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Annual Healthcare Summit Provides Good News!

The annual “Healthcare In Your Future Summit” hosted by UC Health and Larimer and Weld county local Chamber of Commerce offices in November, consisted of major presentations by various healthcare industry leaders. Over 300 people attended the hybrid event. Jonas McKinley with UC Health provided opening remarks followed by Nikki Caputo (UC Health) and Shawna …

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IBM’s Watson Technology Helps Doctors

Bob Larson writes Technology is Hip coluumn via 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

by Bob Larson Seen recently on CBS TV’s 60 Minutes program, IBM has invested heavily in its Watson Artificial Intelligence (AI) business unit. It was created in 2014 with an estimated 10,000 workers. This started in 2011 when a team of IBM engineers and programmers created the Watson computer to challenge the smartest champions on …

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Advances in Telemedicine

Bob Larson writes Technology is Hip coluumn via 50 Plus Marketplace News for northern Colorado seniors

Compared to other industries, healthcare has been relatively slow to embrace new technology such as Telemedicine/Telehealth, according to medical experts. However, that is changing with more federal and state support in legislation to adopt more telemedicine/telehealth services. With over 324 million population in the U.S. per June 2016 Census Bureau data, people aged 65 and …

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From “Care” To “Seamless Continuity Of Quality Care.”

This is the vision of Sharing the Care Campaign an empowering organization with a mission to improve the lives of Northern Colorado community members, particularly older adults, by identifying and respecting informed choices, promoting best practice in medical reconciliation and chronic condition management and communicating essential information at every transition. Their membership is desirous and …

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