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Five technology offerings from HIMSS 2019

Wed, 02/13/2019 - 07:20 - Laurie Orlov

HIMSS 2019 is where 43,000 health IT enthusiasts engage.    Per their own by-the-numbers charts, you see a picture of the scale of it -- more than 40,000 attendees wanted to be in Orlando, braving weather-related travel obstacles, obtain any required continuing education units – and ideally see as much as possible of the 1300 vendor exhibits. Remembering that adults 65+ are major consumers of healthcare. Here are five of these offerings from 2019 HIMSS, viewed with the lens of caregiving and older adults. 

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healthcare, Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health, digital health
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VRHealth Announces First Telehealth-VR Medical Platform For Consumers

Mon, 01/07/2019 - 09:46 - Laurie Orlov
01/07/2019

Las Vegas, NV – January 7, 2019) VRHealth, the healthcare technology company providing specialized virtual reality (VR) technology solutions and data analysis, today announced the launch of the first telehealth-VR medical platform that includes apps specifically designed for consumers to use at home.  VRHealth is participating in AARP Innovation Labs. As part of the company’s collaboration with AARP,

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VR/AR technology, healthcare
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CES 2019 Pitch Competition next week

Thu, 01/03/2019 - 16:22 - Laurie Orlov
01/03/2019

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 3, 2019--The first annual CES Pitch Competition to highlight technology creating social connection was announced today by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation and AARP. Kicking off the inaugural event will be special guest emcee Daymond John, the AARP Brand Ambassador who is the Founder and CEO of $6 billion global lifestyle brand, FUBU, and Co-Star of ABC’s Emmy Award winning business show, Shark Tank.

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healthcare
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Five Offerings from the Boston Connected Health Conference 2018

Fri, 10/19/2018 - 09:39 - Laurie Orlov

Held each year – but has much changed? The Connected Health Conference is still a Health IT conference, owned by HIMSS, spruced up by the pre-conference Voice Health summit, task forces, and even onstage singing by health tech folk that may wish they were in show business. There were more sessions acknowledging caregiving and even acknowledging aging adults -- as well as gnashing of teeth about non-adoption of technology in healthcare.

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Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health, healthcare
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Four Technology Health and Aging Blog Posts from September 2018

Thu, 10/04/2018 - 08:48 - Laurie Orlov

September always seems like a short month.  Not just because of the calendar, but because of the pace of return to California dreamer and tech breathless launches and device announcements, Facebook’s 50 million user data breach – the usual.  Interestingly, healthcare data breaches are largely caused by insiders and cost $400+ per user data record breached.  What Facebook’s breach will cost consumers – no one knows yet, but with that volume, it can’t be good news for users.  Here are four blog posts from September 2018:

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healthcare, Seniors, AgeTech
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INTOUCHLINK ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW INTOUCHRX DIVISION

Wed, 05/30/2018 - 15:39 - Laurie Orlov
05/29/2018

InTouchLink is pleased to announce the launch of its newest division to provide an innovative pharmacy portal and pharmacy-community data bridge to long term care pharmacies in the USA and Canada. The new division will be branded as InTouchRx (intouchrx.com) and will focus specifically on working with pharmacies to improve their engagement with senior living communities, increase their transparency and provide a consolidated collection of all pharmacy-community data.


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senior living, healthcare, digital health
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