Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What is the status and future of remote care technologies? As the research interviews for the 2020 report “Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults” wind down, a few themes become apparent. It triggered ingenuity of senior care organizations and vendors ; and it energized innovators and prospective investors.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

A recent report by the Commonwealth Fund, based on a study conducted jointly by Harvard University and digital health company Phreesia, acknowledges that the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed how outpatient care is delivered in health care practices. As with most such complex scenarios, the answer depends on the type of care.

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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. 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

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Fortunately, she was alert enough to be careful to avoid a mistake. A special case, diabetes medication non-adherence is a critical health problem. It is estimated that 30% of the overweight adults have diabetes – and most diabetics are overweight. category tags: medication management. per month.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 9, 2020

And 90% of hospitalized patients identified through COVID-NET had one or more underlying conditions, the most common being obesity, hypertension, chronic lung disease, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease. category tags: covid-19 , Aging technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , smartphones, cell phones.

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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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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Editor’s note: We strive to provide a complete picture of life with Type 1 diabetes. I was six years old when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. In my case, it is a form known as brittle diabetes, or Labile diabetes. Diabetes became my Cause. I was an Advocate for Awareness, a Defender of Diabetic Rights.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 11, 2023

is a leader in health and wellness check software which makes health data more accessible for better care at lower costs. Inflect Health’s recent investments include Biocogniv and Decoded Health , while Bioverge recently invested in My Diabetes Tutor and GigaMune. David and Divya will set the perfect tone for this incredible event.”

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Insulin Nation

JANUARY 20, 2016

Many parents are looking for ways to get teen offspring to take diabetes self-care seriously. The findings suggest that monetary motivation is an effective method to inspire some young people to improve their diabetes self-care. This, plus raging hormones, can lead to some soaring A1C scores.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2018

But many attendees (exhibitors) seem still to be circling the health care universe from the vantage point of the IT buyer -- health IT consulting, tech vendors seeking health IT customers. We allow individuals to share access to their data to improve care coordination and fuel a vibrant ecosystem of third-party digital health applications.

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Insulin Nation

JANUARY 20, 2016

Many parents are looking for ways to get teen offspring to take diabetes self-care seriously. The findings suggest that monetary motivation is an effective method to inspire some young people to improve their diabetes self-care. This, plus raging hormones, can lead to some soaring A1C scores.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 30, 2020

Dive Brief: The financial impact on primary care practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been profound and will likely continue in the months ahead, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. Rural primary care practices are projected to lose $75,274 per physician. Some practices are also projected to have steeper losses.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Baby boomers may have a longer life expectancy at 65 than their parents – most likely due to availability of more sophisticated health care and medications. As the population ages , will there be enough family member and professional caregivers to provide care? Making assumptions about care helps understand centenarian future needs.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Women living with type 1 diabetes have a five times greater risk for heart failure than nondiabetic women. This excess risk appears to be from a combination of factors, including the damage caused by type 1 diabetes and circumstances that are uniquely female, such as hormones, body fat, and disproportionate medical care.

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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Editor’s note: We strive to provide a complete picture of life with Type 1 diabetes. I was six years old when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. In my case, it is a form known as brittle diabetes, or Labile diabetes. Diabetes became my Cause. I was an Advocate for Awareness, a Defender of Diabetic Rights.

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Insulin Nation

OCTOBER 30, 2014

In some ways, the pen might provide better accuracy and more flexibility, according to Dr. Ernest Asamoah of Diabetes-Endocrinology Consultants in Indianapolis. Curtis’ provider prescribed the NovoLog FlexPen for fast-acting insulin, along with a once-daily dose of long-acting insulin via syringe to help her control Type 1 diabetes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 29, 2020

Numerous companies popped into my inbox in the past week with announcements of a period of free access to remote care/engagement technologies. category tags: covid-19 , Seniors , Aging , senior living. Note the wave of announcements of 'free' tech services and sea changes. From the CDC released April 8 : Rates of hospitalization (4.6

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Some episodes of care indicate sensitive topics even when there is no data recorded: Patient received psychotherapy treatment, patient was treated for substance abuse. Similar to a medical alert bracelet that announces to all that you are highly diabetic, this data would be anonymously accessible. or "Deny all access."

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Lloyd Price

JULY 30, 2018

Krishna Yeshwant, a doctor and investor with GV, Alphabet's venture firm, takes a lot of meetings with entrepreneurs that have lofty goals to fix health care. In January, a single therapy to treat a rare form of blindness received a price tag of $850,000. But different patients have different needs. Who's left out? Source : [link]

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Biofourmis’ remote patient monitoring and AI-based analytics technology, Biovitals, provides personalized predictive care by leveraging active and passive data collected from clinical-grade patient wearables that continuously monitor more than 20 physiological parameters, as well as patient-captured data from a mobile app. Biofourmis.

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GlobalMed

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Over time, chronic stress can fuel problems with high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and heart disease. In an expensive healthcare system, that means the very care people seek to become healthy can saddle them with costs that fuel stress-related ailments. Telemedicine can reduce costs and provide more affordable care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It's been a busy few years for virtual care, to say the least. If you can do cancer care in a hybrid setting, you can do most things in the hybrid setting. So when we talk about virtual care, think hybrid. And we talk about virtual care. Before I joined Teladoc, I worked for Memorial Sloan Kettering.

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Chilmark Research

JULY 13, 2015

It’s not every day that health-related news from Google gets buried, but recent headlines about the Supreme Court upholding a key provision of the Affordable Care Act and the nation’s largest insurers playing matchmaker seem to have relegated Google’s planned health-tracking wristband to the proverbial back page of the Internet.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 5, 2018

As BioSpace noted when the deal was announced, Takeda will also take on a significant amount of debt through the deal, sending the price tag closer to $80 billion when that amount is included. ASP develops instrument sterilization, high-level disinfection, and cleaning technologies to help health-care facilities. Source : [link]

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