Technology pilot study to focus on improving resident safety, employee well-being in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2024
Improving resident safety and employee well-being in senior living communities and other long-term care residential settings through technology is the goal of research getting underway at the University...
Rate pressures force home medical equipment suppliers to reduce business, survey reveals
By
Adam Healy
Aug 08, 2024
Declining Medicare reimbursement for home medical equipment has led to unsustainable challenges for many suppliers.
Study supports home telemedicine-based hospital care
By
Donna Shryer
Aug 27, 2024
A recent study published in PLOS ONE revealed promising outcomes for patients receiving home telemedicine-based hospital care. The research, conducted at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, compared traditional...
Telehealth mindfulness programs ease chronic pain
By
Donna Shryer
Aug 21, 2024
A recent multisite randomized clinical trial appears to offer hope for people with chronic pain, including many older adults. The study, including 811 veterans, tested two mindfulness-based interventions...
Mindfulness-based interventions via telehealth beneficial for chronic pain
Aug 20, 2024
Pain interference scores were significantly lower with group and self-paced mindfulness-based interventions among veterans.
Americans have mixed feelings about AI in healthcare, poll finds
Aug 22, 2024
Most Americans believe artificial intelligence should be used to improve healthcare, but many are still a little queasy over some of the implications of widespread AI use, a poll has found.
Researcher eyes assisted living as base for testing AI-powered dementia screening technology
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2024
A research-based startup is looking to assisted living providers as it works to commercialize its artificial intelligence-powered platform to improve the dementia screening process.
Lawmakers say CMS should ban Medicare Advantage’s use of AI to deny care
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 28, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should consider banning artificial intelligence from being used to deny Medicare Advantage coverage pending a “systematic review,” a group of 49 congressional...
Study: Remote physiologic monitoring among Medicaid users skyrocketed from 2019 to 2021
By
Kristen Fischer
May 10, 2024
From 2019 to 2021, remote physiologic monitoring via wearables and mobile apps grew more than 1,300% among Medicaid users, per a new study.
New DOJ rules for online healthcare content make sure seniors aren’t taken offline
By
Aaron Dorman
Apr 11, 2024
The DOJ took steps earlier this week to help make sure seniors have appropriate access to online healthcare and coverage decisions.