Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 7, 2020

One expert offered his gloomy advice, carried beyond Florida via multiple TV networks : "One doctor emphasizes that there is no substitute for social distancing and hygiene. I don't think older people should be safe, feel safe going to restaurants, gym, bars,” said Dr. Joseph Ouslander. “I

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

And we have never seen a world in which the ‘connections’ to everything -- services, shopping, learning about new products, listening to music, meeting people, talking to a doctor -- are all made through an alphabet soup of technology, delivered from almost monopoly-like tech firms from Amazon to Zoom. . Good luck with that.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

In addition, telehealth visits scaled 175 times the pre-COVID volume, no doubt due to the obvious – people could not go to the doctors’ office and for older adults, Medicare began to reimburse telehealth at the same rate as in-person. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Family caregivers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It could be especially valuable for patients with long-standing medical issues who don't have a primary care doctor, or are uninsured. "Speed" is how quickly data can go from Point A to B. The ER doctor sends an email note via telehealth to the parents' home and later does a Zoom session to show huge X-ray files.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The original Lifeline business was a pioneer of this market segment, building up a business that included doctor-referral, a senior-aware trained call center and multiple channel partners, including the home security segment. category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , wearables, smart watch , fall prevention, fall detection.

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33 Charts - Digital Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

I hear this occasionally on Twitter: “ My doctor gave me his cell phone number so I can call him whenever I have a problem.” Despite the fantasy that our doctors remember everything about us, I don’t remember everything about my patients. At a moment’s notice I can see what’s going on. I have no idea who you are.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Technology firms such as Teladoc, Amwell, and Doctor on Demand which offer real-time video consulting and telehealth platforms have rushed to capitalize on unprecedented opportunities. What could go wrong with this picture? Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Has telehealth hit the high watermark?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

The doctor will see you now. It seems to have become part of everyone’s lives including the way in which we interact with doctors and other healthcare professionals. The NHS still has time to get its strategy right on apps but it’s going to need to gain trust and confidence from the population.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Even your dentist and doctor prefer text. You may have read a depressing article this morning in the Wall Street Journal about the number of people stuck in hospitals with no place to go because there are no nursing homes to take them – which is the status in the UK’s National Health System (NHS). Your relatives only text.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

There is no going back – the genie is out of the bottle. Who is NOT going to enable a voice first interface? category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors. Checking out a report on smart speaker usage categories, people apparently are NOT using them, ironically, to purchase goods.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2021

An example of the former is the merger of Grand Rounds and Doctor-on-Demand for a combined value of $2 billion. Their best bet to avoid going out of business is to hitch their wagons to an incumbent vendor with a substantial footprint in the market. Region Tag: Global Edition. The Amwell acquisitions are small in comparison.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2019

And will VCs and their unicorns-to-be go to market without testing the devices (or worse, the smartphone apps) with the constituents that could reap the greatest benefit but may not – or cannot – use the app or device? category tags: Aging , Aging technology , home health care , Home Care , tech-enabled home care , Family caregivers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

"During the early stages of the pandemic, we had many patients that were afraid of going to physical therapy, and several facilities were shut down for extended periods," Lovewell recalled. "Our doctors are talking to patients about much more meaningful topics, not simply repeating the same preoperative speech over again.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Many health systems are going a step further by taking equity stakes in promising startups, thus making a long-term commitment to a handful of innovative solution providers, potentially accompanied by the phasing out of other existing vendors with similar solutions. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

Here, Deborah’s concept of “boundaryless retail” will be quite relevant for health/care stakeholders, as the consumer can and will seek health everywhere – at home, on the go at grocery stores and workplaces, in their cars…omnichannel beyond (but including) media platforms.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 25, 2018

Looking forward 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, secure communication between doctors, patients, clinicians and nurses is going to be an essential utility and productivity tool, potentially unrivalled by any other technology in terms of impact and widespread adoption. Messaging apps are the future of digital health technology in the UK.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

BMC opted to go with integrated health and social care solutions from vendor Activate Care. It has helped eliminate phone tag by providing a secure place to message. It also has helped to keep doctors and care team members organized and focused on the same goals by implementing similar plans.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2019

For those who see a wearable in a health context, they may be disappointed to know that their doctor doesn’t seem to care or know what to do with your heart rhythm data. Help you find where you’re going—and be found by others. Wearables can be set up to share information with the doctor.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 30, 2019

Another (healthcare) went to Suki , a voice notes offering for doctors that "has demonstrated up to 70% reduction in time spent entering notes." . At the conference, an Alexa skill enables patients to get answers from Alexa, in their doctors' voice, after going through a surgery." Learn a bit more at Witlingo.

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MeMD

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The pandemic pushed digital health to new heights – and there’s no going back. That number is even higher among younger generations: Gen Z and Millennials are entirely on board with telehealth, with 44% reporting they may switch providers if virtual visits aren’t offered going forward. Going to the doctor is a chore.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2018

Could it be because there is no interoperability between health systems used by doctors and multiple hospital systems? Millennials like going to banks – so some banks are opening more of them. category tags: vehicle/transportation technology-services , finance , fraud protection , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

Go back to 2019, for just a moment. Go past the concerns about whether students can complete work, past the political debate about whether the government should provide Internet access -- there are some interesting nuggets and puzzling findings. What were the top issues early in the year?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 25, 2018

Says Ken Dychwald in the WSJ article : “We’re going to have to look to nontraditional care,” says Ken Dychtwald, CEO of Age Wave, a consulting firm. Consider doctors , especially in rural areas, and the investment in digital health , including remote diagnostics and consultations with specialists. The numbers are daunting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

“Also, while the IT infrastructure that supported our telehealth program was impressively reliable, technology is not foolproof, and, when things did go wrong, the wheels could fall off quickly,” he said. ” Third, there is much less of a buffer when a patient or a doctor is running late. Providing a safe workplace.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Here are questions to ponder moving into 2019 for those whose job, business, or non-profit organization is explicitly to help seniors go online (you know who you are): For seniors, why is there a problem with non-use? category tags: Seniors , seniors and aging policy , computers, internet and social networking , cell phones, smartphones.

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Insulin Nation

JUNE 13, 2017

Add-ons to insulin are going to be a thing for Type 1 diabetes. Also, researchers are daring to suggest that the newest insulin formulations aren’t going to do much good if people can’t afford to buy them or are driven into poverty to buy them. We just got back from the ADA 77th Scientific Sessions in San Diego, California.

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Lloyd Price

MAY 29, 2023

Portability: Google Glass is a small and lightweight device, which makes it easy to carry with you wherever you go. The initial price tag was $1,500, which is much more expensive than other wearable devices on the market. This can be helpful for tasks such as checking email, finding directions, and looking up information.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 8, 2018

We want to go deeper in health,” he says. “We Fitbit had raised $1 billion from private investors before going public, well above the $34 million Withings had raised from French VCs like 360 Capital Partners and IdInvest Partners, according to Pitchbook. It’s the way things tend to go, and ironically, a play that Nokia’s knows well.

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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

What child is going to pay any attention to dry skin and constant thirst when there is so much to do? When the manufacturer of the insulin pump improved their product, declaring the old model obsolete and no longer supported, it forced customers to meet the exorbitant $5,000 price tag. The world of a child is an amazing place.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Here are questions to ponder moving into 2019 for those whose job, business, policy role, or non-profit organizational mission is to help seniors go online (you know who you are) to craft an Older Americans Technology Act: For seniors, why is there a problem with non-use? Are those who should care about this not doing enough?

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In fact, that difference in risk should be enough to convince you to go above and beyond the recommended daily activity set down by the American Heart Association (AHA). Take your children outside for a long game of tag or chase them while they ride their bikes up and down the street. Make exercise time your time.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

Paul Szotek of the Indiana Hernia Center in Carmel, Indiana, has some very strong feelings about what he calls the loss of the doctor-patient relationship. As the employed model has grown, physicians have increasingly lost autonomy to deliver care to their patients in a manner that optimizes the doctor-patient relationship, he said.

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Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

What child is going to pay any attention to dry skin and constant thirst when there is so much to do? When the manufacturer of the insulin pump improved their product, declaring the old model obsolete and no longer supported, it forced customers to meet the exorbitant $5,000 price tag. The world of a child is an amazing place.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But the analyses are useful input to doctors’ diagnoses. The models used by the Sonde app to detect disease are based on data collected over several years in clinical settings, where each vocal sample is tagged with the diagnoses assigned by clinicians to the patient. India’s second-greatest health problem.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 10, 2022

More than video conducts with doctors, it’s using Internet and intranet technologies to facilitate many medical activities associated with healthcare and wellness of the body and mind. Region Tag: Global Edition. At first blush some might think discussing telehealth is not logical here. But what is telehealth?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 7, 2021

How do we go beyond synchronous video visits – and how do we ensure equitable access to whatever improvements are made available? You want the intimacy, you want the holistic understanding, you want the history, you want the "you know me" kind of feeling that you got from the kind of doctors that we had maybe 100 years ago.

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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?

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