Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 2, 2019

? AARP research h ighlights changes in technology adoption. What a difference more than a decade makes. Consider a long-ago AARP document that examined technology use of the 65+ population. Caregivers were increasingly using technology to help them manage care (although they still objected to being called caregivers).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Even your dentist and doctor prefer text. It is increasingly transformed by new technologies emerging from new funding sources, multiple forms of tech disruption, and entrepreneurial initiatives. What is the context for technology change in 2023? Five technologies to mitigate social isolation. Your relatives only text.

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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. Was that a good thing? Philips made mistakes with Lifeline – creating technology openings.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

Here is where we were on technology adoption at the start of the pandemic, and the wave of telehealth interest heated up. And a plethora of companies raised their hands to offer their engagement technology for free. Health-related technology adoption. Caregiving Technology Adoption. Technology Adoption -- AARP.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Doctors and nurses are burning out, especially in the ER. And in 2023, AI technology is emerging to manage and even improve care. You read it every day in the popular press – the bad news about the 65+ and their future care burden and the good news about the 65+ and their wealth (22% of US spending in 2022).

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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. COVID-19 has also significantly reduced the ability of health systems to invest in technologies and programs to shift to virtual care models.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

He shared this image from Cracked Labs which illustrates the many data sources beyond the legacy health care claim that stakeholders can access and, if used for good, can benefit patient care and health outcomes. We’re relying on technology to help us learn about what best works for consumer experience. for Americans.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 25, 2019

billion in 2018 , which amounted to 8.6 % of VC investments , despite limited exit strategies – but investors love it. Startups focused on the aging/technology space, however, receive only 0.7% Does that improve the likelihood that you or I, or our aging family members, will get good care and benefit from tech innovation?

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Digital Health 85

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 6, 2018

The split is less important than the growth in overall adoption, not because this is the coolest of new gadgetry, but because the user interface is finally improving and matching the way we think -- after many years of deteriorating screen-based UIs that, on a good day, are just plain annoying. How comforting.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A doctor can help determine the type and stage of dementia and whether it is likely to be Alzheimer’s disease or some other type. Issues such as these can be addressed with calendar or reminder technologies. category tags: dementia care, cognitive decline. Tech for the early stage. Needs of the Early stage. Tech Categories.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Who can and will be talking to their technology? Checking out a report on smart speaker usage categories, people apparently are NOT using them, ironically, to purchase goods. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors. all know how many they have shipped. Whew, that's a relief.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 30, 2018

The good news – this week’s Health Care Technology supplement transcended the limits of doctors and hospitals – and dabbled in the dilemmas of elder care – included technology to assist those with dementia and mitigate loneliness. On to dementia – those assists from technology – starting with the smart home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 22, 2018

For a Chief Medical Officer, what role does technology play? Recently there was an opportunity to query executives in senior care, including Dr. Arif Nazir, Chief Medical Officer, Signature HealthCARE, who was asked about the technology impact on long-term care jobs. We must talk about the team. What are the right treatment options?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. "Before their surgery, patients log into the platform to learn how they can prepare themselves and their homes for a good recovery. " MARKETPLACE. "Now we're up to 120 joint procedures a month and 40 spine cases.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is the sixth article in Healthcare IT News ’ Burnout in the Age of COVID-19 feature story series, and it focuses on the kinds of stresses telehealth managers face, how telehealth technology hurts managers’ abilities to cope with those stressors and how telemedicine tech helps them manage stress.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Revolutionize Conference in Boston which was highlighted by the reveal of Venture Capital investor Dominic Endicott's $2 Trillion Age-Tech market size, making the Consumer Technology Association's $29 Billion look cautious. Consider a long-ago AARP document that examined technology use of the 65+ population. Read more. . .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached. Patients usually had to travel to their doctor's office, and offices had to own and maintain video and audio technology. What do you think will happen with telemedicine in 2022?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Is 2022 the tipping point for technology and older adults? At the insistence of customers and prospects, technology offerings (beyond telehealth) will be required in all of these settings, especially at home -- and so as long-predicted , they must proliferate and improve. Soon all 54 million of them will be over 65.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 25, 2018

For such an innovative society, so far there are no good ideas. Consider doctors , especially in rural areas, and the investment in digital health , including remote diagnostics and consultations with specialists. category tags: Family caregivers , Home Care , tech-enabled home care , home health care.

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Digital Health 82

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Note the research from Michigan State cited in an AARP article : "Greater technology use was associated with better self-rated health, fewer chronic conditions, higher subjective well-being and lower depression." The study also found that technology use reduced feelings of loneliness. Read the list of Geek Squad services again.

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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? But you ask, why isn’t 'volunteer' training good enough?

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Telehealth 72

Insulin Nation

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The next step is to shrink the technology, as few people have the space in their homes for a laser lab. Every Breath You Take, Every Move You Make… The FDA has approved a wearable device which will help doctors use a smart phone to monitor the vital signs of patients leaving the hospital , according to Fierce Medical Devices.

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Insulin Nation

JUNE 13, 2017

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. There was also a personal confession of how easy it is to be swayed by the drug company money that gets thrown at doctors. Beyond Type 1 gets bigger.

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Lloyd Price

JUNE 8, 2018

Careel, who became a multi-millionaire from the original sale, can’t remember how he found out his old company was on the block, but says he was excited by the idea of working with his old team again and building technology that could improve people’s health. “I We have a good relationship with these old investors, but nothing is decided.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

Several studies have found over the years that patients are willing to engage with physicians via technology , and many patients have reported high satisfaction with their telehealth experience. " "Virtual is good, but when I had that spasm last time, I actually preferred an in-person, so you can feel it."

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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. Paramedic vehicles are being outfitted with more powerful wireless technology to facilitate patient treatment en route to hospitals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 7, 2021

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. And technology was not at a point where you could put the pieces back together. And helping people make good decisions is hard.

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Redox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Many of us have experienced a prior authorization (PA) process – when a doctor requests approval from a health insurance company before providing a medical service or treatment. According to the 2020 CAQH index , PA is the single largest expense for the healthcare industry with a total price tag estimated at about $767 million annually.

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