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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

The question of reimbursements also impacts another high-growth area in telehealth, namely remote patient monitoring. The pandemic has underscored the need to monitor the majority of patient populations that live with chronic conditions such as diabetes. Featured Decision Content:

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

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. Although some would say that Americans take too many pills , for many, medication is critical to health and wellbeing—especially diabetics.

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Medicare 64

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. My childhood became one requiring constant monitoring of myself and by the adults in my life.

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Nursing 84

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. In addition, most doctors lost revenue as 70% of their patients deferred treatments resulting in excess deaths from causes such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and heart disease.

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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Over the years, there have been reports of researchers working on bloodless laser glucose monitoring, and each report ended with researchers saying they hope to improve accuracy of the laser device. Now there’s exciting news of a laser glucose monitor that is as accurate as home blood glucose monitoring kits.

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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. My childhood became one requiring constant monitoring of myself and by the adults in my life.

Nursing 48

Nursing 48

Insulin Nation

JUNE 13, 2017

Add-ons to insulin are going to be a thing for Type 1 diabetes. It’s no coincidence, then, that there has been renewed interest in looking at other drugs for treating those with Type 1 diabetes. Researchers also presented separate findings on metformin and GLP-1 drugs for people with Type 1 diabetes. The pitchforks were out.

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Pharmaceuticals 61

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For instance, boomers have shown themselves to be more likely to be obese, have poorer eating habits , have a greater prevalence of diabetes, and take more medications than the previous generation. Wearables, remote patient monitoring. category tags: baby boomers , Seniors , aging in place. Social, Learning. Digital health.

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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. Biofourmis.

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Lloyd Price

JULY 30, 2018

In his view, venture capital often lean towards the therapeutics companies that fit into the low social complexity/high medical complexity quadrant, such as costly novel drugs for cancer or diabetes. In January, a single therapy to treat a rare form of blindness received a price tag of $850,000. Who's left out?

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Chilmark Research

JULY 13, 2015

It helps that the Apple Watch, notably stripped of health monitoring features prior to its April launch, barely made a dent in FitBit’s market share.) Expect FitBits, Jawbones, and smart watches to rule the wearable tech market for the next few years. Over time, though, the limitations of watches and wristbands will continue to manifest.

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