“AGING TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE” FORMED BY
CONSORTIUM OF HOME HEALTH TECH COMPANIES

Group aims to become the world’s leading aging-focused technology consortium >>> Read more . . .

NEW STUDY TO EVALUATE ADVANCED HEALTH MONITORING TECHNOLOGY FOR SENIORS >>> Read more . . .

VHA continues telehealth deployment in California with Bosch's Health Buddy.

Everybody's doing it - reproving benefits of telehealth. When you put these together, you have to ask why.  What is the reason that large organizations don't cite previous studies rather than spend money to prove the same point? We're not talking about drug trials here, we are talking about telehealth monitoring, a technology that has been around for a decade at least, that has been studied and deployed, but not uniformly reimbursed (which is the real problem here). >>> Read more . . .

Philips study proves that home monitoring for those with severe heart failure can improve their lives.

Apocalypse and opportunity -- the bet is that we're not going to age well.   Our favorite gloom-and-doom source, CNBC, has offered up today's Doomsday Boomer Prediction. Those boomers are going to be a healthcare nightmare: "They visit the doctor more, they consume more services, and they aren’t afraid to use their $7 trillion in collective wealth to improve their quality of life. From physical therapy, to cosmetic surgery, to the latest in life-saving technology, Boomers just aren’t built to grow old gracefully." So inventions of every type are being crafted to help us in our quest to fight this gracelessness and support us as we get old enough to really take that predicted 8% Medicare spending bite out of the GDP by 2035.  >>> Read more . . .

From refrigerator monitoring to lifestyle remote monitoring -- here now.

"The VA would like to spend $163 million in 2011 for home telehealth to take advantage of the latest technological advancement in healthcare delivery."

Home care (unlike nursing homes) represent a growth market. Home care agencies are showing solid revenue growth according to the National Private Duty Association (NPDA). Seventy-one percent report that revenue increased from 2008-2009, despite a poor economy and 83% indicate that they are hiring in 2010. >>> Read more . . .

Launching new trade association formed at CES.