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August 2009

Tech advice for living to 100 and enjoying life when you get there

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 11:32 - Laurie Orlov

This was an interesting week if you want to think about living to 100. Evercare offered up its 2009 Evercare 100@100 Survey -- which included survey results from college seniors. Dr.

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computers, broadband, and social networking, Learning, working, contribution and legacy
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A visit to Philips -- the call is a communication lifeline

Sat, 08/15/2009 - 14:14 - Laurie Orlov

I was fortunate to have an experience this week listening on calls when the Philips Lifeline pendant was activated.

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healthcare, tablets and eReaders, product snapshots, Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health, Seniors, elderly, PERS
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Fragmented thinking (gov and industry) hobbles healthcare technology enablement

Wed, 08/05/2009 - 14:18 - Laurie Orlov

Devices, devices, everywhere. I guess I just don't get telehealth-related technology 'progress' -- it seems like two steps forward in one area and a few backward somewhere else. On the one hand, there will be 15 million mobile and wireless telehealth devices by 2012, says an ABI July 22 research report, devices that will be jabbering away with information about our chronic disease measurement readings.

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computers, broadband, and social networking, healthcare, Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health
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