RCare, maker of wireless nurse call systems, has announced their integration with Amazon Alexa “smart home” speakers for senior housing clients.
Willingness to use videohealth increased during pandemic
Nov 08, 2022
The increase was especially pronounced for Black adults and adults with lower educational attainment.
HackFest will precede LeadingAge annual meeting
Oct 27, 2015
Taking a cue from this year’s LeadingAge annual meeting, the event will challenge teams to “Engage with Age” by working with an older adult to create technology-driven tools aimed at...
Tablets help seniors cross the ‘digital divide,’ study shows
By
Holly Petrovich
May 28, 2015
Recent research has shown the use of tablet computers among elders has helped them break the barrier of the “digital divide.”
Telemedicine, in-person visits show high diagnostic concordance
Sep 12, 2022
Variance was seen by specialty, with lower concordance for primary care.
Video telehealth visits work well for common conditions
Dec 13, 2021
Replacing or augmenting usual care with video visits results in similar outcomes.
FDA clears new insulin pump and algorithm-based software
May 25, 2023
The enhanced automatic insulin delivery system was cleared for people with type 1 diabetes aged ≥6 years.
Hiring bias from AI-powered selection tool costs company $365,000 in settlement
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 16, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week settled its first-ever lawsuit involving alleged age discrimination through the use of artificial intelligence tools in the hiring process. The result...
Nurse case management boosts benefit of home BP telemonitoring
Jun 11, 2024
A greater reduction in systolic blood pressure was seen among predominantly low-income Black and Hispanic stroke survivors.
AI shows good clinical knowledge, reasoning for eye issues
Apr 26, 2024
The performance for GPT-4 neared that of expert ophthalmologists and exceeded the performance of trainees and nonspecialists.