Technologies for helping the elderly and disabled to be featured at Institute of Medicine workshop
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 14, 2012
The Institute of Medicine will host a workshop Wednesday that will focus on current and emerging technologies that can help seniors and disabled individuals live more independently. Among the highlights...
C3: The Company-Consumer Convergence
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Shannon McIntyre Hooper
Dec 13, 2012
After spending last week in Washington, DC for the mHealth Summit, I was fully immersed in all the expected catch-phrases: engagement, education, integration, and mobility.
Healthcare summit: Best practices for mobile health implementation in focus
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 30, 2012
Providers, policy makers, financial and technical experts and more will be highlighted at the 2012 mHealth Summit, which takes place Monday through Wednesday in a Maryland suburb of Washington. Best practices...
Technology, autonomy important to CCRC residents: report
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 26, 2012
The incoming continuing care retirement community resident is healthier, more technologically savvy and increasingly informed, a new report suggests.
Mission completed! Clues to the future of aging services
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Shannon McIntyre Hooper
Nov 05, 2012
Many of us in the industry were at LeadingAge 2012 two weeks ago, where we saw a captivating collection of innovations in aging services. But after reading so much booth signage and hearing about so many...
Technology will play a larger role in preventing rehospitalizations, expert says
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McKnight's Staff
Oct 31, 2012
Providers, especially nonprofits, are willing to invest more than ever before in technology, a leading technical expert said at the LeadingAge convention.
IOM report: Technology, performance incentives could transform U.S. healthcare system
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 07, 2012
Although waste and inefficiency plague the U.S. healthcare system, the use of emerging technologies and payment reforms could have a transformative effect, a new report asserts.
Oct. 2 webcast to give leadership tactics, clinical tools to help LTC providers avert rehospitalizations
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 06, 2012
Participants at a free McKnight’s webcast on Oct.2 will learn about leadership and operational tactics, as well as clinical strategies, that can promote critical thinking among staff members. Attendees...
McKnight’s August Super Tuesday webcast: Tech partnerships are key
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 01, 2012
Health information management and providers’ future needs for linking appropriately with other stakeholders were in focus for the August McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast. The event remains...
Through the looking glass at a CCRC
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Shane Swisher
Jul 09, 2012
In 2007, Project Looking Glass provided some groundbreaking insight into the mature market. Now, in 2012, researchers are back to look at changes in retirement living related to economic issues, demographic...