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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

The first graphic shown here illustrates the authors’ view on the digital evolution of HaH from delivery of care (migrating from in-person to fully virtual), telecomms (from telephone to embedded HIPAA-compliant video conferencing), and remote monitoring, moving from patient-reported data of vital signs to wearable sensors.

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The cost of long-term care -- could technology help lower it?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

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 role can technology play in lowering the cost of care? Searching, one finds little mention of technology for care outside of the hospital.

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AARP 2024 Tech Survey: Change Continues to Outpace Older Adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

They have smartphones, tablets, Smart TVs, wearables – with the same disinterest in smart home technologies. Wearables, smart home tech, and home assistants (assume that means voice offerings) have not crossed the halfway mark in adoption. For those with smartphones and wearables, daily use is prevalent.

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The Future of Pet Tech at CES 2024

Digital Health Global

Pet Tech , the fusion of technology and pet care , has revolutionized how we interact with our animal companions. From AI-powered companions to smart wearables, automated feeding systems, and advanced health monitoring devices, Pet Tech is reshaping the traditional notions of pet ownership.

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The Census Really Knows: Tech usage and the 65+

Aging in Place Technology Watch

While many of the questions are intriguing (and used for redistricting ) and the data results are much-reported , technology ownership is rarely discussed. The medical community continues to want to understand the likelihood of an older adult using a wearable device. Rather than theorize, the American Community Survey asks about it.

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For older adults, the future of wearables is predictive

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Wearable devices make up an $81.5 And AARP’s newest technology adoption report, just published , notes that 20% of the 70+ age range own a wearable. Wearables are increasingly providing health status signals, some useful, some not. Our research report process is identifying more of those wearables.

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The care future for older adults needs housing and tech support

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Maybe there will be new remote monitoring technologies, proliferation of software – the AI Caregiver as one example – to help. Maybe wearables, remote monitoring, telehealth, voice tech – individually fairly inexpensive and prescribed by a doctor or recommended by a family member or neighbor. to supplement in-person care.