Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 27, 2023

From the national home care associations , a report in March: “The workforce shortage in home-based care has reached crisis proportions. Home health care providers currently report turning away over 25% of referred patients due to staff shortages.” Insurers see the opportunity in care in the home.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 17, 2023

The 2023 Technology for Aging Market Overview is published. But it is notable in 2023 that: Older adults will adapt to change and adopt new technology. If an affordable technology can be found that meets a personal need (or answers a compelling question ), these days, people will find it and get it to work for them.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Sage Technology Improves Senior Living Community Operations, Improving both Caregiver and Resident Satisfaction, and Reducing Caregiver Turnover by 40% Sage , a technology company reinventing care for older adults through its unified care coordination platform, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by new investor Maveron.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

But only 14% of Americans can afford long-term care in the home. And if they could afford it, only 4% of their homes are aging-ready. Nor are they telehealth-ready – where 36% of Americans do not have high-speed internet in the home. Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?) In what year?

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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. And if more consumers embrace preventative care that can easily be done in the home. Today they’re used much more broadly.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

Beyond legally mandated remedies, healthcare leaders are leveraging information and technology – generative artificial intelligence, virtual nursing teams and algorithms that enhance insights into patient acuity – to help alleviate the strain on nursing staff. Chief among them: critical staffing challenges.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 28, 2024

And it is thanks to those advantages and benefits that healthcare at home is continuing, even as there are still challenges to work on and in-person operations return. So let’s take a moment to pause and evaluate healthcare at home to see where we are and where we need to go.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 28, 2022

RPM allows for patients to share data in a non-clinical setting (like their home) and receive care assessments and recommendations in between visits. You believe strongly that RPM technologies are the future of healthcare. Seniors want to avoid costly nursing homes and will need help living independently. Please explain.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 26, 2023

The said programme, which was co-designed by the Mayo Clinic, provides patients, parents and bedside clinicians in Central Queensland with 24/7 access to senior neonatologist support. Meanwhile, during the pandemic, Mater also worked with Philips to implement the QuestManager to enable home treatment of COVID-19 patients.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 15, 2023

Before the recent hype cycle , there have been multiple technologies offered for older adults that incorporate AI and machine learning. The hype about ChatGPT and its peers has revolutionized the tech world. And it is clear from current research that this revolution isn’t temporary, nor is it even sudden.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2020

AARP published a new report that showed growing interest in technology among those aged 70+. The National Alliance for Caregiving surveyed caregivers about including their use of technology (surprisingly low), and Samsung , Best Buy and Amazon now group offerings that could be helpful for older adults and those who care for them.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In order to further CVS's healthcare services strategy, the acquisition of Signify Health adds clinicians that assess patients at home. million members at their homes, both in person and virtually. times longer with a patient in the home than providers in average primary care office visits, according to the company.

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David Chou

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In a move to improve home healthcare and make it more accessible, Zoom has partnered with Current Health. The new partnership will allow Current Health customers to launch the Zoom video conferencing service directly from its care-at-home platform. The key takeaway is that the technology solution must be easy to use.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 4, 2023

And in other news, CMS really wants older adults with dementia to remain in their homes. The government agency seems to have given up on improving the quality or affordability of dementia care in senior living or nursing homes. But is that the best setting for dementia care? Just asking. Note its 2015 $72.5

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 25, 2021

This was the focus of a HIMSS21 Digital discussion between Michael Hasselberg, senior director of digital health at the University of Rochester and Julie Rish, clinical psychologist and director of design and best practices at the Cleveland Clinic. Both noted demand for such services has only grown since the onset of the pandemic.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 13, 2022

Staffing issues continue to plague senior care organizations. Fewer workers available invites technology augmentation. In other industries when there are severe labor shortages, companies seek and deploy technology that saves labor cost and/or mitigates the effect of shortages in stores , restaurants, and hotels , for example.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 22, 2020

ChristianaCare this week announced the launch of its Home Care Coach, a HIPAA-eligible Alexa Skill aimed at meeting the needs of home health patients. Home healthcare acts as a major part of ChristianaCare's services. Home healthcare acts as a major part of ChristianaCare's services. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2021

But this is January, 2021, in the time of Covid-19 and the time of the all digital Consumer Electronics Show -- this time with at least 70,000 online attendees from around the world and the tech industry -- and so new companies are surfacing with technologies that will generate interest and even excitement during 2021.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2022

Under the federal Cancer Moonshot initiative, TRACE aims at how best to use and sustain telehealth to provide cancer-related care. "We need to establish an evidence base for using this technology to deliver health care in oncology and make it part of routine care. MSK explores telehealth for precision oncology.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 12, 2022

Certainly that must be what senior living residents and older adults living at home do, not to mention the of-course sizable tech staff working in senior living and elder care. Some senior living companies during Covid saw the need to help residents with their devices. Tech complexity for new users is getting worse.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What is the status and future of remote care technologies? As the research interviews for the 2020 report “Future of Remote Care Technology and Older Adults” wind down, a few themes become apparent. The pandemic has likely transformed the senior-focused ecosystem. The home – not the hospital -- becomes the care delivery hub.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2023

THE PROBLEM Prior to the pandemic, Parkview Health had many of these technologies in place, but only in small pilot areas, because the ability to gain wide adoption from providers and patients was hindered by numerous insurance constraints. " Best Buy has played a key role in the sale of in-home devices, he added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to Michael Hasselberg, senior director of digital health at the University of Rochester, the behavioral health sector has faced a supply-and-demand issue for quite some time: too many patients, not enough clinicians. But what about after the public health emergency? And the demand, he says, has only grown since the pandemic began.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For example, consider medical scribes -- did we know there was a ten-best AI medical scribe list? AI hype, fear and loathing are on the agenda. Today marks the 10 th month since the near hysteria surrounding the arrival and rapid adoption of ChatGPT. But the benefits of AI innovations are nonetheless multiplying.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2021

"Let's remember the problem we're all trying to solve for," said Marcus Osborne, senior VP of Walmart Health, during a session on Thursday. "Let's remember the problem we're all trying to solve for," said Marcus Osborne, senior VP of Walmart Health, during a session on Thursday. " he said.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2021

The rise of digital health investment and growing role of technology in health care services only accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, people took on their own versions of digital transformation at home, for work, for school, for cooking, shopping, and indeed, for health care. Not everyone in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Epic, Nordic, Galen Healthcare and Chartis Group won big in the 2022 Best in KLAS Awards, the research and insights firm announced Tuesday. "The 2022 Best in KLAS report covers over 1,000 solutions. "In general, only one solution from any given vendor may be eligible for Best in KLAS ranking within any given market segment.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Netsmart today announced the acquisition of Netalytics , a South Carolina-based addiction treatment software and practice management company, dedicated to developing technology for substance use disorder (SUD) providers focused on opioid addiction treatment.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Telehealth continues to grow as a crucial part of patient care, especially when supporting patients who live in remote areas and senior citizens. Telehealth is defined as the provision of healthcare virtually by use of digital information and communication technologies. How has telehealth evolved over the past few years?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A few simple test questions ‘(how do families fund nursing homes?’ Can AI be useful in the older adult markets of home care, senior living and beyond? And some of the ‘ best’ examples are posted. 2023 begins with so many announcements, so little time. As January’s end, the excitement continues. Stay tuned.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2022

A University of Iowa study published this month in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare found that an at-home telemonitoring program was an effective and sustainable way to manage COVID-19 for patients. WHY IT MATTERS. Most patients, researchers found, did well with the system. required hospitalization, and 1.2% THE LARGER TREND.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Add widgets to your home screen, ditto on the images. AARP and OATS do not focus on technology training for iPads. They must have noticed Best Buy selling the watch and offering a response center for those who need help. Senior living companies are promoting the watch for residents. What’s new with iOS 16 on the iPad?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 21, 2023

Clinical and technological perspectives on telepsychiatry Centerstone and Lyra Health , two behavioral health service providers, have both found success using telepsychiatry to reach their patients. We can continue to deliver mental health care in the best way possible that really meets the needs of our patients.”

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 7, 2023

An optimistic view of home care’s future as seen from 2012. 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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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 15, 2020

Saving seniors from Covid-19 requires worsening isolation. These do not include, unfortunately, providing usable technologies to connect isolated seniors with families. These do not include, unfortunately, providing usable technologies to connect isolated seniors with families. Learn more at GrandPad.net.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

If that population needs a technology or service, such as access to benefits, their caregivers must search online on their behalf. Today if looking for assistive tech for older adults, today there are multiple options, including Amazon or Best Buy. Technologies must be well-supported and intuitive. It hasn’t happened yet.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Meanwhile, the labor shortage has impacted every aspect of senior care, requiring a rethink of financial health of the businesses and the role of technology. Occupancy in senior living dipped below 80% in 2021, though said now to be in a period of recovery --even as costs to operate and resident prices rise.

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