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Social isolation of older adults – a problem and an opportunity

Aging in Place Technology Watch

One-third of women aged 50+ reported going going 1-3 months without any interactions outside of their households or workplace. We also knew from previous research that loneliness may be linked to a greater risk for cognitive decline as well as high blood pressure , heart disease , obesity , a weakened immune system, anxiety, and depression.

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2023 Market Overview (2 of 4): Aging and Caregiving Policy Recommendations

Aging in Place Technology Watch

These 2022 initiatives offer opportunities to tech firms that focus on older adults, collaborations like AARP and OATS , as well as the entrants in AARP's AgeTech Collaborative. Click here to for the Technology for Aging 2023 Market Overview category tags: Family caregivers , seniors and aging policy

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Boston Medical Center boosts care for epileptic kids with telehealth-analytics platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Those language barriers can discourage patients from making appointments and addressing their health concerns, as well as those of their children. First, they needed to make care more accessible for patients, so they needed a service that implemented telehealth into the home, school or workplace, they determined. THE PROBLEM.

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Isn’t It Eyeconic? Vision Care in the Evolving Health Care Ecosystem

Health Populi

And that’s true for health care as well as generic retail, Marge asserted, introducing Deborah Weinswig who is CEO and Founder, Coresight Research. The tag line of the book is how AI can help humanize health care. “Data and tech can re-define new experiences,” she said. How can I banish bags from my eyes? What causes eye pain?

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The Evolution of Self-Care for Consumers – Learning and Sharing at CHPA

Health Populi

Well, no, Scott pragmatically answered. Indirect costs are an additional layer of value: for companies, workers using OTC meds generate $34 billion in workplace productivity benefits. But the value that little pill brings to a person-patient-consumer-payor is much greater than a nickel. Scott rhetorically asked.

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Gen Z and Millennials: What They Want from Healthcare

MeMD

Not only do these employees bring different opinions and expectations to the workplace, but they also bring new demands – especially when it comes to their healthcare. healthcare costs are skyrocketing, telehealth enables employers to offer a high-value option for medical care – without a high price tag.

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Pandemic-era burnout: Telehealth managers get pushed to the max

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In our case, we rapidly scaled our telehealth solution from primary care to all specialty care in a span of less than two weeks, including cancer, orthopedics, physical therapy, as well as additional services such as genetic counseling and nurse education.” Providing a safe workplace. “These types of visits are more of.