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Topic- Trends
Tech Talk: Digital Health Indicator to accelerate global innovation
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced that we are living in a global world with tremendous potential to connect people and organizations via technology. Reinforcing this perspective and aiming to maximize that potential, the non-profit Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), parent company of MobiHealthNews, recently launched the Digital Health Indicator. DHI is described as "an ecosystem that connects clinicians and provider teams with people, enabling (individuals) to manage their health and wellness using digital tools in a secure and private environment whenever and wherever care is needed." This is important because it moves all providers, in the US and elsewhere, into a global network.
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Tech Talk: Google, Apple partner to contain COVID-19 spread
The latest effort by tech firms to help thwart COVID-19 comes from an unusual partnership between rivals Google and Apple. A blog post on Google describes how the company is using aggregated, anonymized data to chart the spread of COVID-19 across 131 countries globally, highlighting the virus's movement across places such as retail and recreation, parks, groceries and pharmacies, workplaces, etc. The results are published in freely available Community Mobility reports.
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AAA/hospital partnerships boost health, curb Medicare costs
Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) - which provide access to transportation, in-home support, and more to help older adults remain independent - are increasingly partnering with healthcare organizations to address the health-related social needs of older adults and contribute to coalitions that promote community health, according to the authors of a study published in Health Affairs.
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Europeans underestimate their life expectancy, may not plan properly
Older Europeans, and especially women, frequently underestimate how many years they have left, which could lead to costly decisions related to planning for their remaining life course, according to researchers. The results are likely similar for North America, and have potential implications for active-aging organizations.
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Tech Talk: Remote patient monitoring platform for COVID-9
As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe, Orion Health, a New Zealand-based company that provides software for healthcare providers in 25 countries, has released a pandemic outbreak monitoring platform to help healthcare organizations respond to the virus, and a website to help members of the public understand their risk of contracting the disease.
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Marijuana use continues to climb among older adults
Cannabis use continues to increase among older adults in the US, and while the absolute increase may seem small - 2.4% to 4.2% from 2015 to 2018 - the relative increase is large, at 75%. Industry professionals should pay attention, because among other factors, the analysis of findings from more than 15,000 individuals 65 and older (55% men; 77% white) reveals "significant increases" among those whose demographics are similar to many potential customers: women, individuals of white and nonwhite races/ethnicities, those with a college education, those with incomes of $20,000 to $49,000 and $75,000or greater, and married people.
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