Tag: telemedicine

How Technology Can Make Caregiving Easier!

“We’re seeing just a wonderful explosion, a huge number of innovations and devices that can treat conditions or take vitals in new ways,” says Todd Haedrich, CEO of Optimize Health, a Seattle-based company that bills itself as being devoted to simplifying remote care. “A lot of those devices that required a stand in a hospital …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/436020/latest-news/how-technology-can-make-caregiving-easier

Telemedicine: Do Americans Like It?

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

Telemedicine is the practice of medicine that uses technology to deliver care at a distance. A physician may be in one location while a patient is in another, who interact via telecommunications so that the doctor may deliver patient care remotely. People are asking, “Do Americans like it?” The short answer is yes! Recent studies …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/412490/technology-is-hip/telemedicine-do-americans-like-it

Telehealth Is A Growing Industry

Telemedicine has become a growth industry worth tens of billions of dollars. By 2025 the market for virtual doctors is expected to exceed $130 billion, reports the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. The numbers of remote doctor-patient visits have been increasing at extraordinarily high rates over the past several years. A Journal of the American …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/344861/boulder-county-latest-news/telehealth-growing-industry

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 …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.50plusmarketplacenews.com/7702/technology-is-hip/advances-telemedicine