The virtual Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit is just one month away! Register for this online event, to be held online Sept. 15-17, 2020, and attend special sessions on the ways COVID-19 and technology will revolutionize collaborative care.
CAST has also just released updates to its Shared Care Planning and Coordination Online Tool and a new CAST case study on containing COVID-19. This month we also look at a bill to strengthen social connectedness, a report on continuing telehealth expansions, new tech to prevent COVID-19, and a new venture capital firm.
Register for CCHIT Virtual Summit: Hear How COVID-19 & Tech Are Transforming Care
New needs brought by COVID-19 have paved the way for telehealth, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), and other technologies. Attend the Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit, held online Sept. 15-17, 2020, to learn how tech solutions can transform aging and collaborative care.
Register by Aug. 28, 2020, and you can take $75 off your registration with discount code TSAP2020! The offer is good for CAST members and non-members.
The Summit is 2020’s premier health IT conference for information technology leaders in the long-term and post-acute care sector (LTPAC). On behalf of LeadingAge CAST and the LTPAC Health IT Collaborative, I hope you will register for this outstanding conference. Don’t miss these sessions:
- Technology Innovation Keynote – The Future of Technology: Implications for Collaborative Care Post-COVID-19
- Telehealth Panel – Case Studies from the Trenches
- Federally Supported Interoperability Initiatives Panel: FHIR Accelerator Initiatives
- Market and Technology Trends
- The Role of Venture Capital in Catalyzing Innovation
CAST Updates Shared Care Planning and Coordination Tool
LeadingAge CAST has updated its Shared Care Planning and Coordination Online Tool, which can help you select the best shared care planning and coordination solutions for your organization. The additions include one new vendor, MahaloLife, and updated information on 13 products in both the product matrix and online selection tool.
This tool is one of eight LeadingAge CAST Technology Selection Tools, which provide hands-on resources that help providers understand, plan for, select, implement, and adopt the technology that best meets their needs.
New CAST Case Study: Containing COVID-19 with Resident Engagement Tech
Check out the newest LeadingAge CAST case study, which shows how LeadingAge CAST Supporter Caremerge and its digital engagement platform successfully supported a pandemic communications plan at two continuing care communities—and kept COVID-19 contained.
COVID-19 Social Connectedness Supplemental Funding Bill Introduced
A bill to provide emergency supplemental funding to programs that strengthen social connectedness and address the negative health effects of social isolation in the Older Americans Act (OAA) has been introduced in the Senate.
If you are looking to implement tech solutions that prevent loneliness, check out the LeadingAge CAST Social Connectedness and Engagement Technology Tool. You may also want to watch LeadingAge’s QuickCast on Social Connectedness & Engagement Through Technology, which CAST developed to help members during the COVID-19 crisis.
Report Recommends Ways to Preserve Expanded Telehealth
Telehealth has expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing Medicare beneficiaries’ access to healthcare services. Check out a new report that recommends ways to continue telehealth gains.
If you are considering implementing telehealth technologies at your organization, be sure to explore the LeadingAge CAST Telehealth and RPM Selection Tool. You may also want to watch LeadingAge’s QuickCast on Telehealth, Telemedicine, and Remote Patient Monitoring, which CAST developed to help members during the COVID-19 crisis.
UV Lights Installed to Prevent COVID-19
This month, three long-term care facilities will install a new technology to prevent COVID-19. See how they are using a type of ultraviolet light, far-UVC, to purify the air passing through their heating and cooling systems.
New Venture Capital Firm Focused on Aging Launches
A newly launched venture capital firm will invest in the older adult market. Primetime Partners will focus on seed and early-stage investments in products, services, technologies, and experiences for the aging, including older adults who are forming new companies.
Member News
This month, please join me to congratulate CAST members on new partnerships, achievements, and thought leadership roles.
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