Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 27, 2020

Lots of talk about remote care technologies -- but will the 2020 crisis convert to actual technology change? So much has changed in recent months as a result of Covid-19 -- startling changes that previously were incremental. Consider the components of technology to deliver remote care. What should they be?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Manipal Hospitals has tapped Google Cloud to improve its virtual and remote care capabilities while leveraging AI to enhance patient experience. Since 2020, Amwell has been Google's preferred telehealth partner to expand access to virtual care delivery worldwide. THE LARGER TREND.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

What is the status and future of remote care technologies? It triggered ingenuity of senior care organizations and vendors ; and it energized innovators and prospective investors. Reimbursement of technology was a key policy change in 2020 that fueled adoption and investment in telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

The Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of 2020, bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House and Senate, aims to enable more widespread use of telehealth in skilled nursing facilities. WHY IT MATTERS. The RUSH Act – introduced in companion bills from Sens. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Their multivariable regression model analyzed weekly EHR metadata, comparing the same measures for one year before the pandemic – August 2018-September 2019 – with the same period one year after its onset – August 2020-September 2021. hours per eight patient scheduled hours.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

2020 Research Reports – A Recap. So 2020 was a year that produced 5 white papers and three long research reports emerge – normally not feasible with so much here-and-there travel. Five technologies for older adults – November 2020. It was the month for giving thanks -- remotely. And so it remains a virtual world.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As Deeptha Khanna, Philips’ Chief Business Leader for Personal Health, said in the company’s virtual press conference, “We have [also] witnessed the reinvention of our homes as a core element of the healthcare pathway, with telehealth, virtual and remote care technologies as the key drivers for change during COVID-19.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

of physicians polled say they work in practices that used videoconferencing to provide patient visits in September 2020, according to the survey – that's compared to only 14.3% "There was a great deal of variation within specialty, with large shares of physicians who didn't provide any remote visits the prior week.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 17, 2020

Even before the COVID-19 crisis, remote patient monitoring was poised to gain big momentum in 2020. And, presuming some pressing regulatory questions are sorted out on a go-forward basis, RPM and home-based care seems set to continue to expand, with all the challenges and opportunities that entails. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 9, 2021

Released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the study showed that in 2020, the number of telemedicine clinics for patients with diabetes in both countries rose by 90%. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

19 Telehealth opportunities and remote care options can create a variety of these touchpoints in a personalized and case-specific way, ranging from an overview of patient consultations to implantable cardiac monitors. 20 Remote monitoring especially holds tremendous potential to profit from telehealth applications. Reay at al.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

Fourth Acquisition Bolsters Remote Patient Monitoring Company’s Presence in Primary Care and Cardiology CoachCare , a leading remote patient monitoring (RPM) and virtual health company, has acquired Nashville, Tennessee-based RPM company Verustat , for an undisclosed amount.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2021

The findings are based on a survey conducted from October to December 2020 from 17 countries. The recently launched HIMSS Insights Special Edition - APAC digital health trendbarometer report provides readers insights on the state of digital health developments in the APAC region.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

More from August 2020: Voice tech is pervasive – for some, but hardware market adoption may be slowing. Note that 51% of 5000 responders in this 2020 global marketing survey worry about voice assistants listening to them without their consent. Lots of talk about remote care technologies.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 3, 2020

Note that 51% of 5000 responders in this 2020 global marketing survey worry about voice assistants listening to them without their consent. Also note that the survey extended to boomers (those aged 56 to 74) who apparently cared less than younger people. 2020 is that year – when a category is subsumed into technology ecosystems.

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eVisit

JANUARY 12, 2021

We thought we’d celebrate the new year with a quick look back on highlights from 2020, along with a look forward and 2021 predictions from our co-founders : Bret Larsen, CEO, and Miles Romney, CTO. Top 5 2020 Blog Posts. Top eVisit stories at our Virtual Care Blog from 2020 — as rated by the eVisit team — are still a must-read in 2021.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

So that's just about enough of 2020 -- a year worth putting behind us, if ever there was one. Innovators in 2020 helped mitigate social isolation, enable in-home strength training for seniors, provided the tech mechanics (regardless of infrastructure) to connect older adults to families? Voice first technology – in everything.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 24, 2020

Through COVID Watch – which has enrolled more than 5,000 patients since its launch in late March 2020, with a Spanish language version launched in May – patients receive text messages twice a day to check on their condition and enable contact with nurses who elevate to higher levels of care if need be. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 6, 2021

"The healthcare disparities in the patients we care for were even more visible during the pandemic." By April 2020, Mount Sinai's ambulatory and inpatient services department saw a 25% decrease in volume, indicating that patients were reluctant to come into a health facility.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 20, 2021

Given the recent surge of COVID-19 cases and growing clusters in Malaysia as well as the upcoming Movement Control Order (MCO) across the country , telemedicine will continue to play an essential role in providing remote care for patients. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2023

Ahmed Siddiqi, an orthopedic surgeon at Orthopaedic Institute Brielle Orthopaedics in New Jersey, started implementing models of digital, remote and hybrid care in early 2020. With effective digital and remote care via remote therapeutic monitoring, he has been able to solve more substantial problems.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

Intermountain Healthcare announced this week that it is expanding the scope and services of its hospital at home program, more than a year since it was first launched in May 2020. WHY IT MATTERS. The initiative now serves patients at 12 hospitals across Utah, with new locations soon to come.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 2, 2020

To date, GHC has successfully upgraded its Internet capabilities and had a soft rollout of OTTO Health during the first two weeks of October 2020. Data for October 2020 shows a no-show rate of less than 5% for telehealth visits. It has provided a total of 680 telehealth visits. Prior to the pandemic, GHC had a no-show rate of 15-20%.

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InTouch Health

JULY 22, 2020

According to a May 2020 McKinsey report , healthcare providers used telehealth solutions to allow 46% of Americans to replace a cancelled healthcare visit with a telehealth service during the pandemic. Remote care should be the standard of care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 4, 2020

So we know that ‘remote care’ and ‘caring’ in its various forms, including telehealth , seem to be heating up as a priority , whether for senior living organizations , families, healthcare provider organizations. Will results change when older adults are surveyed later this year? Caregiving Technology Adoption.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I noted this Morning Consult survey , data shown here, finding that people of color who were lower-income as of June 2020 had a more difficult time paying for Internet and phone bills than white people with lower incomes. As we move to “build health care back better” in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Trust will carry out a three-month pilot of the TytoCare handheld module examination device to enable remote examinations and diagnoses of a cohort of young patients, with acute and worsening chronic conditions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 14, 2021

That's when Oliver started talking with AI-powered remote patient monitoring technology vendor Current Health. Between March and November 2020, Baptist Health enrolled 270 COVID-19 patients into its remote care program. It monitored these patients continuously using the platform for an average of 12 days.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 11, 2020

In the UK “remote care and telemedicine had to rapidly jumpstart, and many nurses with little experience of telehealth have had to adapt and learn quickly in the last month,” Gregory said and added that the long-term digital agenda had suddenly been implemented due to investment and urgent need. Digital is gaining momentum.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

of remote patient monitoring patients comply with. By Bill Siwicki | June 20, 2023 News Piedmont Healthcare launches Epic-integrated continuous RPM program Working with Telemetrix and Remote Care Partners, the Atlanta health system is enabling cloud-based.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 27, 2020

Next generation: What are the dimensions of remote care technology? After the re-opening and stabilization phase of businesses in 2020 and beyond, delivery organizations will want to do a better job of delivering care in its many forms -- when the care recipient is elsewhere.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

However, health providers should now identify other care pathways that can incorporate virtual care. This could include tele-ICU, remote patient monitoring and self-care tools. Operations workflow and integration - The use of virtual care in 2020 was mostly related to the provision of health during the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

COVID-19 has provided an impetus to the remote patient monitoring market. The updated physician fee schedule released in December 2020 has addressed changes to the Care Management Services and Remote Physiologic Monitoring Services, reflecting the changing medical practices trends.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2023

Embracing Remote Care Exalta did not utilize telehealth services prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, furloughs gutted the clinic’s on-site staff. Remote care became the only non-urgent care option for patients, many of whom are reluctant to embrace video-conferencing technologies like Zoom.

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19 Labs

MAY 2, 2021

billion in 2020 and is expected to reach $191.7 billion by 2025 ; and the uptick in demand is due largely to the pandemic forcing healthcare providers to adapt remote technologies in the age of quarantines and social distancing. The telehealth market was estimated at , $38.7

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2024

The global Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) market is expected to reach over $187 billion by 2028, more than four times its worth in 2020—owing in part to improving technology and the rise in remote care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The healthcare market is no exception.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 4, 2020

Digital health startups have also defied dire predictions about funding slowdowns, with data pointing to stronger-than-ever funding numbers in 2020, including aggressive M & A by public companies riding the wave of strong stock market performance.

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