Back in January of 2011, Intel partnered its technological know-how with GE’s healthcare expertise to create Care Innovations, a joint venture that creates technology-based solutions to enable people to live independently and safely. The partnership is now looking to narrow its focus to aging in place with a new emphasis on senior care coordination, according […]
Category: Technology
Loneliness comes with killer side effects for some aging-in-place seniors, but certain technologies geared toward social engagement may provide an antidote, senior care technology developers say. Recent studies have shown the negative impact loneliness and social isolation can have on older adults who live alone in their homes. However, this can represent opportunity for senior […]
This installment features a partnership between Brookdale Senior Living and a provider of adaptive computer systems for senior living communities that will put interactive, mentally stimulating computers into Brookdale’s memory care communities. Senior care technology solutions provider Independa is incorporating IDEAL LIFE’s wireless health monitoring products into its cloud system, while Acadian Monitoring Services has […]
In an effort to provide a more personal way of comparing electronic health record (EHR) products, LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) released this week a written comparison of 13 EHR products as evaluated by providers. The report, “Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation, Use, and Impacts: Provider Case Studies,” comes in addition to other […]
EmFinders, a senior care technology provider whose products help locate and recover missing persons with mental or memory impairments, has suspended all operations and is no longer offering commercial service, effective July 20. “The EmFinders team has been proud to provide you with service. We thank you for your support of EmFinders,” says the homepage […]
As growing numbers of older adults become accustomed to using the Internet, including email, search engines, and social media, marketers are looking for the latest ways to reach their target audiences. But while it’s smart (and increasingly necessary) to explore new avenues, market researchers say it’s ill-advised to abandon the tried-and-true methods. Social media—and Facebook […]
A senior housing building boom in one Canadian county has sparked a debate whether the assisted living, independent living, and memory care units currently in the development pipeline will merely “feed the dinosaur” of an outmoded care model and join multiple similar facilities already in existence, or actually fill a need for new development. The […]
As more doctors and hospitals go digital with medical records, the size and frequency of data breaches are alarming privacy advocates and public health officials. Keeping records secure is a challenge that doctors, public health officials and federal regulators are just beginning to grasp. And, as two recent incidents at Howard University Hospital show, inadequate […]
This senior care technology roundup features a communications platform launch for long-term care pharmacies, a federal award to implement innovative technology in assisted living to prevent hospital readmissions, a European nurse-call system for wireless emergency notifications, and a partnership between a senior living communications provider and a senior-friendly technology manufacturer that could bring touch screen […]
Senior living providers are facing a mounting danger of losing or compromising protected health information (PHI). A Massachusetts hospital made headlines in May after announcing it will end up paying fines and remediation costs of more than $750,000 in a recent data breach settlement following the loss of thousands of consumers’ unencrypted personal and protected […]
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