Wearable tech shows promise in spotting falls among older adults at home, improving reaction time
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 01, 2024
A new technology may be able to boost reaction times to help older adults who fall at home get care more quickly.
Simple cognitive test and EMR tool boost dementia care actions in primary care setting, trial finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 07, 2024
A five-minute cognitive assessment test and an electronic medical record (EMR) decision-making add-on system improved dementia diagnosis and care, according to a clinical trial.
EHR tool boosts geriatric assessments, trial finds
By
Kristen Fischer
May 16, 2024
A team of scientists integrated a tool into an EHR platform and it improved geriatric assessments and clinician knowledge.
When there was greater use of telehealth during pandemic, there were more clinician encounters: study
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Kristen Fischer
May 15, 2024
High telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries during the pandemic was linked to more clinician encounters and ambulatory care–sensitive hospitalizations, per a JAMA Network Open study.
Study: Remote physiologic monitoring among Medicaid users skyrocketed from 2019 to 2021
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Kristen Fischer
May 10, 2024
From 2019 to 2021, remote physiologic monitoring via wearables and mobile apps grew more than 1,300% among Medicaid users, per a new study.
Geriatric practice EHR with team adoption better serves older adults, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
May 07, 2024
A new study highlights a program that changed an electronic health record (EHR) system for a primary care practice to support team-based care.
Coverage for Medicare’s e-visits still available, though few patients use service
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 16, 2024
E-visits, which drew expanded coverage during the pandemic still are available but not used often, a new study shows.
Hospices with higher assisted living volume had lower-quality scores, study shows
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 02, 2024
Hospice providers that served higher volumes of assisted living patient days had lower-quality scores, according to a new study.
EHR score can predict an older adult’s critical illness during primary care visit
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Kristen Fischer
Mar 12, 2024
A new risk assessment model delivered over electronic health records worked well to predict an older adult’s critical illness within a year of a primary care visit.
Wearable tech offers hope for spotting dementia-causing diseases
By
Kristen Fischer
Mar 11, 2024
Wearable technology that measures spatial navigation and gait could improve detection of diseases that cause dementia, according to a new study.