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Topic- Technology
Tech Talk: Digital human mental wellbeing coach arrives
Here's a look at what's ahead for wellness: digital human coaches to help personalize customer goals and interactions, particularly when many people are still stuck at home.
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Audio-only telehealth bill permanency proposed for Medicare
A telehealth bill introduced by US representatives Jason Smith (R-Missouri) and Tony Cardenas (D-California) calls for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to continue to reimburse clinicians who use audio-only platforms to evaluate and manage patients' mental and behavioral health. The bill also calls for broader use of telehealth, and will allow individuals to receive services at home.
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Tech Talk: WHO prioritizes home-based wellness
The World Health Organization will be launching a new initiative, Digital and Assistive Technologies for Ageing (DATA), to encourage "the development, synthesis, and use of solutions that promote access to affordable, quality, digital and assistive technologies for people with impairment or decline in physical or mental capacity, with a particular focus on older people."
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Shopping online during COVID: Education needed
Although this article is angled to holiday shopping, it certainly is relevant for all online shopping, for all age groups, year-round. The study, conducted in October, 2020, included more than 1,000 landline and cell phone interviews with US adults who use the internet at least occasionally to shop. The report is full of details regarding the percentage of adults who make different types of online purchases, what they buy and where. It also includes a quiz (with answers) that could be used as a starting point for an educational session. Only 15% of respondents were able to answer seven or more questions correctly.
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Stats: Only 18.5% of US adults 70+ own hearing aids
Why do we continue to cover hearing aids? Because hearing loss is common among older adults, as is resistance to using hearing aids. Hearing loss to a large extent is correctable, yet ageist stereotypes and expense stand in the way of widespread hearing aid use. This trends report showed a 23.2% increase in the ownership and use of hearing aids among US adults ages 70+ from 2011-2018, rising from 15% in 2011 to 18.5% in 2018. Yet, according to the US National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, about half of adults ages 75 and over have disabling hearing loss.
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Tech Talk: Virtual reality can relieve pain, anxiety during medical procedures
Research presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, shows that, as an added therapy, the use of virtual reality (VR) glasses or medical hypnosis can help alleviate both pain and anxiety in patients undergoing short medical procedures, and also reduced the need for drugs. The findings provide additional support for the potential benefits of these kinds of non-drug interventions for individuals with a variety of conditions, and organizations might consider providing educational sessions on these techniques.
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