Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

PERS Insider helpfully listed the most common PERS Google searches. Their website identifies the top item (16,000 searches, results with ads) as a ‘medical alert bracelet'. Even ‘I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up’ is one of the top four search terms (4800). . The result was bleak and informative. Ditto ‘ConsumerAffairs.com.’

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

Google Health will embed its search and summarization capabilities within the Meditech Expanse EHR. Meditech will use Google Health's technologies to build a longitudinal health data output that combines data from multiple sources using standard FHIR format. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Life Science FHIR Telehealth Health Information 132

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

Although the article claimed on Feb 28 that there was no mobile version, Bing Search (an alternative mechanism) has this interactive chat built in, including support for multiple languages) and available for any smartphone. And ChatGPT can be accessed through any mobile browser. And just in time. [

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Medical Billing 131

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Google search reveals a number of YouTube videos on how to use the iPad, but none sanctioned by either AARP or Apple. category tags: Aging, ageism , AgeTech , smartphones , wearables, smartwatch , tablets. Apple offers training on how to provide IT support for the iPad in your organization. See vendor empathy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It struck fear into the hearts of many, redirecting programmers (see arrival of Google Bard ). Forrester’s CEO George Colony just predicted the death of search and the web as we know it – his American Airlines flight experience is instructive (see the GenAI Imperative ).

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Telehealth Nursing Medicare Telemedicine 80

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

From Voice recognition technology to Smart Speakers to Voice Assistants, it is now pervasive – in the year 2020, 50% of all searches will be by voice. However, by end of January, 2019, Google claimed to have Google Assistant running on 1 billion devices – and by the summer, began declaring a new version – Google Assistant 2.0.

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TheraNest

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Create and verify a Google Business Profile. This should be the very start of any SEO strategy and is important because Google uses the fact that you have a Google My Business profile as additional proof that your website is legitimate. Remember, Google’s business is dependent on sending searchers to good websites.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

At the very end of 2022, a new offering, ChatGPT, emerged from OpenAI , funded in the billions by Microsoft and others, that puts online access to information in a smart new light – even Google is nervous about its possible future obsolescence, if it can eliminate the need for ad-fueled search, where it makes most of its money.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Andrea Fox | August 29, 2023 News HCA working with Google Cloud on clinical generative AI The healthcare giant will expand its work with Google to help automate workflows and streamline. By Mike Miliard | August 10, 2023 News Senator wants Google to answer for accuracy, ethics of generative AI tool Sen.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The minimalist remote for Apple TV that only a fan-boy could love; the non-obvious ‘feature’ for texting a Google Photo (28,000 views of this one forum question). Match what you have with the daunting list of Alexa devices and the help identifying YOUR device -- or the relatively brief list of Google Nest ones.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Like Apple’s Siri, the software’s understanding of requests was relatively weak (compared to Google Assistant , which emerged in 2018 on Android and iOS). Who knew that by 2019, Google Assistant would be available on more than 50,000 devices (i ncluding iPhones ), with 1 billion users and support for 44 languages on smartphones ?

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Telehealth 130

Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

.” Last week OpenNotes launched a valuable new tool on their website: a way to search and sort nearly 10 years of research on open visit notes. Search results appear as an annotated bibliography : Montage of search results for category “patient experience” (click the image to see this search live).

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Primary Care Patient Experience 90

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2022

User profiles today are at a version one level of evolution – your name, your voice, your previous shopping or online search queries. Cloud-based software like Amazon, Facebook or Google have trained us over many years to expect to be recognized across all the devices we use.

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Telehealth 146

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 31, 2018

Google discovers seniors (sort of) and thus a market is maybe born. There was a breathlessness to the CNBC article on July 23, 2018 – Google is mulling older adult applications for its Nest product line – particularly in senior housing settings, hopefully at less cost per installation than its website pricing. from Walmart.

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Medicare 76

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Add integration with voice capabilities like Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa and the ability to stream audio content directly to in-ear devices. The top smartphone apps in 2020 cross platforms – those used by more than 50% of smartphone users include YouTube, Facebook, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Facebook Messenger and Google Play.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

There are plenty of click-bait websites topping the search list, like Holiday Tech Gift Ideas or the lengthy Amazon tech gift list or even a list described as The 7 Best Tech Gifts to Buy for Seniors -- really? A video might streamline these 22 steps to set up Google Home. Consider the video for Amazon Echo setup. And what about.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 9, 2018

The Wall Street Journal is not a junk website, but because I used Chrome on a big display screen to search for closet built-ins, the first-displayed ad for one of those companies ate up the upper one-third of the screen real estate. Look for a topic presented in a Google Alert, for example, telehealth.

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Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

Eric Schmidt was former CEO of Google – he should be worried. The simple examples – retrieval of information and generated images seem very different from traditional (ad-driven) search tools. A quick search reveals near hysteria in the media and near panic among leading tech firms. AI and the Internet of Caring Things.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 3, 2023

Eric Schmidt was former CEO of Google – he should be worried. The simple examples – retrieval of information and generated images seem very different from traditional (ad-driven) search tools. A quick search reveals near hysteria in the media and near panic among leading tech firms. AI and the Internet of Caring Things.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 1, 2019

Lots of negative tech energy in 2018, including healthcare data breaches , Facebook’s loss of trust , ditto with Google and its much discussed anti-competitive positioning in search. The visibility of Facebook management issues and Google competitive quagmire may actually be good for consumers. How about in snow and ice?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2018

Which could have been the Google scandal, the Twitter scandal, or even Amazon -- consolidation of industry players and using the data to sell them (or make ads ‘more effective’) or as with Amazon, sell them more stuff. Remember that Google gets 78% of all search ad dollars.

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Digital Health Health Data 67

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It struck fear into the hearts of many, redirecting programmers (see arrival of Google Bard ). Forrester’s CEO George Colony just predicted the death of search and the web as we know it – his American Airlines flight experience is instructive (see the GenAI Imperative ). Learn more at www.linkagelaunch.com.

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Health Technology Nursing Telehealth 75

TheraNest

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Many therapists have heard about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) but very few take the time to learn how to use SEO to rank on the first page of Google results. As a result, over time, your site will begin to show up on the first page of Google results. That is how internet searches work as well. Don’t feel bad.

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Private practice Mental health 40

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

If that population needs a technology or service, such as access to benefits, their caregivers must search online on their behalf. See updated Report 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging category tags: AgeTech , computers, broadband, and social networking Upgrades must be invisible or painless.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability Mobile Health EHR 69

TheraNest

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Many therapists have heard about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) but very few take the time to learn how to use SEO to rank on the first page of Google results. As a result, over time, your site will begin to show up on the first page of Google results. That is how internet searches work as well. Don’t feel bad.

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Private practice Mental health 40

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

Growing each time this number is searched, census estimates for 2019 show that there are now 52.4 Consider recently purchased technology from multiple categories -- including smart speakers, use of Google Assistant, Alexa, Bixby, Siri -- with ownership subdivided by age -- and perhaps purchaser, such as an adult child. million age 85+.

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EHR Medicare 109

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Lots of negative tech energy in 2018, including healthcare data breaches , Facebook’s loss of trust , ditto with Google and its much discussed anti-competitive positioning in search. The visibility of Facebook management issues and Google competitive quagmire may actually be good for consumers.

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 77

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 9, 2018

Which could have been the Google scandal, the Twitter scandal, or eve Amazon -- consolidation of industry players and using the data to sell them (or make ads ‘more effective’) or as with Amazon, sell them more stuff. Search for the word ‘pilot’ on this site. The congressional hearing droned on. Learn more. Learn more. .

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The IoT technology and location sensors behind RTLS feature active-radio frequency identification (RFID) badges and tags to offer immediate enterprise visibility into the precise location of equipment, colleagues, or patients, while increasing workflow efficiencies.

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Patient Experience Leadership Nursing Healthcare Innovation 56

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

Apple’s Safari did not appear until 2003 and Google Chrome in 2008 – eventually these dominated the browser market, though three cheers for the existence of privacy-oriented browser Brave (2016) and search tool DuckDuckGo (2008). No doubt both will disappear into acquisitions.

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Health Technology Nursing Telehealth Remote care 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

If that population needs a technology or service (such as registration for a vaccine ), caregivers must search online on their behalf. category tags: CES 2022 , smartphones , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. New entrants should first form local partnerships to test communication and effectiveness before going national.

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Interoperability Mobile Health 69

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2021

It is seeing patients search for doctors like they do local coffee shops, restaurants or hotels. Most patients are searching the web to research both their conditions and their potential surgeons prior to consultation, Szotek said. My staff knows to tag me in any questions that are outside the norm so the answer comes from me.

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Telehealth Private practice EHR healthcare technology 163

Lloyd Price

AUGUST 28, 2021

The last few weeks has seen a lot of debate about big technology companies involvement in healthcare, what they are getting right, what they are getting wrong and why big names such as Google have made the decision to withdraw from the market again, having previously scaled down their interest in 2012.

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EHR 90

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2019

Google – is it a verb or a monopoly – and what is ‘Truth'? By now, you have seen a bit of controversy over ranking search results in favor of Google’s partners, over the right to be forgotten , or other anti-competitive behavior or privacy issues. But is there really an alternative to Google, now that it has become a verb?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Study the minimalist remote control for Apple TV that only a designer could love; the non-obvious ‘feature’ for texting a Google Photo (28,000 views of this single forum question). billion users depend on Google's free email. Then we sigh, search the forums or download the mandatory update.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 7, 2018

Because there is competition now, primarily from Google, the market share projection for Amazon ( which ‘shipped tens of millions of devices at Christmas ’) will drop from 66.6% share by then – and Google Home-related will rise to 30%. Other than Amazon and Google – “Other” will grow from 8.3% Should most of us care?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2019

Google – is it a verb or a monopoly – and what is ‘Truth'? By now, you have seen a bit of controversy over ranking search results in favor of Google’s partners, over the right to be forgotten , or other anti-competitive behavior or privacy issues. But is there really an alternative to Google, now that it has become a verb?

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