the cost of 24x7 home care, same as assisted living (which is $67K/year in Massachusetts, for example) or even Genworth’s 44-hours of home care ($53-54K annual). Stay tuned. Déjà vu all over again.

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Health Technology Nursing Digital Health 114

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The first eye-opener was the OATS/Humana report about the 22 million adults 65+ who lack home broadband. The social isolation brought on by Covid-19 was an eye-opener for tech firms, investors, retailers, and startups. category tags: computers, internet and social networking.

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APRIL 15, 2020

Saving seniors from Covid-19 requires worsening isolation. category tags: social isolation , computers, internet and social networking. In an article in the NY Times, Paula Span’s title said it all: Just What Older People Didn’t Need: More Isolation. Learn more at OneClick.chat.

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Nursing 127

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

million in senior living communities, including nursing homes. is tracking technology innovations in the time of Covid-19 , noting the categories of innovation and the open calls for help in that category. and here’s home care. category tags: mHealth-Telehealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , healthcare.

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HIPAA Telehealth mHealth Medicare 145

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Baby boomers are aging and want to stay in their homes as long as feasible. Many will need to be monitored in their home for chronic diseases and in-home risk of falling – Amazon noticed with Alexa Together – Verizon noticed with its Care Smart Watch. One might assume that post-Covid census data will be even more significant.

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