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Six recent product announcements in the PERS market
What’s new with PERS? For several years now pseudo-statistics have been floating about the long-standing PERS market – asking the same question over and over hasn’t changed the paraphrased answer: The...
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Five technology announcements from the 2015 White House Conference on Aging
WHCoA attracted buzz, hopeful announcements and new offerings. This event was a follow-on to the previous every-decade White House Conferences on Aging -- the most recent of which was the 3-day 2005...
View ArticleBest cities for technology-assisted living
Today Redfin (www.redfin.com), the next-generation real estate brokerage, released a list of the 10 best cities for technology-assisted living, which are places where it’s feasible to use...
View ArticleHealth tech hackathons -- contest and cocktail party 2.0
09/07/2015Hackfests and hackathons -- in the health space, going strong, 51 globally in 2014.category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-TelehealthhealthcareHealth tech hackathons -- contest and cocktail...
View ArticleU.S. startups aim to help seniors 'age in place'
09/18/2015New startups and some well-known technology brands are offering tech.category tags: home and remote monitoringMobile PERSmHealth-Digital Health-TelehealthU.S. startups aim to help seniors...
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Toward an Internet of Caring Things
We have seen the scary future – and it is behind the firewall. Let’s say it: The Internet of Things almost seemed useful – smart objects connected together was once a great marketing tag line. Now it...
View ArticleThe smarts of smartphones – first payment, then health
09/30/2015Will there interest from health care organizations?category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-TelehealthThe smarts of smartphones – first payment apps, then health
View ArticleBCC Research: Spry Step in Growth Rate of Elder-Care Technologies
Home telehealth uses electronic and communications technology to remotely collect, store and send data in real-time for monitoring and interpretation. According to BCC Research, this emerging market...
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November will matter for Caregivers, Alzheimer’s, Diabetes and more
When is a month not just another calendar page? Thanksgiving is not the only festivity in November. It’s the month when PR agencies get to do what they do best – publicize, generate awareness, mobilize...
View ArticleReport: mHealth apps are still lame
10/06/2015The ratio of useful apps to worthless ones is as large as it was before, if not larger.category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-TelehealthReport: mHealth apps are still lame
View ArticlePhilips signs five-year research alliance with MIT
Andover, MA, USA– Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced it has signed a five-year research alliance with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) aimed at developing innovative...
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Consider the focus for elder care technologies -- what should it be?
Just as interest is heating up, could adoption stall? Turns out we’ve been in an innovators' bubble for Digital Health's Hype-and-Hope (HAH). Who knew there were 10 indicators of doom ahead? Stating...
View ArticleThe Connected Home: How Digital Health Helps Seniors Age in Place
10/15/2015Samsung and CDW Healthcare and the Connected Home.category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-TelehealthBoomer-Senior Tech BusinessHow Digital Health Helps Seniors Age in Place
View ArticleLouisville Innovation Summit Announces National and Kentucky Winners of...
The Louisville Innovation Summit announced the winners of its Startup Pitch Event. Moving Analytics, focused on remote cardiac rehab programs delivered through mobile devices, was recognized as the top...
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Five new technologies from the 2015 Connected Health Symposium
The Internet of "Healthy" Things. The Internet of Things (IoT) has provided material for many markets, so the acronym begs for reuse and recycle. Consider the Internet of Caring Things, (gadgets that...
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Five technologies from the 2015 mHealth Summit in DC
Less mHealth and more HealthIT. When Lenovo displays a full size cutaway blade server at the entrance to its booth, you can surmise that the mHealth Summit is more IT than personal/mobile. HIMSS, the...
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Rock Health Survey: Digital Health needs trust -- and older users
Rock Health buries the lead -- consumers don't want to share with tech firms. [Rant on.] Digital health firms are having a tough time, despite upwards of $6 billion from me-too investors, and that's...
View ArticleTelemedicine: Using Remote Monitoring to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
10/30/2015How remote monitoring of older adults help reduce hospital admissions?category tags: home and remote monitoring, mHealth-Digital Health-TelehealthTelemedicine: Using Remote Monitoring to...
View ArticleMedicare Bill Could Lead to More Tech-Driven Home Health
12/09/2015Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act (Bill) for patients in rural communities.category tags: mHealth-Digital Health-TelehealthMedicare Bill Could Lead to More Tech-Driven Home Health
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Five key trends driving 2016 technology for older adults
A look back to look forward. Consider the context for 2016 innovation, despite (or as a result of) a still-erratic economy, and smaller-cheaper-better base technologies. At the same time, the assisted...
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