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Topic- Technology
Tech Talk: CVS app reads prescription labels out loud
CVS Pharmacy has introduced Spoken Rx™, a new feature of the CVS Pharmacy app that can read a specific type of label for individuals with vision loss and those who have difficulty reading standard print labels. It's certainly something to inform members, residents and family about.
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Tech Talk: Pandemic management – room for improvement?
Of course, there's room for improvement in how we're managing the pandemic, especially in the areas of infection surveillance and control. How to meet public health requirements while safeguarding people's privacy isn't easy, however, as one article in the 82-page HIMSS Insights eBook, "COVID-19 and beyond," suggests. The Insights publication is a must-read for management, and for providers interested in the digital health space. Although it's aimed at healthcare systems, there is plenty of information relevant to senior living and other active-aging organizations that work with older adults (e.g., see the article "How healthy are health apps?").
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Tech Talk: Soft exosuit helps stroke survivors walk faster, longer
Recent technological advances promise benefits for stroke survivors, about 80% of whom experience "hemiparesis," a paralysis that typically impacts the limbs and facial muscles on one side of their bodies, often causing severe difficulties walking, a loss of balance with an increased risk of falling, as well as muscle fatigue that quickly sets in during exertions.
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Tech Talk: Flexible electronics to boost health data monitoring
Electronics are undergoing a transformation. Traditionally rigid, new technology has enabled them to become flexible and stretchable, facilitating their use in clothing and other products for monitoring an individual's health. According to a market research report from IDTechEx, the market size for flexible electronics in healthcare will exceed $8.3 billion by 2030. Readers should plan on accommodating customers who use these digital health products and consider providing some of them, when feasible.
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Stats: 51% of older Australians see benefits from pandemic
Australia's Global Centre for Modern Ageing embarked on a survey earlier in the pandemic to understand older adults' "evolving experience...as the crisis unfolds," with the aim of gauging how people are adapting to and navigating this challenging period. It's worth a read, if only to assess how members and residents of your communities are faring by comparison.
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Tech Talk: US FDA approves first home saliva sample test kit
I was alerted by MobiHealthNews literally several hours after the US Food Administration approved the first home-collected saliva sample kit for COVID-19 testing. It's worth reading the article for context on how these tests are moving forward and because this may be a convenient way for your constituents to be tested.
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