Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What care delivery has seen an uptake in technology adoption? People imagined that post-Covid-19, technology would become much more compelling in all types of care delivery. What hasn’t changed much – tech deployment in senior care. Consider that the median costs of long-term care are higher than ever.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Worse, for many older adults, isolation is a worsening health issue that we will hear more about as shutdowns continue and shut-in becomes the virtual norm. Now, we’re bringing transformative technology to one of the most needed, fastest-growing markets — home care." Learn more at eCaring. GetSetUp.io Learn more at MedSign.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

Care workers – it’s not a shortage – it’s a crisis. People who need care workers will tell you – the media will tell you, and the industry will tell you. From the national home care associations , a report in March: “The workforce shortage in home-based care has reached crisis proportions.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2022

Covid-19 fallout pushed the care industries into the home. 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. Tech services for remote monitoring of people and patients took off and stayed aloft.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 13, 2023

Several times in the past decade, interviews were conducted with experts that lead to some reports about the home care industry. This chart came from a report, The Future of Home Care Technology 2012 that was sponsored by Microsoft, Verizon and LivHome, in 2012.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Part of its three-pillar approach to modernization, VA is leveraging innovative technologies, both in-house and commercial off-the-shelf solutions, to provide Veterans with personalized medical care that addresses their individual needs, and the results for Veterans and their families are amazing. Improving care through technology.

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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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 8, 2023

By Bill Siwicki | July 13, 2023 News Telehealth proves successful for opioid use disorder treatment Virtual care provider Ophelia found 56% of its OUD patients remained in treatment for six months. Kendell Cannon describes how her primary care practice sifted through the hype of artificial.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The latest patient engagement survey from Stericycle Communication Solutions found that nearly half of patients have booked appointments online (48%) or sought care from a non-traditional provider (45%) in the last year, with half of those patients using retail care and one-third using virtual care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Layla McCay As the first wave of infections arrived, we saw near-instant digital innovation that might otherwise have taken years: the rapid roll-out of remote working platforms, shared care record projects, electronic patient record configurations, and virtual clinics and consultations. A second wave of digital transformation?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 22, 2023

Below are a few examples of different types, with all information derived from the websites of the companies: Care Coach. " Our virtual companions extend the reach of both the provider and health plan into the home. iamfine is a low-cost service to help with aging in place. Learn more at Care.coach. CareAngel. "AI

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 4, 2020

This includes smartphones, tablets, smart home technology, Voice First hardware and virtual assistants, and in-home sensors. Here are five of them: Aloe Care. Aloe Care is delivering the world's first voice-activated, in-home digital care assistant for older adults. Learn more at Aloe Care Health. EnvoyatHome.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 31, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Network Infrastructure Precision Medicine Privacy & Security Telehealth Its CIO looks ahead to a future with advances in mobility, imaging, telemedicine, virtual reality, 5G/6G, artificial intelligence, data security, genomic sequencing and translational research.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Health system IT leaders need to be ready to enable care delivery anywhere, anytime, to any patient. Microsoft's Azure health cloud includes a data service that brings together clinical, imaging, medical devices, and other datasets.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2023

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. Note that 3 in 4 Washingtonians supported the law when polled in March 2023, with only 17% of people opposing it. The meeting’s tagline this year is “Health That Connects + Tech That Cares.”

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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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 24, 2020

This past week offers updates to services, policy, and practice. Senior living companies are readying telehealth services (see Holiday Retirement ) and no doubt more will follow. Previously limited categories expand to span multiple remote care services. category tags: Telehealth-mHealth-Voice Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Entrepreneurs clearly see the opportunity for providing tech-enabled services to help care for older adults. 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. Orbita Assist.

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Nursing 124

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

During the pandemic, telehealth use grew sharply in the care of older adults, enabled by CMS reimbursement changes that likely will be permanent. Signia’s Remote Hearing Care Program. "This new program enabling hearing care professionals to prescribe, fit and fine-tune hearing aids remotely. Learn more at Beltone.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 8, 2020

During the pandemic, telehealth use grew sharply in the care of older adults, enabled by CMS reimbursement changes that likely will be permanent. Signia’s Remote Hearing Care Program. "This new program enabling hearing care professionals to prescribe, fit and fine-tune hearing aids remotely. Learn more at Beltone.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 21, 2018

Behavior monitoring for aging-at-home, allowing better care services, improved emergency detection and predictive analytics. On-Demand platform for agencies to drive greater efficiencies and improved transparency in the delivery of care. Learn more at KyteraTech. Learn more at LifePod. Tomeah Health. Embodied Labs. Ohmni Robot.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Weird and wacky, teeny-tiny, virtual, augmented, robotic, metaverse-y – remote this-and-that. AI Everywhere, including in senior care. Will predictive analytics from the accumulated sensing about behavior finally bring efficiency, better service, more appropriate pricing and more confident families?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. These networks profit the people they serve.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tech-driven Solutions: Digital Therapeutics (DTx): App-based solutions offering personalized pain management programs, education, and support. Virtual Reality (VR): distraction and pain management techniques through immersive experiences. Value-based care models: Emphasis on cost-effective and evidence-based pain management strategies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Connected Health Government & Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth The fate of virtual care adoption is tied to the fate of broadband expansion. It could be especially valuable for patients with long-standing medical issues who don't have a primary care doctor, or are uninsured. Down with data caps!

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

But those who needed abortions still had to travel to clinics for care – even when it comes to medication abortions, which consist of taking a few pills. "Receiving reproductive health care, including early pregnancy termination care, through telehealth is no different." This is due in part to U.S.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 11, 2020

And it created a big challenge for the multiple PR firms engaged to help create that visibility to innovation in care. As the newly published vision states: “No longer is telehealth merely a virtual urgent care service. The service is offered online and on mobile devices. Learn more. Learn more. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2022

Note the top trends that matter this Many changes underway in the enabling tech categories for older adults – including the importance of tech for home care agencies – not just the apps for the workers, but for care recipients, such as remote monitoring. Why should home care agencies boost awareness of remote monitoring?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. “Clinicians were concerned about taking care of their patients, while minimizing avoidable risks,” he said.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2022

Of all industries, health care above all should provide accessible web sites to support people with disabilities or special needs. Furthermore, the field is getting more and more digital with wellness sites, telehealth, and fitness devices—so making them accessible is crucial to making health care accessible. are great advances.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 26, 2022

Many will need to be monitored in their home for chronic diseases and in-home risk of falling – Amazon noticed with Alexa Together – Verizon noticed with its Care Smart Watch. Home care companies, senior living companies, skilled nursing facilities are all desperate for workers to address this increasingly overwhelming market.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 13, 2019

Maybe you were also surprised to see this government report posted last week -- Emerging Technologies to Support an Aging Population. Some see a market opportunity in services ( home care , home health care , home remodeling ). Some see product sale growth of items (like DME equipment ) for an aging population.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 28, 2019

The new trend – tech/services for older adults, not just tech. Today, perhaps due to pending boomer bulge, innovators and their funders may be having a somewhat easier time, at least in some market categories – health, home care, transportation come to mind. A 24/7 monitoring service similar to home monitoring is also available.

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American Well

JUNE 28, 2015

The use of telemedicine across state borders has long been predicted as a way to improve access to care—particularly for patients in rural areas—as well as to give physicians and patients access to talented sub-specialists. Virtual Care a Growing Trend Locally, Nationally. Dark Daily.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow CIOs need to look beyond just EHRs and explore standalone platforms to enhance care delivery – keeping focused on reliable patient data and streamlined clinical workflows. These use cases must be assessed before shortlisting devices by specialty.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

Here's what he's learned so far about their feelings on virtual care. In addition, our state workers compensation system has rolled out several temporary telehealth policies to allow injured workers to receive virtual medical treatment during this pandemic. The patient could only select one preference.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2022

Throughout, they have been dramatically accelerating their adoption of telehealth capabilities to circumvent physical, in-person care limitations imposed by the pandemic. People require expert care regardless of where they live and when they need it. People require expert care regardless of where they live and when they need it.

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