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APAC to double down on home hospitalisation, tech-enabled preventive care

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Home hospitalisation, tech-enabled preventive care, and genomic data-driven personalised care are some of the emerging trends in care in the Asia-Pacific region. " Prof Lee also noted the "rapid advances" in wearable health technologies, which have allowed people to get a hold of their physiological data.

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How Digital Health Technology Can Combat Elderly Abuse

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So very many elderly people don’t drive anymore or have developed mobility issues that prevent them from venturing out in public much. However, thanks to digital health technology , new innovations are now available to help seniors learn to identify abuse while providing them with a means to self-report being victimized.

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Why healthcare leaders should embrace home-based technologies

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Home health technologies will have an increasingly larger role to play in healthcare delivery as the silver tsunami of the aging population strain the system. And if more consumers embrace preventative care that can easily be done in the home. But even more troubling, many Americans are unaware of their health status.

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AI roundup: HEALWELL AI buys LLMs, Forward to roll out staffless health kiosks

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HEALWELL AI to acquire majority control of Pentavere HEALWELL AI debuted last month after partnering with WELL Health Technologies, which provides a digital healthcare operations platform, to launch AI-based decision support to advance early disease diagnosis and improve preventative care.

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Podimetrics CMO Talks Supporting Patients Living with SDoH Challenges

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Gary Rothenberg, Chief Medical Officer of Podimetrics talks about how healthcare technology can help support a focus on social determinants of health (SDoH) to enhance the relationship between the patient and physician/care team. Being an effective healthcare provider is still a human skill to practice and perfect.

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ECRI Unveils Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024

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What You Should Know: – ECRI , an independent healthcare safety organization, has released its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list for 2024 , highlighting critical safety concerns for healthcare providers and the medical device industry. These systems offer a range of capabilities (e.g.,

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94% of Consumers are Satisfied with Virtual Primary Care

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The study included findings around familiarity and experience with virtual primary care, virtual primary care and chronic conditions, current health and practices, and more. Around two in five (41%) Americans who have a primary healthcare provider wish digital forms of communication, such as text messages or emails, were used more.