Best Buy scoops up GreatCall from private equity firm for $800M
Private equity firm GTCR originally acquired GreatCall, which provides products like the "Jitterbug" phones for seniors, last year.
Best Buy is looking into healthcare with an eye toward seniors
During an earnings call last week, CEO Hubert Joly said the company is testing a service called Assured Living that utilizes tech to help older people stay healthy while at home.
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MedCity News Pivot Podcast: How Emergency Departments Are Using Real-Time Data to Improve Outcomes
How can AI benefit and improve patient outcome in the emergency department? Watch the latest episode to find out.
Can passive remote patient monitoring sensors move the cost needle for seniors aging in place?
The results of the 278-participant study published this month in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests the sensors and accompanying alerts can reduce hospitalizations and custodial care,
Digital health startups: Don’t overlook the senior market
So many digital health entrepreneurs have zeroed in on chronic conditions and wellness, but they should be giving more thought to developing products with seniors in mind.
Connected health and safety business for seniors, GreatCall, finds exit door in private equity deal
GreatCall's personal emergency response services was one factor in GTCR's acquisition of the business.
How music therapy and balance training entrepreneurs seek to help the aging population
Behavioral health startup SingFit and balance training business Nymbl Science are among the digital health companies included in the eBook 50+ Innovation Leaders, presented by AARP and selected by MedCity News readers.
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RCM Outsourcing: Balancing Human Expertise & Smart Technology
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
Aging 2.0 Chief Elder Officer’s plea for designers and investors to consider seniors’ wants and needs
June Fisher of Aging 2.0 also said many investors don't seem to understand the needs of the aging market or they "lack imagination".
Hometeam raises $27.5M to expand professional caregiver matchmaking service
Lux Capital, IA Ventures, and Recruit Strategic Partners, which took part in a Series A round for the company last year, also participated.
Medicare Advantage members achieve 8.7 percent body weight loss in Omada Health-Humana trial
Omada Health CEO Sean Duffy views the results as further evidence that even technology challenged seniors can successfully use digital health tools to improve their health.
White House aging conference: Don’t assume seniors are technophobic
IT developers, don't assume that seniors are anti-technology or even technophobic.
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Esperion Sets Its Sights on New Areas While Maintaining Commitment to Cardiovascular Health
In a recent interview, Esperion president and CEO, Sheldon Koenig talks about the reality of statin intolerance and his company’s expansion into new diseases
Innovation challenge for senior mobility hopes healthcare professionals tap their inner inventor
A North Carolina innovation forum has kicked off an eight-week campaign to find ideas to help seniors remain mobile and independent. Although the senior market represents a potentially large market opportunity, there’s been growing interest in sourcing workable ideas to help seniors age in place that go beyond remote monitoring devices. Edison Nation Medical is […]
Smartwatch CEO: They may not want a Fitbit, but seniors don’t want tech that screams ‘I’m old and out of control’
A digital health company has developed a hi-tech smartwatch for seniors that uses GPS and Bluetooth technology to make sure seniors get help when they’ve fallen or need medical attention. It also acts functions as a medication reminder and navigator if users lose their way. Serial entrepreneur Jean Anne Booth the co-founder and CEO of […]
States grapple with how to rein in healthcare costs for an aging population of prisoners
Providing health care to an aging prison population is a large and growing cost for states. Not only do inmates develop debilitating conditions at a younger age than people who are not incarcerated, but caring for them in the harsh environment of prisons is far more expensive than it is on the outside. Of the […]
In Medicare pilot project, some patients don’t have to choose between palliative care or treatment
Diane Meier is the director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, a national organization that aims to increase the number of palliative care programs in hospitals and elsewhere for patients with serious illnesses. Meier is also a professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York […]
CMS experiment tests the impact of eliminating ‘observation care’ penalties
Medicare officials have allowed patients at dozens of hospitals participating in pilot projects across the country to be exempted from the controversial requirement that limits nursing home coverage to seniors admitted to a hospital for at least three days. The idea behind these experiments is to find out whether new payment arrangements with the hospitals […]