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2011's AARP prediction for older adults: technology to live your best life

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The result was a 2011 report called Connected Living for Social Aging: Designing Technology for All. And while 81% of baby boomers (likely all still working then) were online, only 30% of the 75+ population was, despite the possibility of connecting with families and gaining access to health information.

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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Timely availability of clinical information during health care transitions, in a setting with robust telemedicine access, can shift the method of care delivery without adversely affecting patient health outcomes," wrote the researchers. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Amazon Care Partners with Ginger to Add Behavioral Health Services

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The partnership with Ginger will allow Amazon Care to offer behavioral health services. Ginge r has been a teletherapy startup offering on-demand mental healthcare since 2011, using smartphone-based technology to connect clinicians with consumers. What is Ginger?

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To boost tech adoption, consider the benefit of a survey

Aging in Place Technology Watch

In 2011, as part of the Linkage Technology Survey of Adults age 65-100 , the report observes that there are few surveys of technology ownership among the older adult population. And we may be able to examine age in relationship to tech ownership. Why do surveys of older adults matter? Pew’s 25% of the 65+ that don’t go online ?

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Aledade Secures $260 Million Series F Financing Round to Expand and Enhance Services for its Nationwide Network of Primary Care Practices

Healthcare IT Today

Thier Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Chief Health Information and Innovation Officer at Partners Healthcare System in Boston (now Mass General Brigham). He also served as the United States National Coordinator for Health Information Technology from 2009 to 2011.

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Can Healthcare Optimize Its Human Resources and Redefine Care Delivery in the Process?

Healthcare IT Today

Ashish previously served as CTO at Medicity, the market leader for vendor-neutral Health Information Exchange solutions (acquired by Aetna in 2011). Today, Dina works with many leading health plans and health systems to extend their reach into the home to help people live their very best lives.

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Shaping the future of health technologies

Digital Leaders HealthTech

I’m a health systems guy and these lists are about health technologies that have moved health systems forward, rather than deep or niche technologies. When I left medical school in 2011, the best tech was highly concentrated in the hospital. Mobile health. We still do. And still, the trend continues today.