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Disabilities and Accessibility in Health IT: The Need Is Constant – Part 1

Healthcare IT Today

Of all industries, health care above all should provide accessible web sites to support people with disabilities or special needs. Our field deals disproportionately with the elderly and with people who suffer a range of disabilities, physical and mental. Accommodations, televisits, haptic feedback, etc., are great advances.

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Challenging Innovators to Design for Older Adults: 2014 -2024

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Separate user interfaces from physical devices – making software portable across platforms. Consider death of a spouse, divorce, illness, disability, loss of vision or hearing. category tags: seniors and aging policy , hearables/hearing technology , smartphones At the time, the Affordable Care Act incentives, for example.

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Not there yet -- today's design processes and tech are not designed for all

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Too often it is an afterthought or follows a completely different path based on regulations like the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. category tags: assistive technologies , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , baby boomers , Television/Smart TV.

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Eight More Aging and Health Innovations from CES 2024

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Aging adults who interact with Ryan recieve conversational, cognitive, and physical exericse support. MapHabit helps people with dementia or intellectual disabilities live out their daily lives by providing powerful visual cues that help them complete tasks we take for granted. Learn more. Learn more.

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When Buying a Pair of Jeans Competes With Filling a Prescription at CVS in Target

Health Populi

Target unveiled its new line of clothing, Universal Thread , which features pieces that are accessible to women who may be dealing with physical limitations or sensory challenges. I first read about Universal Thread on The Mighty website , which is a community of over 1 million people interested in connecting on health and disabilities.

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COVID-19: a technologist’s tale

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This is only natural as it reduces footfall to physical places and helps avoid the need for those who are most vulnerable in having to leave their homes. The suppliers to pharmacies were also challenged with ensuring the flow of stock could get to the right places given that much of it is on physical pharmacies.

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The ability to engage patients: Often, chronic diseases are due to health risk behaviors such as physical inactivity, incorrect nutrition, tobacco use, and excess alcohol consumption. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients Featured Decision Content:

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