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New report: AI and the Future of Care Work 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Healthcare delivery is migrating away from the hospital. Meanwhile providers in that same survey noted that staffing shortages prevented them from providing better access. Telehealth represents only 5% of healthcare claims , with utilization concentrated on mental health and hypertension ranking high on the list of claims.

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The cost of long-term care -- could technology help lower it?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Also for sure, the use of healthcare portals has seen increased penetration – in 2020, 60% of patients in the US were offered access to a portal, and 40% accessed their records through it. . Given the staffing crisis in long-term care , maybe technology’s time has come. . What hasn’t changed much – tech deployment in senior care.

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Nursing homes and Covid-19 – defensiveness persists 

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Times change – staffing turnover and low pay have been issues forever. The staffing requirements (minimum guidelines from the federal government, interpreted by states) and actual staffing in nursing homes, given the level of care required, have been issues long before the emergence of Covid-19. . hour in 2019. Pipe dream?

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RFID: Increasing Patient Safety and Operational Efficiencies

Healthcare IT Today

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology is making waves, transforming the way pharmacists and healthcare professionals ensure patient safety. Friend of the Pharmacist RFID relies on tiny tags smaller than postage stamps affixed to each medication container, kit, and tray.

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Nursing homes and Covid-19 – defensiveness and obfuscation persist 

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Times change – staffing turnover and low pay have been issues forever. The staffing requirements (minimum guidelines from the federal government, interpreted by states) and actual staffing in nursing homes, given the level of care required, have been issues long before the emergence of Covid-19. . hour in 2019. Pipe dream?

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Technology transformation in home care must and will accelerate

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And last, but not least, the worsening staffing shortage, noted for years throughout the older adult service industry, is now a full-blown crisis. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , home health care. The slow rollout of Wi-Fi in senior living was, to say the least, a miscalculation about the future. That is a sign.

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How to Automate the Patient-Provider Working Relationship

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Stephen Dean, Healthcare CRM Expert and Co-Founder of Keona Health. But offering convenience is difficult for providers who don’t have the staffing resources needed to create this convenience. When you automate your phone system, patients spend less time waiting on hold and playing phone tag.