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NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Here's what that could mean for telehealth, as more funding enables new opportunities for care. Craig Settles Every mile of broadband that the U.S. billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, Program means another mile of telehealth potential geographic market share.

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Riding the digital wave through COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Layla McCay As the first wave of infections arrived, we saw near-instant digital innovation that might otherwise have taken years: the rapid roll-out of remote working platforms, shared care record projects, electronic patient record configurations, and virtual clinics and consultations. A second wave of digital transformation?

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Saving Money, Saving Lives: Replacing Emergency Air Transport with Telemedicine

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When a medical emergency hits – say, a car accident or a heart attack – no one’s first concern should be about the price tag attached to the ambulance or medical air transport. And even a 30 minute delay in urgently needed care can have drastic consequences. Bringing Emergency Care to Patients. can run over $100,000.

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Four Technology Health and Aging Blog Posts from September 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

So the first half of 2018 saw $3.4 Yes that is vertical integration in the continuum of care – specifically for health services to elderly Medicare recipients. category tags: healthcare , Seniors , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Here are four blog posts from September 2018: Investors continue to salivate over health tech.

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Aging in Place Technology – Five Blog posts from May 2018

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Let’s Talk – What’s Happening With Voice First Adoption? They are astonishingly low already, according to a Rand study , at 1 per 100 million miles traveled. Skip the tech – listen to the experts interviewed – first robots. And as for item 6 in this post, THIS MEANS YOU! Really now, are you ready? How comforting.

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Self-driving cars - not yet for older adults or anyone else

Aging in Place Technology Watch

million miles of testing, one year ago was the first time the car had been at fault when it crashed with a bus. Well, that takes care of that, right? Do they transition into home care, home health care, or senior living, which can’t find enough workers? Into health care? How does the writer know this?

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Four Blog Posts (and concerns) That You May have Missed

Aging in Place Technology Watch

million miles of testing, one year ago was the first time the car had been at fault when it crashed with a bus. in health care. category tags: vehicle/transportation technology-services , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. How does the writer know this? Do we really want Amazon to win at everything? What’s next?

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