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The tech user experience today – the customer does not matter 

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Here are examples, some drawn from the current research into the topic: Replacing people in service businesses with kiosks. Restaurants and health facility check-in are but two examples. Watch the customers at a bakery avoid the two kiosks to wait to place their orders with a server. QR code to access programs for performances.

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Did you miss one? March blogs lament deteriorating user experience

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Now consider a future in which you ask for the best way to do just about anything, including managing minor health symptoms or locating. Consider the confrontation today with kiosk proliferation in restaurants, QR codes replacing concert programs, baffling patient portals, unforgiving password processes – it’s a mess.

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Over the counter hearing aids – an absurdly long time in coming

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If this were any other health innovation, it would have been matched to need years ago. Imagine if the Digital Health technologists had to deal with the FDA to get you a tool like the Apple Watch’s health features approved in 2018 , the equivalent of 10 minutes after the watch was announced.

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Closing the Digital Health Gap Between Consumers and Physicians

Health Populi

Consumers are more bullish demanding virtual and digital health tools from their physicians than doctors are in providing it, based on the research findings in What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care? from Deloitte. One in two U.S. “Macy’s?” ” you ask.

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Looking ahead to 2023 -- what should we expect?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Consider what’s happened with over the counter hearing aids, now available in kiosks at retailers like Walmart and Rite Aid. But all that is just a beginning – early January brings the Consumer Electronics Show and many more innovations that can help older adults with health, mobility, cognitive issues, and caregiving.

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. These networks profit the people they serve.

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Covid-19 – Technology changes accelerate – some a work-in-progress

Aging in Place Technology Watch

If your firm is in the remote care/caregiving space (health, telehealth, engagement), please comment or email and I will add to this list. Home health care and home care – what are they doing? category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health , senior living , social isolation , SNF.