Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Emulating the approach of behavioral science through a proprietary AI engine that analyzes patient profiles to predict the proper person-centered interventions, Ella decreases problematic episodes, helps avoid unnecessary medications, and reduces costs by preventing and deescalating “reactive behaviors.” Learn more at BoundaryCare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

CareYaya. " CareYaya is the fastest-growing health-tech startup in America, solving home care for those with elderly loved ones and medically vulnerable children. Nomo Smart Care's unique technology tracks daily routines within the home and alerts caregivers when routines suddenly change, all without spying or invading their privacy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 17, 2023

The more things change in the PERS/medical alert industry… Long ago (10 years, to be exact), a survey report plus future market predictions was published. From website review, the cash cow world of medical alert devices and recurring revenue appears from the outside to be largely unchanged. Are we there yet? Is all of this good enough?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Perhaps there is an unrelated health issue, and they're concerned about whether he/she is taking medications correctly or making it to medical appointments. Medication reminders. GPS Tracking. Private health websites, managing medications. Location tracking tools. Location tracking tools. Home safety.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

TouchPoint is the companion of another CarePredict product called Tempo, which is a wearable device, similar to a watch or wristband, designed to track subtle changes in a senior’s daily activities and behavior. WellBe Medical Alert. Learn more at CarePredict. iCardioGuard. Learn more at ITRI. The Core Kit. Learn more at FallCall.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 31, 2021

Karie is a personal health companion that organizes, schedules, and dispenses pills with one-button technology, ensuring that patients are taking the right medication at the right time. Karie provides an automated solution to the common, costly, but completely preventable problem of poor medication adherence for elderly patients living alone.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It also tracks the time the clinician spends on each patient per month to facilitate remote patient monitoring billing." Learn more. The BalanceBelt is a Class 1 Medical Device wearable that uses haptic feedback to help patients suffering from severe balance disorders find their balance and regain their independence. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Not from any news article other than PERS Insider , a newly created newsletter for those who track the medical alert industry. The leader in the “Medical Alert/Medical Alarm/PERS space.” Mobile and medications matter. category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , wearables, smart watch , fall prevention, fall detection.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Self-care at home after a diagnostic visit is growing, including tracking blood pressure , glucose and respiratory status. Patients are frustrated with health care access. Still, 80% of what happens to our health happens outside a medical setting. Between 60 and 80% of adults have searched online for health information.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Technology components that can help better organize chronic care management remotely include: Devices and Sensors: Medical devices and sensors help a physician measure the vitals and other patient parameters. Tracking and monitoring the program. Infrastructure to manage chronic diseases remotely. Video visits. Outcomes evaluation.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2022

Meta (how tiresome, we know it is Facebook) has been sending patient data from hospital systems back to Facebook (appointments, doctor, and a host of other patient-specific data) through the use of a tracking pixel. The point of the pixel was to help in tracking consumer responses to advertising. Ditto for ConsumerAffairs.com.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 7, 2019

Tracking heart rate is one of the most basic functions of wrist-worn wearables – and a basic element of tracking includes knowing the target (and maximum) heart rate ranges for your particular age group. As note in the link, medications can impact heart rate, and for those starting out, lower end of the range is better.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 10, 2024

Our cutting-edge sensor technology enhances the capabilities of hearables and provides manufacturers with innovative features including gesture and context recognition, speech processing and voice enhancement, as well as precise head orientation tracking. Learn more. Learn more. Lumen glasses for the blind. Learn more.

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Digital Health 139

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

These services include meals, transportation, home care, and medication delivery as well as Medicare plan selection assistance." category tags: tech-enabled home care , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , social isolation , Learning, working, contribution and legacy. Learn more at HomeThrive. Learn more at MedSign. Learn more at Zeppi.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As if that weren’t enough, a tech track at Argentum’s annual (now virtual) conference included a session on Voice First (with aRyan Elz and Nick Patel , sponsored by CDW Healthcare) in a long list of tech enablement session entries. Pendant medical alerts evolve – and will disappear. How do I know this?

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. Health is made as much outside of medical care providers’ sites as it is at home, at work, at play, at school.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Medication non-adherence – it’s serious. This medication non-adherence (not filling prescriptions or missing dosages) is a major health issue – resulting in 10% of hospitalizations, 125,000 deaths, and costing the healthcare system up to $300 billion/year. PillPack and MedMinder charge just the co-pay medication cost.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Here is a sampling: Apps: Nutrition tracking apps for monitoring diet and blood sugar (from Healthline ) include Glucose Buddy , DiabetesConnect, and SugarSense. The tracking of blood sugar has been gamified in MySugr , which has at least 1 million users in 52 countries.). Managing medication adherence.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

"Curadite empowers patients, clinicians, caregivers and family members to work together to improve medication adherence with the support of our intelligently linked, proactive medication management platform. With Curadite’s MMP, healthcare providers and loved ones have tangible evidence that medication is being taken as prescribed.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Marketplace. The application of Acacia across your healthcare system and workflow helps medical offices and hospitals optimize their entire ordering process and ultimately enhance patient outcomes. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health. DMEConnected. Learn more. Learn more.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2021

It made people want to track health variables they never thought they would track -- like heart rate variability , blood oxygen levels, or hand washing frequency and duration. At home, these individuals likely still require assistance with activities of dressing, bathing, medication management, food preparation and household tasks.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2020

Our Data Insights uncovers subtle changes in behavioral trends and patterns over time, so you can have meaningful conversations with medical professionals and spend your caregiving dollars where it really matters. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , mHealth-Digital Health-Telehealth-Voice Health. Handsfree Health.

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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. Insurers, usually the reviewer or Medical Director, request P2P calls before determinations because they want additional information or details from the primary care doctor. Who Initiates a Peer-to-Peer Review? A Bad Reputation.

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Primary Care 52

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 18, 2019

"Our upcoming product Karie is a personal health companion that organizes, schedules, and dispenses pills with one-button technology, ensuring that patients are taking the right medication at the right time. Dosecast is a medication management app for Apple, Android, and Amazon devices that tracks and improves medication adherence.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Employers can track completion and access certificate records to satisfy all audit requirements at any time." Most insurance plans cover at least a portion of the cost for medical equipment and supplies, so why pay entirely out of pocket? category tags: digital health , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Family caregivers.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years News Brooklyn provider automates patient experience tracking to spot health equity gaps At One Brooklyn Health System, tools such as the Brooklyn Health Equity Index survey are helping. million medication instructions without.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

"The platform was designed to supplement our standard pain-scale reporting with questions about recent levels of activity, or how well the patient is following their medication regimen," he continued. " Andrew Lovewell, The Surgical Center at Columbia Orthopaedic Group. " RESULTS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Wise move – neither firm had a track record for innovation. And most PERS watch subscriptions (see Medical Guardian and UnaliWear ) also provide access to a 24-hour response center. category tags: wearables, smart watch , Mobile PERS , PERS. Apple Watch owners can buy a guaranteed response service – just not from Apple.

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MARCH 28, 2019

After confirming their identity, the system’s location tracking allows the emergency contact to see on a map where the wearer has fallen. It also features a GPS tracker and camera which helps the caregiver keep a track of their loved ones. You can set the amount of as needed medication per dispense. Learn more at AliveCor.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2019

You may collect your own data for your own tracking and use. But you can gain great benefit from tracking your performance (exercise, heart rate) – competing with yourself, and feeling the satisfaction from any improvement over time. Track your exercise. What are the benefits of wearables today -- and in the future?

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Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2020

Click the link to back-track and catch up with us… I should explain why I’m sharing this project in the Health Populi blog this week. For the theme of the page, instead of focusing on the literal latex and medical glove shortage, I used images from vintage fashion papers when gloves were de rigueur for both women and men.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 10, 2019

We monitor health data, activity data, medication data, and cognitive data for a complete picture of how your loved one is doing around the clock – without interrupting their activities of daily living or intruding upon their privacy. Learn more at Safely-You. StaySmartCare. "We No wearables required. Learn more at StaySmartCare.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 13, 2020

Medication non-adherence has long been a topic of concern, with the cost of poor adherence amounting to $177 billion each year , 50% of treatment failures, and as many as 25,000 deaths. With HeroFill, the pharmacy automatically fills prescriptions that the device is tracking, and the system notifies when a new prescription is needed."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

NHS Digital increased the capacity and range of NHS 111 (the 24/7 telephone and online service for people who need advice and information about urgent medical problems), and NHSX (which focuses on the digital transformation of health and social care) launched a competition for remote monitoring technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

As if that weren’t enough, a tech track at Argentum’s annual (now virtual) conference included a session on Voice First (with aRyan Elz and Nick Patel , sponsored by CDW Healthcare) in a long list of tech enablement session entries. Pendant medical alerts evolve – and will disappear. How do I know this?

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

The following is a guest article by Isaac Smith, Billing, Coding, and Reimbursement Specialist at Medcare MSO ASCs are types of medical facilities that are subject to stringent regulations. From building layout to medical staff qualifications, these ASC regulations cover it all. ASCA members can view an ASC-specific surveyor tag tool.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

We believe technology has the potential to foster healthy, productive lives by enabling easier access to information and medical care," says Kurt Hulander, then senior director of health platforms at Best Buy. Consider that these "chips will offer a convenient way to track people — especially those suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia."

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