Dan Bowman, FierceMobileHealthcare
“Researchers at the University of South Carolina have developed a new program to aid in fall prevention for the elderly. It uses sensors originally designed to monitor bridge safety and an algorithm to detect vibrations associated with movement, according to an article on the school’s website.
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David Lee Scher, mHIMSS
“Much of the digital health technologies on the market today are wellness products used by the relatively younger segment of the population. Technologies that are focused on chronic diseases have found it much harder to reach their intended target audience for a variety of reasons.
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Dan Bowman, FierceHealthIT
“Researchers have called the effectiveness of web-based interventions in healthcare into question on the heels of a study showing limited use of such features by patients, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Health Communication.
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Fleisher L et al, Journal of Health Communication, 17(1)
Given the extensive use of the Internet for health information, Web-based health promotion interventions are widely perceived as an effective communication channel. The authors conducted this study to determine use of a Web-based intervention intended to improve colorectal cancer screening in a population of women who are at average risk and noncompliant to current screening recommendations. The study was a randomized controlled trial designed to compare the effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening educational materials delivered using the Internet versus a printed format. In 3 years, 391 women seen for routine obstetrics/gynecology follow-up at 2 academic centers provided relevant survey information. Of these, 130 were randomized to the Web intervention.
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Charles Wright, eHealthCentral
“After that less than stellar performance in the Sunday Age [below] Tim Barlass redeems himself with a fascinating piece about a trial in rural NSW in which elderly patients given a broadband “medibox” which monitored details of blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen and weight and logged them remotely to doctors, demonstrated a dramatic decrease in hospital admissions, and shorter stays.
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Tim Barlass, Sydney Morning Herald
“Elderly patients given medical equipment to monitor their health on the internet go to hospital only half as often, a trial has found.
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Beenkens FHC. Acceptance of e-Health Technology (Thesis), 2011
It can be considered a known fact that the number of elderly people will increase during the coming years. According to the most recent predications, this so-called silvering society will not only affect and increase the demand for health care, but also the supply side of health care, since health care professionals themselves will retire with increasing numbers in the near future.
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Theresa Boyle, The Star
“Canadian seniors are consuming a startling amount of prescription medications, says a new report, revealing almost two-thirds take five or more drugs a day and one-quarter take a whopping 10 or more.
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Ludwig W et al, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2011
Background
Services for the elderly based on health-enabling technologies promise to contribute significantly to the efficiency and effectiveness of future health care. Due to this promise, over the last years the scientific community has designed a complex variety of these valuable innovations. A systematic overview of the developed services would help to better understand their opportunities and limitations.
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Laurie Orlov, Aging In Place Technology Watch
“Should video monitoring be required in small assisted living homes? In recent Senate testimony, ALFA president Rick Grimes sounded a bit defensive about the regulatory oversight of assisted living facilities (ALFs) in Florida (aka ‘group homes’ in other states).
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Eileen Yu, ZDNet Asia
“By 2030, some 30 percent of Singapore’s citizens will be part of the aging population, according to Singapore HealthPartners CIO James Woo, who noted that elderly folks are less mobile and face difficulties making regular trips to the polyclinics to receive health care.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“A project that aims to increase medication adherence in seniors via text message reminders has been awarded a $77,150 mobile health grant.
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Laura Pérez Torres, Diario Médico
“Los robots están aquí para quedarse. Aunque de momento hay muy poca evidencia científica, esto va a cambiar próximamente, ya que la Unión Europea está realizando una fuerte inversión para la investigación robótica en Salud”. Esta es la opinión de Sarah Stowe, del Hospital Universitario de St. James, en el Reino Unido.
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Eric Wicklund, Healthcare IT News
“Developers of a subscription-based telehealth service launched today in New York say it will give the nation’s ever-growing ranks of seniors the ability to “age gracefully at home.”
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Willems CG et al, Handbook of Digital Homecare - Successes and Failures, 2011
Demographic trends in southern Netherlands predict an increasing aging population in the next decade. There will not be enough health care providers available to meet the growing demand of care of elderly. Therefore, there is a need to reorganize the Dutch health care system in a more efficient way. In this process, innovative technologies can play an important role. Videocommunication enables elderly living at home to contact the health care organization by a 24/7 screen-to-screen video communication. Several care organizations started projects to implement videocommunication. Different combinations of technology were used, ranging from high speed remote controlled cameras combined with a set top box connected to a regular TV set, to a webcam using a computer based internet application. These experiments were enabled by grants from the Dutch government to support the investment by care organizations, as well as an experimental provision to arrange for the re-imbursement of the services.
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CMIO
“EMR reminders accounted for improvement in vaccination rates and when augmented by panel management, proved effective in vaccination rates and the rates of healthcare proxy designation and bone density screening, according to an article published Sept. 26 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Loo TS et al, Arch Intern Med, 171(17)
Background
Most elderly patients do not receive recommended preventive care, acute care, and care for chronic conditions.
Methods
We conducted a controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of electronic medical record (EMR) reminders, with or without panel management, on health care proxy designation, osteoporosis screening, and influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations in patients older than 65 years. Physicians were assigned to 1 of the following 3 arms: EMR reminder, EMR reminder plus panel manager, or control. We assessed completion of recommended practices during a 1-year period.
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ePractice EU
“The University Hospital of Getafe, a city in the south of Madrid metropolitan area, is conducting a research project in which geriatrics patients actively participate by means of telemedicine tools.
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Diario Médico
“El Servicio de Geriatría del Hospital Universitario de Getafe, en Madrid, ha puesto en marcha un proyecto de investigación basado en el uso de la telemedicina.
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Brian Edwards, iMedicalApps
“By 2020 it is estimated that 12 million elderly Americans will require long-term care and constant monitoring. This presents a tremendous opportunity for a company to develop a minimally invasive solution for monitoring patients outside of a clinical setting.
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