Best Buy is one of several retail giants that has made its way into healthcare, with its health division dubbed Best Buy Health focusing on uniting home-based senior care and tech-enabled human interaction. Diana Gelston,…
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AI-powered senior-focused digital health company CarePredict announced it scored $29 million in Series A-3 investment co-led by Aspire Healthtech Partners and SV Health Investors’ Medtech Convergence Fund.Existing investors Las Olas Venture Capital and Secocha…
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Ryan McEniff, owner of WellAware Care, a fall detection and remote monitoring service for seniors living at home or in senior communities like assisted or independent living communities joins eHealth and the Senior…
Canadian health tech company PointClickCare has acquired Patient Pattern, a value-based care electronic health record and integrated care management platform. Patient Pattern works with Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, PACE programs and ACO REACH participants.
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ATA Surveys the Current Telehealth Landscape and What’s NextATA Board Chair Kristi Henderson, who is also CEO of MedExpress and senior vice president of the Optum Center for Digital Health, delivered the first keynote…
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R-Zero’s UV-C Technology Improves Indoor Air Quality for Millions of People; Reduces Reliance on HVAC Systems and Chemicals that Harm Environment
R-Zero, a global leader in healthy buildings and green buildings, today announced it has…
Google announced Tuesday it had rolled out fall detection features for its Pixel Watch. According to a blog post, the wearable will use its motion sensors to determine if the user has taken a hard…
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Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives…
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As Americans age—in particular Baby Boomers—there is a corresponding rise in home healthcare, fueled by a growing desire for convenience as well as many seniors’ desire to age in place. Before and especially during…
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HEALTHTECH: What are the highest-priority issues for senior care organizations in 2023?ROSE: I think it would be workforce and staffing issues, especially in the post-acute area. Unfortunately, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw so many people leave healthcare. Staffing has always been an issue, but it reached critical status during the pandemic. Now, organizations are really trying to recover, so they’re looking for solutions that can augment their workforce and make workflows seamless — not a lot of logins, not a lot of devices, more cloud-based solutions that will really drive efficiency and mobility, because that’s going to be key to a…
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