Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

And depending on health, wealth or financial planning, many older adults will one day move to nursing homes, where the worker pool matches that in the other care services. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , senior living , Family caregivers , AgeTech All you have to do is plug it in.” Learn more at Tellusyoucare.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And not least, look at the shortage of workers in the care industries and the obvious but elusive pay raise that would match the market of possible workers. category tags: AgeTech , hearables/hearing technology , IoT and home monitoring. Now take a look at the new report The Future of Sensors and Older Adults. Feedback is welcome.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 27, 2023

don’t match the US Census ( 56 million ) which should be the final arbiter for both. But both Google (starting with A Place For Mom’s low-ball of 54.1 million presumably updated in 2022, and Bing Chat’s 54.7 million as of 2019, or 52 million as of 2018 (after asking the same question again!)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Each tag contains a unique QR code and matching alphanumeric code. category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health , Learning, working, contribution and legacy. Learn more at HandsFree Health. Learn more at eTagz. Call and alert your loved ones and 911 when faced with an emergency.” Learn more at Silent Beacon.

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Telecare mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

Consider Jet Blue’s interest in buying Spirit, getting planes and pilots(infrastructure) that match its current business. And depending on health, wealth or financial planning, many older adults will one day move to nursing homes, where the worker pool matches that in the other care services. Note its 2015 $72.5

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Digital Health Wire

JULY 12, 2023

across 131 rounds) Unprecedented 41% of H1 rounds weren’t tagged with a series or round label 12 mega-rounds over $100M accounted for 37% total funding If the funding trend makes one thing clear, it’s that H1 2023 began to separate the best from the rest in Startup Land. across 244 rounds ($24.8M average) Q2 contributed only $2.5B

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Digital Health 52

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 6, 2022

The company’s matching technology connects the right caregivers with the right plan members, increasing satisfaction for the member, reducing caregiver turnover, and reflecting positively on MA Plans." TapRoot’s AI engine analyzes patients’ multiple data points to better match them with the correct intervention. Meet Caregivers.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

Medical record requests are digitized, and specific data requirements are tagged. This includes accurate patient matching across providers. Provide full transparency into key metrics such as requesters, turnaround time (TAT), patient match rates, projects, and charts at risk. Risk adjustment scores.

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Life Science Health Information EHR Leadership 79

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 29, 2022

No, actually, since the ratings do not span all counties in a state and may not match current reality. category tags: Family caregivers , Home Care , senior living. Do we need to go to Caring.com to find a local assisted living facility that is highly rated ?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 26, 2023

The term led to some interesting debate from experts like Stephen Golant and his book about Aging in the Right Place , which offered thoughtful arguments about the types of communities that would be evolving in the future, that many older adults would sell their home and move to rental communities and homes that would match their capabilities and deal (..)

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Telehealth 118

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

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. category tags: computers, internet and social networking , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. We want to turn on a ‘voice first’ device and have it welcome – not abuse us.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Not only is the lineup sold to blend into four different skin tones, but it also features patented Soundscope technology that allows users to create a series of hearing profiles to match specific situations. category tags: AgeTech , dementia care, cognitive decline , robotics , hearables/hearing technology Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 24, 2020

Expect more announcements moving forward, but matching reimbursement for telehealth with in-person visits was a big deal. category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health. This past week offers updates to services, policy, and practice. If not now, when?

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Remote care mHealth Telehealth Medicare 71

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The result is VRIcares , its emergency response, vitals monitoring, and medication management matching the Philips Lifeline trio of services. category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , wearables, smart watch , fall prevention, fall detection. Their goal was purportedly to take market share from Philips Lifeline. Which they did.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2021

We create effective behavior triggers, and put hot triggers in front of motivated people through AI informed buddy matching. category tags: digital health , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , smart home , medication management. Research shows people perform better in a group, but really excel with a buddy." Learn more at Dance4Healing.

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Digital Health 138

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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BHM Healthcare Solutions

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The core of a P2P call basically focuses on matching medical necessity criteria with reimbursement criteria. The concerns about reimbursements and the tedious phone tag process make these conversations uncomfortable and time-consuming, contributing to their negative reputation. Who Initiates a Peer-to-Peer Review? A Bad Reputation.

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Primary Care 52

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

Hopefully the big changes will be improvements in staffing/pay/retention to match the expectations of the commission. category tags: SNF , Seniors , Aging , healthcare , covid-19. Ultimately, the real transformation could be the analytics (who would look at this data?) Pipe dream? Rant off. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Siri, Cortana, Bixby – not much positive news yet: Siri is rich in apps, but short on voice enablement of them, not long ago, Apple introduced Siri shortcuts -- enablers to easily access by voice what you do most often, according to observers, not yet a match for Google Assistant or Alexa.

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mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 83

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

The spike has been attributed to a) the declaration of a state of emergency in March; b) introduction of Medicare/Medicaid coverage matching in-person visits; and c) encouragement from hospitals and medical practitioners. . A technology transformation is underway, greater than the sum of its parts. First the confusion.

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Remote care Telehealth Nursing Medicare 94

Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

But to be fair, there is no elderly equivalent of Voice First KidsMD – though an entrepreneur could imagine an Alexa skill called CaregiverMD that could match up the usability of Marvee with the useful (but buried) content of WebMD or the Voice First offerings of Mayo Clinic. We can certainly hope.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The implications are staggering – hopefully the implementation will match. category tags: hearables/hearing technology , computers, broadband, and social networking , fall prevention, fall detection. The US Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of hearing aids. Read more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Given the associated risks and isolation from delay, it is surprising that until recently, the devices were well-matched with the excuses. category tags: hearing loss , Seniors , smartphones, cell phones. What’s changed to overcome all of these excuses? Technology innovation.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The company was a direct-to-consumer offering to match caregivers with those looking for them , primarily in the greater New York area. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care. Founded in 2014 where ‘all caregivers are visible, recognized, and empowered’ by Josh Bruno, the company raised a total of $43.5

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Medicare 120

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 5, 2020

Hopefully the big changes will be improvements in staffing/pay/retention to match the expectations of the commission. category tags: SNF , Seniors , Aging , healthcare , covid-19. Ultimately, the real transformation could be the analytics (who would look at this data?) Pipe dream? Rant off. .

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Nursing Medicare 62

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The technology also generated analytics, so program metrics can match up with results – that is a key component to this, the ability to generate and use analytics, she explained. It has helped eliminate phone tag by providing a secure place to message. ” The application also has done more than staff expected. RESULTS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2019

Over the next few months, there are a number of events around the country worth attending if schedules permit and interest areas match. category tags: Aging technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Especially for startups, going to events can reveal contacts that you may need or initiatives that you did not know even existed.

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Nursing 73

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Over next few months, there are a number of events around the country that are worth attending if schedules permit and interest areas match. category tags: Boomer-Senior Tech Business , senior living. For those who cannot attend, check the exhibit hall online after the event if the organizers make that feature available.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Over the next few months, there are events around the country worth attending if schedules permit and interest areas match. category tags: wearables, smart watch , baby boomers , Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. Read more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 23, 2018

In a design-for-all world, applications will recognize an interaction style of a user and automatically set minimum profile characteristics on the new device to match (like retaining Gmail preferences across smart phones and tablets). Cloud-based: functionality separated from interface, centralized privacy management.

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Life Science 67

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 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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Iris Telehealth

AUGUST 1, 2022

While these services save considerable time and legwork, they often come with a hefty price tag — especially if multiple providers will be using the platform. These platforms, such as Pivot or Foundation Directory Online, perform much of the data collection, sorting, and analysis you need to identify potential grant funding sources.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 31, 2020

The spike has been attributed to a) the declaration of a state of emergency in March; b) introduction of Medicare/Medicaid coverage matching in-person visits; and c) encouragement from hospitals and medical practitioners.

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Health Technology Nursing Medicare Telehealth 78

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Given the associated risks and isolation from delay, it is surprising that until recently, the devices were well-matched with the excuses. category tags: wearables, smart watch , hearing loss , smartphones, cell phones. What’s changed to overcome all of these excuses? Read more. . .

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MAY 10, 2017

The use of search parameters will just help with positive matches; but will not be perfect against false-positives or false-negatives. Scope is Not Query parameters This is NOT a proposal to force these query parameters and trust server search capability. This might be one thing done to make it efficient, but won't work perfectly as not all.

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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. Does this matter? How comforting.

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Nursing 60

Iris Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2021

While these services save considerable time and legwork, they often come with a hefty price tag — especially if multiple providers will be using the platform. These platforms, such as Pivot or Foundation Directory Online, perform much of the data collection, sorting, and analysis you need to identify potential grant funding sources.

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Telehealth Health Information 75