Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

What hasn’t changed much – tech deployment in senior care. Bring-your-own-device is assumed. Consider that the median costs of long-term care are higher than ever. 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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The user envisioned in these screens is obviously quite adept with new tech. Pause and consider – is the tech industry ageist ? But adding fall detection as a feature for the 65+ in Apple Health and the watch was a change. Senior living companies are promoting the watch for residents. Watch and listen together?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Consider the implications of adoption of sensors to deliver and improve the care of older adults -- then look forward five years. Within the next five years, tech vendors will likely comply with at least some aspects of the Matter standard. What changes in care technology will be different later in this decade?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

In the tech innovation world, a decade is both a long and short time. In 2014, AARP’s Health Innovation @50+ sponsored a report, Challenging Innovators: Matching Offerings to the Needs of Older Adults. Separate user interfaces from physical devices – making software portable across platforms. Ten years later.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Te Toka Tumai Auckland launching FHIR-driven PAS Te Toka Tumai Auckland, formerly Auckland District Health Board, will be launching a new patient administration system that runs on the new FHIR-based National Health Index API. It will also make data more updated, consistent, and reliable, he added.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted instant behavior and tech changes. million in senior living communities, including nursing homes. million in senior living communities, including nursing homes. You don’t know the system requirements for running Skype on whichever of seven device types you have? So someone (you?)

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 28, 2020

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, tech nice-to-haves have become critical. Thousands of smart speaker devices have been delivered to senior living communities. Government agency initiatives for seniors have been tracked. But let’s remember the baseline.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The release of final rules from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT regarding the 21st Century Cures Act have shined a renewed spotlight on patients' ability to take control of their own health data. "I think we all realize that telehealth absolutely took off in the COVID-19 pandemic," said Bates.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 23, 2022

The ACS will size tech adoption – and not a minute too soon. We might learn from the upcoming American Community Survey (ACS) data release which households have broadband connectivity, own a computer or other devices – down to a level of granularity that includes that rarely surveyed category, age 85+. Some will live much longer.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

Voice tech is pervasive – for some, but hardware market adoption may be slowing. The statistics about ownership and usage of voice tech are staggering. But tech spending has jumped across all age segments since the pandemic began. as penetrating one third of the US population – 111.8 million. What’s holding the others back?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The biggest older adult tech news from August was audible. This type of tech had obvious benefits, even then, but today, what was obvious then has become a crisis of care today. Consider their newly published document explaining the industries to those who may still not see what’s happening. What’s the big deal?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Consider 2020, right before the start of COVID-19. In tech, nothing is forever, though. In tech, nothing is forever, though. CES 2024 brought ten offerings of new tech for older adults into view. These assertions have been made before, of course. And from the same show, here are 8 more: AAVAA. Learn more. Concha Labs.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

Pew Research notes 53% of responders in April consider the Internet as ‘Essential’ – although, no surprise, the oldest did not. And Nielsen observed that the pandemic was a catalyst for the rise of tech use for working at home and shopping, among other uses. A technology transformation is underway, greater than the sum of its parts.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2023

For physician practices, payers, hospitals, and health systems, the takeaway is clear. How can they create a digital front door that rivals the technical wizardry of the tech giants and online retailers? What technologies will be involved, and what are the key factors of success that must be considered?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 31, 2018

As it was at first encounter in 2009, it is an association of faith-based and non-profit senior living and aging-related services. They don’t move to senior living communities, which have been overbuilt in recent years -- and today are only 86% occupied. Learn more at Keenly Health. From A AHSA to LeadingAge.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Consider reimbursement for telehealth technologies , a wave of free engagement software, distribution of tablets to senior centers and Echo Dots to senior living , to remote care voice tech for high needs seniors and government-funded competition to combat social isolation. What will be the priority?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2022

For example, we expect tech products to be more intuitive and usable than they are. So often we become mired in a swamp of settings, especially when upgrading to a new device or software version. July offered time to think about gaps and staff shortages. Here are the four blog posts from July 2022.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 17, 2019

Can you look at a list, for example, of technologies that vendor websites claim are aimed at older adults and their caregivers -- and substitute younger beneficiaries or health care recipients? Per the report’s definition of ‘Design for all’: User experiences that appeal to all age groups, persisting across versions and devices. .

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 6, 2020

convened yesterday with Dr. Gary Puckrein, president and CEO of the National Minority Quality Forum, to stress the importance of considering the barriers to healthcare people still face throughout the country. It also encompasses remote patient monitoring devices, which can give clinicians a fuller picture of patient health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

This past week, Cambia Health released a survey of caregivers, 64% of surveyed caregivers use at least one digital tool to help them with caregiving. The Apple Watch Series 4 disrupted the senior wearables market with its built-in ECG and fall detection, as well as Apple’s partnership with insurers.

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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. Isn’t March a l-o-n-g month? So many weeks, so many blog posts to, uh, post.

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Health Populi

MAY 29, 2018

The proliferation and evolution of digital technologies in health care have the potential to do good or harm, depending on their application. Doing good and abstaining from doing harm can engender trust between patients, providers, and other stakeholders in health. Accenture’s vision this year is built on five pillars: Citizen AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 18, 2023

Reports More than two-thirds of health systems lack the nursing staff to handle a large-scale health crisis , according to an Incredible Health survey. Nearly half (46%) of Americans are using consumer health tech such as smartwatches and medical-grade health monitors, according to survey data from AnalyticsIQ.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Combine that change with the ‘ Forgotten Middle Market’ of senior living. Consider the Chicago Tribune article about tech for aging in place. Consider the Chicago Tribune article about tech for aging in place. Now add in the shortage of workers in home care , health care , and nursing homes.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2019

Not adopting tech -- it's not okay. Lacking access to smartphones, Internet, in-home broadband/WiFi cuts oldest out of access to modern telehealth, communication and engagement, in-home sensors, outside-home GPS, fall detection, and device integration with smartphones. Or are the devices still too difficult to use? Ah, buttons.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Home health technologies will have an increasingly larger role to play in healthcare delivery as the silver tsunami of the aging population strain the system. Home-based health technologies are any preventive care technology tool that elevates health. Today they’re used much more broadly.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 20, 2020

Seniors and technology – change is in the airwaves. Following the reimbursement changes after in-person visits disappeared and numbers of visits exploded , firms with telehealth tech are finding a one-year-pipeline compressed into one month. Learn more at: Senior Living News. Eastmont Senior Living Disinfection Skybot.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

The survey reports, about the 50+ gamers and 50+ tech trends , each identify an age band of the 70+, something AARP began a few years ago and kudos to them, that banding continues among some of their research reports. As for tech adoption…the AARP executive summary is upbeat. How many people are not reflected in today’s surveys?

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 31, 2024

Fortunately, there are several strategies VCs can employ to address these challenges: Enhancing portfolio liquidity: Structured Liquidity Provisions: These involve financial instruments like loans, senior equity tranches with preferential payouts, or buyback options, offering LPs controlled exits at pre-determined prices or intervals.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

Consider dementia care and the still-startling lack of cameras in these settings – despite family willingness to pay. Consider dementia care and the still-startling lack of cameras in these settings – despite family willingness to pay. Virtual reality for seniors. Virtual senior living.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 30, 2023

The following is a guest article by Jon Kimerle, Global Strategic Healthcare Alliances at Pure Storage The digital transformation of healthcare continues to accelerate, and technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are predicted to have an increasing impact on efficiency, quality, and scalability of health outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 7, 2022

However, only 46% consider the information they send to the National Health Service to be secure, and only 40% would be willing to share information digitally with providers who aren’t part of the NHS system. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. News and Studies . Partnerships.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2023

It is an understatement to say Brad Reimer, CIO at Sanford Health, has his hands full. Sanford Health is a massive health system that serves the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. As the largest rural health system in the United States, we are reimagining how we deliver care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Not just because of the calendar, but because of the pace of return to California dreamer and tech breathless launches and device announcements , Facebook’s 50 million user data breach – the usual. Here are four blog posts from September 2018: Investors continue to salivate over health tech. Gee, what do they do?

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 31, 2022

House of Representatives passed by a 416-12 vote the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act of 2021 , which would extend the telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency until the end of 2024. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Partnerships.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health We have been in an uncertain time for regulation around telemedicine, and there are a few key trends to watch. For something as important and as sensitive as healthcare, there are plenty of rules and regulations in place to protect both patients and organizations.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 10, 2019

AARP recently surveyed the health impact (that’s good), but not the cost of correcting hearing loss. So let’s see – uncorrected hearing loss is correlated with poorer health outcomes, one of which could be fall risk, another dementia. Who is ‘they’, how much can they ‘get’, and is there insurance that pays for them?

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