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. category tags: robotics , Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , social isolation , covid-19. Learn more at SeniorDining.

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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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

On the other hand, a new poll noted the prevalence of ageism for older adults and that other Covid-19 related pandemic – loneliness in late life. Here are the four July posts: Hearing loss: Covid-19 sharpens the benefits of teleaudiology. During Covid-19, do older adults take their prescribed meds?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Paddy Padmanabhan In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems saw dramatic spikes in virtual visits and telehealth adoption in the patient population. Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger saw a 500% increase in telehealth visits in the first couple of weeks after the COVID-19 outbreak.

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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. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the loneliness of millions of older people,” said Dr. Scott A.

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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

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

JULY 8, 2021

While COVID-19 has accelerated the shift towards digital health, it has also given rise to a surge in workloads for CIOs and Chief Digital Officers. They're reluctant to bring on new digital health startups, raising the entry thresholds for startups to mitigate risk, reduce vendor proliferation, and reduce administrative overheads.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic boosted family interest in the use of technology to help older and frailer family members stay safer (and longer) in their own homes. Care recipients with mobility limitations or safety risks benefit most. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Who knew that Covid-19 was about to take over the world -- and with it, the world of events? Using machine learning algorithms combined with smartphone-embedded sensors and questionnaires, Kinesis Balance allows the reliable assessment of balance and falls risk in the home. during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Furthermore, shrinking reimbursement rates for rehabilitation/nursing home stays and reduction in Medicaid coverage boosts risks to those frail elderly who are most likely to be readmitted to the hospital post-discharge and who may be least equipped to take care of themselves. category tags: tech-enabled home care , Home Care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 11, 2020

Read down the April Pew report with the moniker, “53% of Americans say the Internet has been essential during the Covid-19 pandemic. Consider the hand-wringing that surfaced recently in that same time period about lack of access among the oldest that has contributed to social isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 13, 2020

During Covid-19, do older adults take their prescribed meds? And according to the Pharmacy Times , Covid-19 has made a problematic situation much worse. And the CDC has expressed concern about risks and modified procedures for older adults and pick-up of prescriptions in pharmacies. Not necessarily.

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The black market price tag of stolen protected health information (PHI) can go for $60 a record, compared to roughly $1 for a credit card or social security number. But the Covid-19 pandemic has forced nearly everyone in healthcare to reckon with both, thanks to two dynamics: The rapid adoption of telehealth solutions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

To see all of the feature stories in the Burnout in the Age of COVID-19 series, click here. The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. Stressors from COVID-19 and virtual care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Health providers quickly pivoted to make the most of temporary telehealth flexibilities when the COVID-19 public health emergency started in 2020. While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached. Twitter: @SiwickiHealthIT.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

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. That was posted in November of 2021, with surveying ending in 2020 (just before Covid-19) and was made available within the last month.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Other programmes, including Public Health England’s COVID-19 Observatory, were also able to collect and analyse coronavirus data. Some sections of the population – such as individuals with a disability, low income households and older people – are at particular risk of becoming digitally excluded.

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MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

That was three years before COVID-19 – but it took a pandemic to put telehealth into the spotlight and modernize the way Americans access healthcare. The rise in mental health conditions alongside COVID-19 is being billed a dual pandemic. Indeed, a July 2021 report from McKinsey & Co. High Need for Mental Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 14, 2020

Analytics Population Health Quality and Safety Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 pandemic may be viewed as the single largest disruptor in the history of American healthcare. Just as the digital strategy was beginning to take shape, the first COVID-19 patient was admitted to a Geisinger hospital.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2020

Paddy Padmanabhan A recent estimate by consulting firm McKinsey suggests that $250 billion in healthcare spending could shift to virtual care models in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reality check on telehealth and COVID-19. In some ways, COVID-19 has become another marketing slogan for tech firms.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Joyoti Goswami COVID-19 has spurred telehealth and remote patient monitoring adoption across the United States, with 36 percent of the US consumers now using telehealth to replace healthcare visits. FDA classifies medical devices into three classes based on risk to human life.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, connected health and RPM are more important than ever, because they enable physicians to monitor patients without having to come into contact with them, thus preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 2, 2020

A few weeks ago the World Health Organisation (WHO) commended the UAE for leading the way in COVID-19 by conducting the highest level of testing per million in the world, which is an effective strategy of keeping track of the virus, which is pertinent to knowing the necessary measures to take in combating the epidemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

David Gray When President Joe Biden recently declared on national television that “the pandemic is over,” he offered a glimpse into the strategy his administration will be using on COVID-19 going forward: We’re ready to move on. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S. 13, 2022, unless it’s renewed yet again.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

David Gray When President Joe Biden recently declared on national television that “the pandemic is over,” he offered a glimpse into the strategy his administration will be using on COVID-19 going forward: We’re ready to move on. In January 2020, then-Secretary of the U.S. 13, 2022, unless it’s renewed yet again.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Current uses for SDoH in medicine include connecting individuals to services such as Meals on Wheels, and using it to identify at-risk people. Like many SDoH tools, the analysis identifies vulnerable patients and does risk stratification. Another report from CODE calls for better tagging of data with SDoH.

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