Company’s digital product assessments start with diabetes, muscle pain tools
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Aaron Dorman
Oct 10, 2023
A new health/tech institute is ready to start assessments for digital products, beginning with diabetes and musculoskeletal disorders.
Digital health funding shift could pave way for more mergers, deals, experts believe
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Aaron Dorman
Sep 01, 2023
More mergers and acquisitions could occur within the digital healthcare sector as smaller point solutions reach deals with a larger platform, experts predict.
South Dakota campaign joins state and federal efforts to expand rural telehealth access
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 12, 2024
South Dakota is working on legislation to grant $5 million to long-term care facilities in the state to implement telehealth and telemedicine access.
Senators reintroduce telehealth bill to give seniors more access to mental health services
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 01, 2024
A bipartisan group of senators have reintroduced a bill to remove current restrictions on telehealth mental health services for seniors.
Telehealth giants pairing obesity drugs with weight-loss programs to prevent overreliance on prescriptions
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Aaron Dorman
Aug 23, 2023
Telehealth companies could offer, or even require, virtual fitness program pairing with obesity drugs, as new procedures are developed.
Although post-2021 usage of telemedicine is down from a pandemic peak, 10% of outpatient visits for SNF residents are still conducted online, a new study shows.
Frail seniors less likely to use digital health technology than healthier peers, new study finds
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 21, 2024
Fewer frail older adults use smartphone apps or telehealth options compared with healthy, non-frail seniors, according to a new study.
Senior living has the tech: Now operators need to manage it, healthtech CEO says
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Aaron Dorman
Oct 03, 2023
The explosion of technology within senior care has created new demand for CTOs or services that manage all of it, one healthtech CEO says.
Clinicians support telehealth for managing seniors’ chronic conditions, study shows
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 26, 2024
A majority of clinicians believe that telehealth can play a crucial role in improving practices for chronic conditions, new research shows.
Seniors more likely to let conditions escalate into emergency if their only care options are digital,...
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 07, 2024
In a recent survey, one third of older adults said that they felt as if an emergency could have been averted if they had had access to live person to manage their health concerns and needs.