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

Aging in Place Technology Watch

A long time ago, AARP sponsored research that posed questions about technology’s future role in connecting older adults with families, resources, and each other. With input from 30 industry experts, the research attempted to answer how technology could better serve older adults moving forward.

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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. We still do. Originally posted here. More thought leadership.

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Top technology hazards include surgical stapler misuse, notification fatigue, according to ECRI's 2020 list

FierceHealthIT

Since 2011, there have been more than 100,000 stapler incidents in healthcare, according to the U.S. These risks of patient harm led the ECRI Institute to name surgical stapler misuse as the top health technology hazard facing providers in 2020.

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CorVista Health Announces AHA Presentation of Machine Learning to Detect Pulmonary Hypertension at Point-of-Care

Digital Health Global

About CorVista® Health CorVista Health, Inc. CorVista Health is dedicated to addressing the FDA’s call to action for leveraging health technologies to advance health equity, as presented by FDA Commissioner, Dr. Robert Califf. and licensed exclusively to CorVista Health, Inc. Heart 2011; 97-612-22.

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Best Buy Acquires GreatCall – What’s it Mean for Best Buy?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

First take – this links together multiple Best Buy initiatives, starting in 2011. First a dabble with the now departed Wellcore in 2011 – clearly the time was not right – the oldest baby boomer turned 72 in 2018, but at 65 in 2010, consumers could not comprehend the utility of a wearable fall detector. Look at the history of Best Buy.

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Five Things Digital Health Companies Need to do to Achieve Success

The Digital Health Corner

The digital health economic, clinical, regulatory, and political landscapes have changed significantly since then. In fact, Can Moneyball Become Moneycare: How Predictive Informatics Can Make mHealth (digital health) a Success the first post, discussed artificial intelligence as it might relate to healthcare. Form digital partnerships.

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Wheel Acquires GoodRx Care Backend Technology to Strengthen its Virtual-First Care Platform

Healthcare IT Today

Wheel , the health technology company powering the future of care, today announced it will acquire GoodRx Care ‘s backend virtual care technology, including its clinician-centric EMR, powerful clinical management tools, and flexible patient experience software. GoodRx is America’s digital resource for healthcare.

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