Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Home Health Care Services experienced an even larger increase – 50/5% -- during the same period.” These assertions are built on the Service Annual Survey (2021). Figure 1 Estimated revenues from care related services 2013-2020. category tags: AgeTech , senior living. Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly saw a 34.4%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 27, 2023

Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow Workforce A balanced approach to deploying new IT that reduces the burden on employees and provides patients with enhanced services is key to stabilizing and advancing healthcare industry processes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

But its importance at every age, especially for older adults, is ever more critical – when you consider how much useful information is available to us from or about our healthcare providers and related services. category tags: AgeTech , smartphones , robotics , AI and machine learning , VR/AR technology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

These include GreatCall’s new Lively Flip phone with voice services and the announcement that Amazon’s Alexa has added 80,000 answers to healthcare questions through a partnership with Digital Health company Sharecare. We regularly hear that caregivers appreciate when their operator invests in technology to support resident happiness.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 18, 2024

The purpose of the document, however, is to aggregate and review trends from 2023 that shape 2024, technology changes that matter, and offer, by category, a sampling of products, services, and sites of relevance to the older adult market. What’s new in this version of the report? Most everything.

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Digital Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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. Virtual sitters with telehealth support are replacing the in-person in-hospital 24x7 monitoring of at-risk patients.

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Nursing EMR Healthcare Innovation Telehealth 138

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 4, 2023

Finally, more people are doing self-diagnosis with the support of AI chatbots. Over time, non-medical home care organizations will see AI as a means of improving care management and service to recipients. The smart home is just beginning to serve as a platform for age-related care and services.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

MARCH 14, 2023

As FHIR systems get bigger and bigger, and support more and more clients. There is a security tag available in the HL7 ValueSets for Security tagging. I use this tag in the Implementation Guides that I write to distinguish the examples I provide. Thus creating new resources for the test patient, with the HTEST tag.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

The stove-piping of care-related services is a myth. Examples: Some believe family caregivers are a standalone entity that does not use care services. Reality check: Family caregivers may hire home care services. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , senior living , Family caregivers , AgeTech

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Nursing Health Information Mental health 118

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

They are never seen in the same room at the same time, working as “Clark Kent and Superman” – tag-teaming with love, resilience, and faith. [To Stacy first stepped a toe into social media via online support groups focused on rare diseases for Emmett. Stacy was fighting for home nursing services for Emmett. “I

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2020

Layla McCay ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ is an old proverb proving true as health services across the world race to adapt to manage the challenges of the current coronavirus pandemic. In the space of weeks, primary care services in the UK have switched from 1.2 Looking beyond COVID-19.

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Primary Care Interoperability Health Data Telehealth 153

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Notable at the end of 2022, the Administration for Community Living published the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. Rural area reduced choices of services or providers – and without broadband, technological solutions (like telehealth and online support) may fail to fill the gap.

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Telehealth 62

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2022

As the number of users of smart displays grow s and smartphone use by older adults continues to increase, the number of voice-only experiences may decline, replaced with multiple options – voice, smart display and the ubiquitous chatbot -- coming soon to a customer service experience near you.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Telehealth vs. in-person: the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration to reimburse doctors for providing telehealth services for Medicare recipients has been repeatedly renewed. Acute care delivery at home for Medicare recipients has been endorsed by the American Hospital Association – and bills supporting it may pass.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Because it is easier for them – turning frustration into a valued service world in which what you say should get you what you need. The proliferation of devices and their non-simplicity gave birth to Best Buy’s Geek Squad into Total Tech Support (any device) and $10 million of funding for learning platforms.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

And represents a vision for home care and what technology should support. To build this chart, interviews were conducted that included senior execs from Philips, the VA, Visiting Nurse Services, home care associations, Home Instead, Volunteers of America, and several home care organizations. If that means family, this is doubtful.

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Nursing 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Homethrive provides 24 x 7 digital and human concierge services and expert coaching from certified Homethrive social workers. Homethrive’s program generates personalized recommendations and services -- supporting independence, reducing social isolation, and lessening the stress and workload for family members supporting aging parents.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Consider the Genworth data (see Figure 1 ) showing that it cost $108,405 for a private room in a nursing home in 2021, $61,776 for home health aide services, and $54 ,00 0 in assisted living. category tags: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , SNF , wearables , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , IoT and home monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Technology solutions augment care – not replacing family or support. Care-related service organizations are taking a closer look at technologies that could help them cope more effectively with staffing shortages and other issues. Other vendors are now offering voice-enabled PERS services. Health and wellness.

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Medicare Telehealth Digital Health 69

Digital Health Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It’s one part physician consult service, one part real-world data network, mixed together to close “ evidence gaps ” wherever they might be. This is the evidence gap that Atropos exists to bridge, and it just raised an undisclosed amount of fresh financing to support that mission. clinical trial emulations, unmet need analysis).

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Life Science Digital Health Health Data 64

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

The perfect storm has arrived to drive tech adoption in the home and care services. So many factors converge now that were highlighted during the pandemic – consider the need for telehealth services as an alternative to in-person visits. category tags: Home Care , tech-enabled home care , home health care. That is a sign.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Home Care Magazine provided details about the just-announced Dementia Care policy changes, called the GUIDE Model , including care coordination services, support and payment to family caregivers to help keep care recipients out of nursing homes, and respite help. New progress for dementia care. Learn more at Amicus Brain. BoundaryCare.

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HIPAA Nursing 118

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 12, 2022

In-home care, home health care , remote patient monitoring (RPM) , fall detection , and other services that help older adults age in their homes are critical. Telehealth and remote patient monitoring services will likely persist through the end of 2022 to replace or supplement in-person physician visits. .

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Health Technology Telehealth 150

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Depending on the product or service, it may need a mix of resellers/distributors, face-to-face, and online sales. If that population needs a technology or service, such as access to benefits, their caregivers must search online on their behalf. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive.

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Interoperability Mobile Health EHR 69

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

These will be prioritized to immunize three target groups: healthcare workforce consisting of service providers, management & support workers in hospitals and social care, adults above 65, and about 45% of adults with comorbidities. Hospitals will also lobby hard to receive revenues from telehealth services.

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Telehealth Interoperability Medicare Pharmaceuticals 211

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 22, 2023

The pressure to own a smartphone is intense, whether it is from family members for instant communication and sharing, healthcare service providers who want older adults to use tech to manage health, use Apple Pay, and even use their phone to verify access to a website. We are all novice users when the next release comes out. Why on earth?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 15, 2019

“Launch of secure, cloud-based service to provide a better option for people to store and share important documents.Clocr is hosted in the cloud, so users can trust that their information is encrypted and preserved with access only given to contacts and guardians approved by the account holder. Learn more at HandsFree Health. Silent Beacon.

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Telecare mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Fairly new at the time, a few senior living organizations embraced it for its home automation potential, possibility of concierge services -- turn on the lights! Amazon’s Alexa service ran on multiple variants of cheap hardware. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health.

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Telehealth 130

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 27, 2023

AI chatbots will be built into senior living concierge services. Training an AI chatbot on the various services and schedules offered by a senior living community will be required. Older adults may be less embarrassed talking to a chatbot about tech uncertainty than calling up their long-distance grandson.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As an aging population grows, the supporting labor force for aging services, both in communities and for in-home care, simply isn’t there, lured away by better pay across multiple sectors. category tags: AgeTech , hearables/hearing technology , IoT and home monitoring. Feedback is welcome.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

September 04, 2023 Sponsored Closing the gap: Organizations move to telepsychiatry and hybrid therapy to expand mental health services Various organizations have explored telepsychiatry and hybrid group therapy to offer more options. Region Tag: ASIA Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Analytics Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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EMR HIE FHIR Mental health 96

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

Then there is software from Volara (now owned by Uniguest , available as part of T ouchtown Voice ) offer tech concierge services that can help save staff some effort supporting individual users. And there are online training services like GetSetup that offer live online classes for older adults. Thoughts welcome.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As an aging population grows, the supporting labor force for aging services, both in communities and for in-home care, simply isn’t there, lured away by better pay across multiple sectors. It continues to be a struggle to fully enable the senior care service industries with high-speed internet capability. Stay tuned!].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Care Hub represents the next iteration of smart speakers , which have evolved from just playing music or providing the weather forecast, to enabling home security services and now supporting senior citizens at home. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health. Learn more at CNET.

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Telehealth 134

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

The StrongMind initiative, for example, leverages VR gaming to treat Veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, providing a safe and supportive environment for processing trauma and opening up about their experiences. Breakthroughs in AR technology are also now enabling doctors in the U.S. Department for Veterans Affairs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

So far we have seen responses from across government, the NHS, local authorities and wider society coupled with industry providing support and in many cases much needed PPE. Whilst the system used by NHS General Practice is fairly well embedded, there is nothing similar for private practices or for any hospitals or dental services.

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Private practice General practice Public Health Telemedicine 148

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.

Primary Care 157

Primary Care Telecare Mental health Interoperability 157