Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

Here are four categories of AI for older adults – all discussed in the upcoming report, The Future of AI and Older Adults , to be published the week of May 15: AI in home and home health care. The American Medical Association formed an advisory group to make a recommendation and in January, 2022, it was adopted.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

In an interview with Best Buy Health for their 800,000 recipient newsletter, these were the 7 trends we identified that will persist throughout the year -- and beyond. In-home care, home health care , remote patient monitoring (RPM) , fall detection , and other services that help older adults age in their homes are critical.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 27, 2022

We know that one of the biggest issues in senior living (and home care, nursing homes, home health care) today is a shortage of labor. The investment-labor-technology conundrum of senior offerings (all forms). category tags: senior living , homecare , SNF , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Note that it is known in the existing nationwide health exchange that many participants can't handle more than one, and thus in that exchange Treatment is presumed to be TPO. this would require tagging each data resource. Note that data requests are encouraged to include ALL purposeOfUse values for which the data would be used.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Two-factor authentication will likely be required as part of all online apps, including financial and health-related services. So mobile health devices, apps or medication reminders may be useful, but touch a tiny aspect of the whole person’s life or health. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2022

Market acceleration – whether it is for self-driving vehicles or new forms of employee-less retail – is producing improvements faster than consumers can absorb them. The Voice First personal health coach will be wise. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 12, 2022

Older people, consumers of a significant portion of healthcare spending, will need and use many of the Digital Health technology categories. . Sensor technology shrinks – and changes form. category tags: home health care , smart home , IoT and home monitoring , CES 2022 , hearables/hearing technology , AgeTech.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2023

In other wrap-up surprises, entrepreneurs are shifting to the enterprise for funding, or that the digital health user experience is key to senior uptake. Jabra Enhance Plus delivers a 3-in-1 experience in a miniaturized true wireless form factor design, around half the size of Jabra's smallest true wireless earbuds. Healables. "M

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2024

Restaurants and health facility check-in are but two examples. So now many health systems are charging for use of online portals that provide a way to engage with the physician, for example, responding to messages in MyChart , the EPIC software portal. Customers in groups are confused about what to do (or where to find iced tea.).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

For the market of technology for older adults, it offered a smartwatch with built-in fall detection and other numerous health features, which it continues to introduce. category tags: wearables, smart watch , digital health , games, fun and fitness. By 2020, it became one of Apple’s 5 most profitable businesses.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | August 23, 2023 News Health system execs bullish on generative AI, but still lack strategy As they grapple with rising costs, three in four C-suite leaders say recent artificial intelligence. In this regularly updated page, we offer their perspective and advice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

After the re-opening and stabilization phase of businesses in 2020 and beyond, families, seniors and care delivery organizations will want to do better at obtaining and delivering remote care in its many forms -- i.e. when the care recipient is elsewhere. What will be the priority?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Nobi, a provider of innovative AgeTech solutions, today announced the launch of Nobi Ceiling, a ceiling-mounted version of its award-winning AI-powered Smart Lamps that detects and prevents falls as well as monitors older adults' health and activity patterns. Nobi Ceiling. WIM TM makes walking an easy and efficient exercise.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2020

Consider an upcoming HIMSS event in Orlando with the charming title: Monitoring Grandma: Adoption of Connected Health Tech by Seniors. Back to monitoring, connected health or otherwise. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring , Technology - AARP. Just saying.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

New entrants should first form local partnerships to test communication and effectiveness before going national. Two-factor authentication will likely be required as part of all online apps, including financial and health-related services. Patients struggle to get their own records in a transferrable form upon discharge.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Summits were held , experts have declared , pilots were piloted, partnerships formed , enthusiasm reigned , and so it has gone. onsider the healthcare experiences we have endured – it’s a good time to consider a new way to interact with the health system. Are any of these initiatives tuned to the needs of older adults?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

One article author cites the growth of digital health but swaps in terms like “remote services” and “virtual consultations.” After the re-opening and stabilization phase of businesses in 2020 and beyond, delivery organizations will want to do a better job of delivering care in its many forms -- when the care recipient is elsewhere.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger previously was chief of staff and director of delivery system reform at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Caravan Health is a privately held company formed to create sustainable methodologies for health systems to excel in value-based care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 8, 2021

Connected Health Financial/Revenue Cycle Management Mergers & Acquisitions Network Infrastructure Telehealth Health system CIOs are reducing their tech footprint and consolidating their IT systems for agility and efficiency. At nearly $15 billion, the funding surpasses the amount for the full year 2020.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 20, 2020

Many analysts ultimately leave the large analyst firms after they have mastered the craft and continue as an individual brand or join with others to form small team firms of analysts. It is striking the level of ignorance of that overlap, or even by health professionals. What an analyst is not – a PR firm. OPINION OFF. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Health-related technology adoption. Will results change when older adults are surveyed later this year?

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

Groundbreaking research presented at this week’s ASCO meeting found that some women diagnosed with certain forms of cancer do not benefit from undergoing chemotherapy. If patients don’t understand what the notes say, and the differential costs of treatment options, full-on health engagement remains elusive.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

It is increasingly transformed by new technologies emerging from new funding sources, multiple forms of tech disruption, and entrepreneurial initiatives. Read more. category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , smartphones, cellphones , social isolation Five technologies to mitigate social isolation.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Of all industries, health care above all should provide accessible web sites to support people with disabilities or special needs. Furthermore, the field is getting more and more digital with wellness sites, telehealth, and fitness devices—so making them accessible is crucial to making health care accessible. are great advances.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I would continue to recommend that anyone or any-system publishing health data such as FHIR resources, FHIR documents, and CDA documents should use "N", unless they have evidence to say that is the wrong value. So using this automated form on publication time might produce wrong evaluation overtime. but it is untested grounds.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 3, 2022

LifeStation (never a first mover) became the latest to introduce a PERS watch, which should be the non-stigmatizing form factor for Personal Emergency Response devices. Remote configuration and updates will be standard, and health insurers will be interested in smart home technology as a deterrent to hospitalization.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

"Receiving reproductive health care, including early pregnancy termination care, through telehealth is no different." " The vast majority of patients choose to have their follow-up virtually, said McNicholas, although they do have the option to visit a health center in person. " So wrote U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A competition winner here, a spotlight on hearing there , health tech here – here a robot , there a drone – everywhere a bus ride and 170,000 people, all apparently young and agile. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. Learn more. Kinesis Balance App. Learn more. during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

Government & Policy Population Health Telehealth The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is funding new efforts to help counties and municipalities build high-speed broadband networks. Here's what that could mean for telehealth, as more funding enables new opportunities for care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 6, 2020

A new venture capital firm formed that is focused on the older adult market. As with other market segments, the hearing health market saw the opportunity to promote their teleaudiology (or tele-audiology ) services for those who already own telehealth-capable hearing aids that may need adjustment.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2019

AARP recently surveyed the health impact (that’s good), but not the cost of correcting hearing loss. Insurance coverage – a nightmare patchwork of options. So let’s see – uncorrected hearing loss is correlated with poorer health outcomes, one of which could be fall risk, another dementia. There are few surveys (Pew has nothing!).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

to form a fire and flood prevention dream team. The platform ultimately facilitates personalized CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) driven health intervention that increases individuals' treatment adherence and helps improve people's lives." category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Learn more at GiveConfetti.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 1, 2022

Louis on April 1 – and next week’s VIVE 2022 , the new health IT event in Miami. Parks Associates published a useful chart this week about the Changing form factors of panic buttons – take a look. category tags: wearables, smart watch , AgeTech , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Television/Smart TV.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Public-private partnerships are forming to bring devices and products to older adults, now isolated for as much as 9 months. Worse, for many older adults, isolation is a worsening health issue that we will hear more about as shutdowns continue and shut-in becomes the virtual norm. Will that help? Read more. . .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Cathedral Hill will debut the new smart devices to be ready for its first residents this spring with the help of Aiva Health, the leading virtual assistance platform for healthcare and senior living. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , senior living. Learn more.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 5, 2023

Exec Summary: Allurion, a weight loss company that makes a swallowable gastric balloon, went public this week on August 2, 2023 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Compute Health. Compute Health is a blank-check company that was formed to acquire a health care technology business.

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