Are you familiar with the LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) and how it can benefit you?
Majd Alwan, Ph.D., executive director of CAST and SVP of Technology at LeadingAge, was quoted in a recent Los Angeles Times article on sensor technology, called “Aging under a high-tech eye.”
Voice-command technology is a new trend in senior living, important for its financial and clinical implications, according to a Feb. 27, 2017, article in Senior Housing News. In fact, says “The 21st Century Senior Living Community: Residents Speak, Tech Delivers,” major providers consider voice technology to be critical to residents’ convenience, comfort, and health.
Today’s wearable technology has come a long way since the days of the pedometer. It can not only monitor activity trends, but also predict adverse health events, says new research.
A recent study shows telehealth can lower healthcare costs and hospitalization rates for patients with multiple chronic conditions.
K4Connect to Implement Connected-Life Platform at The Cardinal
CAST Business Associate K4Connect is implementing K4Community in 225 residents' apartments at The Cardinal at North Hills, a Kisco Senior Living community in Raleigh, NC. The Cardinal is the Triangle region's only full-service continuing care retirement community.
Retirement communities are the perfect environment in which to test devices that will help older adults, says a recent article in the New York Times.
In communities throughout the nation, residents are testing new technology for companies like OhmniLabs that are looking to solve issues like isolation, loneliness, and lack of caregivers for older adults with devices such as a telepresence robot.
The 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law on December 13, 2016, included several measures to encourage health IT interoperability and Electronic Health Records (EHRs) certification. Former President Obama issued several rules that would prompt the act's implementation. In response to the White House's directive, under President Trump, for a 60-day regulatory freeze on all new and pending federal regulations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has withdrawn certain rules affecting the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).
Check out this news from LeadingAge Member be.group, LeadingAge and CAST Member Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber, and CAST Business Associates MatrixCare, and Systems Engineering.
Majd Alwan was quoted in a recent Senior Housing News article on the benefits of hiring a chief information officer.
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