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Four observations from AI and the Future of Care Work research

Aging in Place Technology Watch

With job turnover and shortages, care-related services now see the opportunity of AI chatbots, machine learning, and predictive analytics to mitigate some of the staff-related challenges they face. Tech tools offer training and concierge-like assistance. The AI caregiver, like other uses of AI, will become a 24x7 reality.

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How Twitter Revealed Consumer Health Care Trends in the Pandemic

Health Populi

And, many tags related to mental health became well-used, such as #MentalHealthMatters, #MentalHealthAwareness, #WellBeing, and #BellLetsTalk from the campaign addressing stigma. Tweeters also expanded their use of new phrases like doom scrolling, trauma dumping, and meeting fatigue in 2019 into 2020.

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UW Medicine CIO's advice: prepping IT systems for COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Unlike a weather event or a shooting, our response to COVID-19 is a continuously evolving process that has no endpoint and requires us to adapt by the hour," said Dr. Jane Fellner, a UW Medicine physician who provides clinical guidance for EHR changes. This will allow patients and providers to flow between different sites.

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Eight new technology offerings for older adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

There seems to be a growing number of tech offerings that can see, sense, detect, and learn about behavioral patterns as part of new tools for older adults and their caregivers. category tags: AI and machine learning , Family caregivers , Home Care. Are you starting to notice a pattern, so to speak? Meet Caregivers. Learn more.

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Did you miss one? Note January posts about CES 2023, ChatGPT and more

Aging in Place Technology Watch

At the end of November, the tech world figuratively-speaking fell over when the staggeringly well-funded AI tool, ChatGPT, was launched by OpenA I , its sponsor and creator.Within five days, a million were giving the tool a try – and who knows how many by now (six weeks later, perhaps more powerful servers are required).

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Riding the digital wave through COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The adoption of digital tools was seen across all sectors; it has been particularly accelerated in primary care. More than 70% of GP consultations in England were carried out face-to-face prior to the coronavirus outbreak but within weeks that figure had become 23%, according to a recent report from the Royal College of GPs (RCGP).

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The 'giant sucking sound' of digital health consolidation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

On the face of it, the two companies are in unrelated spaces. Silver Cloud is a behavioural health company that has developed digital care models equivalent to face-to-face encounters. There has been a proliferation of chatbot-based tools and virtual behavioural health companies. Region Tag: Global Edition.