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healthcareSystems, services, devices to help promote wellness and manage chronic disease How Life's Details Help PatientsSubmitted by Laurie Orlov on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 20:40Personal information from online sites provide doctors with new information to aid in treatments.
08/17/2010
Who Visits Emergency Rooms?Submitted by Laurie Orlov on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 20:3720% of Americans, insured or not. For those over 65, more visits by people with a usual source of care than those without.
08/17/2010
Pharmacists Take Larger Role in Older Patients' HealthSubmitted by Laurie Orlov on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 12:01Medicare now covers consultation with the pharmacist on chronic disease. Maybe soon, tech-based chronic disease monitoring by the pharmacist?
08/14/2010
New grants from CTA funding innovative care transition projectsSubmitted by Laurie Orlov on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 13:59
07/26/2010
The Center for Technology and Aging (CTA), is collaborating with the Administration on Aging (AoA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on funding innovative care transition projects for older adults and persons with disabilities through the national system of Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC). >>> Read more . . . FDA will hold hearings on genetic test kitsSubmitted by Laurie Orlov on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 13:49Hearings to begin next week to determine if kits must be FDA-approved as well as used under direction by doctor.
07/19/2010
Rules Seek to Expand Diagnosis of Alzheimer's DiseaseSubmitted by Laurie Orlov on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 08:51New classifications for Alzheimer's disease will vastly increase those that have the diagnosis.
07/13/2010
The New Landscape: Preparing More Care of the ElderlySubmitted by Laurie Orlov on Tue, 07/06/2010 - 21:49Despite the growing percentage of patients who are elderly, training in geriatrics lags behind.
06/29/2010
SEC Investigates Home-Health FirmsSubmitted by Laurie Orlov on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 20:24SEC follows 6 weeks of Senate investigation of home-health firms Medicare reimbursement practices.
07/02/2010
A Genetic Test Pegs the Odds of Living Past 100Submitted by Laurie Orlov on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 20:15Boston University identifies genetic markers that predict living past 100 years old. Is this good?
07/02/2010
New tools for helping heart patientsSubmitted by Laurie Orlov on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 16:31New defibrillator communicates directly with the doctor -- up next, that advises medication modifications.
06/22/2010
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09/01/2010
Optum Health: For seniors who are isolated, lonely or homebound, the Internet can open up new vistas.
08/29/2010
An analysis of the study quality of potential remedies associated with Alzheimer's disease.
08/26/2010
"Qualifications for the device companies included the ability to “demonstrate how health data can be transferred from their device, via a wired or wireless connection, to a PC, phone or directly to the cloud.”
08/24/2010
NPR series about aging at home -- assisted by various types of technology - my comment on the NPR site.
08/23/2010
A Columbia University Journalism set of 6 videos about people who are aging today. Categories
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