Equitable AI isn’t an aspiration; it’s an absolute necessity, particularly for the millions of older Americans who remain unseen within the current frameworks and miss out on algorithmic benefits such as risk profiles and early interventions for certain diseases.
People are living longer and this growing patient population needs innovative treatments tailored to the needs of aging bodies, which is why clinical research must include elderly patients.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Older adults — especially those with a psychiatric comorbidity or uncontrolled pain — have a higher suicide rate compared with younger adults with the highest rate among males ages 65 and older.
The federal government needs to increase its oversight over private Medicare health plans to make sure seniors have adequate access to doctors and hospitals, according to a report released this week by congressional auditors. The General Accountability Office study found the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which administers Medicare Advantage plans, primarily relies on […]
Medicaid expansion = good for seniors, an AARP study finds.
Caremerge serves more than a hundred senior living facilities with mobile and web tools to help them communicate and coordinate care. Lively is a startup that uses sensors and algorithms to detect changes in seniors’ daily behaviors that could indicate that something’s wrong. Together, they’re hoping to give senior care providers a better way to […]
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
Sensors and apps designed for seniors and their caretakers may be able to detect when falls occur, but Dr. Yonatan Manor wanted to take that a step further. He assembled a team of doctors and engineers to prototype a smart shoe that they think might be able to prevent falls when they’re about to occur. […]
At first thought, seniors and digital health technology don’t exactly seem to go hand-in-hand. For some of the 65+ population, just learning to use a computer can be like learning a foreign language, and less than 20 percent of U.S. seniors use a smartphone. But Dr. Wen Dombrowski, CMIO and vice president for connected health […]
#GivingTuesday is next week, 12/3! Consider a gift of time, energy, money, or simple kindness. http://t.co/8AsorDSFgk pic.twitter.com/W8JBjMFMRF — VT Community Fdn (@VermontCF) November 26, 2013 Now that you’ve scooped up all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, it’s time to open your wallet for a good cause. Everyone from the 92nd Street Y […]
This graph is a good visual depiction of how aging baby boomers, advances in technology and shifts in the way healthcare is delivered under reform may influence jobs in the healthcare sector. In a Labor Day article, PBS directed us to interesting data published last year by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Occupational […]
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Two years ago, Dorothy Holmes, then 75, was in the cozy pink bathroom of her mobile home getting ready to shower when she fell. It's the type of accident that's pervasive among older Americans - and it's often the very thing that triggers the end of in...
None of us wants to face it, but our chances of needing a caregiver when we're older are pretty high – about two of out every three older Americans need help with "routine daily activities, such as eating, bathing, dressing, paying bills, and pre...
Medicare patients' chances of being admitted to the hospital or kept for observation depend on what hospital they go to -- even when their symptoms are the same, notes a federal watchdog agency in a report to be released today, which also urges Medicar...
The Commission on Long-Term Care held its first meeting Thursday on Capitol Hill with some members acknowledging that their late start adds to their challenges in offering Congress recommendations on how to finance the expensive services for seniors an...
A year ago, Bernard Belisle was in a bad way. Pain throbbed in his legs all day, every day, and he was angry and irritable much of the time. Then, he enrolled in a novel study on preventing depression in older adults at the University of Pittsb...