Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 20, 2023

The US government is interested in regulation, more for prevention, it seems, than to spawn innovation. So to appear that they were trying, they agreed to ban TikTok on government devices. Surprise -- on an Android device, the answer about health risks was followed by a new ‘offer’ to import your browsing data from Google.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In fact, 23% of respondents to a government survey had used telehealth during a 6-month period in 2021. Consider the Genworth data (see Figure 1 ) showing that it cost $108,405 for a private room in a nursing home in 2021, $61,776 for home health aide services, and $54 ,00 0 in assisted living. Bring-your-own-device is assumed.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2023

You may have read this 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 the National Health System (NHS). It's news -- 600 nursing homes closed so what’s the strategy to fix? Rant on.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 29, 2022

Full coverage: 2022 HIMSS European Health Conference & Exhibition. Full coverage: HIMSS21 APAC Health Conference. Video A look into the digitization of Indonesia's healthcare sector What are the three main digital transformation priorities for the nation's health system? Get all the coverage for the event on this page.

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Digital Health Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

When looking at the movers and shakers in the behavioral health arena, it’s hard not to include NeuroFlow in that conversation – especially after last week’s funding boost courtesy of Concord Health Partners. The post NeuroFlow Picks Up Steam With New Growth Funding appeared first on Digital Health Wire.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Telehealth The director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay writes about significant acceleration of digital transformation across the UK. It's not all plain sailing, of course. This in turn restricts how responsive services and systems can be to patients.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 4, 2023

Medicaid: Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for people with low income and assets. Medicare: Medicare is a government health insurance program for people over 65 and for certain younger people with disabilities. Occasionally some tech really is NEW! Bah, humbug.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Mike Miliard | September 19, 2023 News Guardrails, data governance key to solid generative AI outcomes IT leaders need to take a step back and ensure they are truly prepared to use large language models. In this regularly updated page, we offer their perspective and advice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

But it has been underway for a while, and now the government is supporting their demise. It’s at the point where the surgeon general recently declared it to be a serious health risk : " 29% increased risk of heart disease, a 32% increased risk of stroke, and a 50% increased risk of developing dementia for older adults. So why keep it?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2023

But depending on circumstances and health status, it should be straightforward to decide on the right direction, again knowing that a decision is not permanent. Imagine if that same theory could be applied to young people on their first job choosing between health plan choices offered by their employer. What’s their secret?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Workforce The COVID-19 crisis has demanded innovative agility, relentlessly applied – proving again that information technology teams are crucial strategic partners for future goals. It's the secret sauce.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. "Broadband is now revered as the super-social determinant of health because it has a direct impact on all of the other social determinants of health."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 28, 2022

Analytics Cloud Computing Population Health Telehealth Workforce One CIO names the technologies and leadership strategies he'll be focused on this year: platform design, 'Virtual Care 3.0' ' and more. David Chou Since the arrival of the pandemic, healthcare organizations have faced a cultural shift. Work from anywhere.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement Telehealth With its three-pillar approach to modernization, the U.S. A recent study showed that clinical implementation of precision oncology is feasible across the across the VA health system, including rural Veterans.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The DUOS platform aggregates more than 100,000 unique Medicare benefits, local community resources, and government programs, alongside data and programming specific to your plan. category tags: senior living , healthcare , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health In 2021, Aging 2.0,

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Government agency initiatives for seniors have been tracked. Since the Covid spring, high-dollar government initiatives for seniors have been launched, and others from prior years received an update. category tags: covid-19 , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , senior living , Technology - AARP , Boomer-Senior Tech Business.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Health system IT leaders need to be ready to enable care delivery anywhere, anytime, to any patient. It feels like every company has a health cloud offering these days. Healthcare cloud is everywhere.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Caregiving and other demands of an aging population gained significant government attention and new initiatives during 2023. So many entrants in the AgeTech, accessibility and health categories seek visibility and possible global reach. Eight more aging and health innovations from CES 2024. In tech, nothing is forever, though.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

Government & Policy Patient Engagement Pharmacy Privacy & Security Telehealth COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, has entered the lexicon as if it was always there. Sam Shah COVID-19 has been deadly, it’s infective and has posed the biggest public health risk to society in almost a hundred years.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

In a University of Michigan national poll in November, 2022, more than half of adults aged 50-80 say they have helped an adult aged 65+ with health, personal and other types of care needs. Click here to for the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

New product announcements, incubators/accelerators , government grants (see NIA ) seem to be multiplying. The time is right for engaging with an AI-powered avatar for health advice, including assisting with fall prevention. The pace of innovation in tech for older adults accelerated in 2023.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2022

And yet, post Covid-19, so many government agencies, the White House , universities and for-profit companies want to boost that adoption to mitigate social isolation, boost access to telehealth, nutrition and even a basic, finding health information. Twelve years later, not much has changed.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2020

The Information Services achievements that I am most thankful for at my organization include these key items: First, I’m thankful that we successfully implemented our integrated electronic health record. Mike Restuccia It's hard for me to believe, but I’ve been at Penn Medicine for 13 years.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

The categories span Caregiving, FemTech, Health, Mobility, Savings & Planning, and Social Connections. Some changes occurred, such as care delivery in the home, with the growing adoption of health-related portals. The US government is interested in regulation, more for prevention, it seems, than to spawn innovation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2021

Connected Health Mergers & Acquisitions Telehealth The ongoing wave of mergers and acquisitions makes sense for startups and their VC backers. What does it mean for CIOs at their health system customers? Silver Cloud is a behavioural health company that has developed digital care models equivalent to face-to-face encounters.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

New government efforts are underway to offer cheaper broadband -- will older adults participate? Consider a few issues for starters: chronic health conditions, mobility limitations, stairs, snow/ice, driving, dangerous hills for walking, cognitive issues, and social isolation. Stay tuned. Déjà vu all over again. You get the idea.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

The government agency seems to have given up on improving the quality or affordability of dementia care in senior living or nursing homes. Consider Optum’s acquisition of Amedisys home health business. And in other news, CMS really wants older adults with dementia to remain in their homes. Note its 2015 $72.5

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David Chou

MARCH 25, 2023

The American Hospital Association Center for Health Innovation recently released a report forecasting the revolutionary changes that retail firms and tech giants will bring to healthcare delivery in 2023 and beyond. The move comes at a price tag of $3.9 Pharmacy As The Money Maker CVS has over 10,000 retail pharmacies in the U.S.

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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. This is due in part to U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Consider reimbursement for telehealth technologies , a wave of free engagement software, distribution of tablets to senior centers and Echo Dots to senior living , to remote care voice tech for high needs seniors and government-funded competition to combat social isolation. What will be the priority?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2020

In March, the government announced expansion of telehealth access , noting that it would raise the reimbursement rate for telehealth visits during the Covid-19 pandemic to match the doctor’s rate for in person visits, as Seema Verma, the head of CMS noted: ‘the genie was let out of the bottle’ and won’t likely be put back in.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Those language barriers can discourage patients from making appointments and addressing their health concerns, as well as those of their children. “Parents who did not have paid time off or sick days could not afford to take a day off and address the health concerns of themselves and/or their children. THE PROBLEM.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 5, 2019

When assembling the 2019 tenth anniversary version, it was apparent that this year reflects change -- in the supply-demand balance in the overbuilt senior housing market, in policy changes driving health care services into the home, in market forecasts, and in the mix of vendors who serve the market.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The event capitalizes on the presence of numerous Washington government agencies, including National Institute on Aging and HHS , as well as representation from DC-based organizations like NCOA and AARP. We're experimenting with messaging, NLP and machine learning to radically improve the overwhelming logistics of health care.

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APRIL 20, 2020

Approximately 60 robots are being used in Belgium the government there has banned outside visitors from nursing homes in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the vulnerable community. category tags: robotics , Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , social isolation , covid-19. Learn more at: Senior Living News.

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