LeadingAge, AHCA, among organizations at White House to discuss Change Healthcare cyber-emergency
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 14, 2024
The White House convened a meeting Tuesday with top long-term care and healthcare organizations, including AHCA and LeadingAge, about the Change Healthcare issue.
Curved walking study finds a new angle to detect cognitive impairment in seniors
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 14, 2024
A curved walking route actually may be a better method than a straight one to detect mild cognitive deficit, researchers have found.
Weak science underpins most fitness apps for frail seniors, experts warn
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 13, 2024
Many fitness apps for seniors, especially those with frailty, are “poorly adapted” to the target market, new research shows.
It’s all in the wrist: New wearable devices can provide seniors key data about Alzheimer’s, COVID
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 13, 2024
Two research projects, on Alzheimer’s and Long COVID, highlight the unique potential for wrist wearables to monitor and detect health data.
New ‘engagement index’ will reveal senior living resident-staff interaction levels
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 13, 2024
LifeLoop’s platform now includes an engagement index to help make sure long-term care residents, staff members and family members are interacting in meaningful ways.
‘Nanopaint’ breakthrough could give seniors a picture-perfect recovery from heart surgery, dialysis
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 12, 2024
In the future, surgeons could use “nanopaint” particles to coat veins to prevent clogging after vein transplant procedures, research shows.
SNF tech managers hoping for Change Healthcare recovery and sunnier times when HIMSS kicks off in Orlando,...
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 12, 2024
Healthcare providers, including many SNF operators, are hoping for answers on cybersecurity issues at this week’s HIMSS conference.
Light and sound therapy may fend off memory and cognitive damage for chemo patients
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 08, 2024
A combination of light and sound therapy may be able to counteract the problems in the brain caused by chemo, new research shows.
New AI tools can help with hiring, property analysis, senior care analytics giant says
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 08, 2024
NIC MAP Vision AI has been launched to help streamline or expedite a variety of tasks typically considered time-consuming for LTC operators.
HHS takes steps to address recent cyberattack; LTC still reeling from aftermath
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 07, 2024
HHS is granting some flexibilities for Medicare providers in the wake of the Change Healthcare cyberattack last month.