In September, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center’s Multidisciplinary Center on Aging in Aurora hosted the 26th annual Rocky Mountain Geriatrics Conference & Community Research Symposium. The two-day event began with an introduction by Dr. Vineet Chopra, Chair for Anschutz’s Dept of Medicine and Dr. Cari Levy, Chair of Anschutz’s Division of Geriatrics. Ms …
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Jun 27 2022
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 …
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Dec 13 2021
Telehealth for Medicare Users
In November, the Colorado Gerontological Society held a virtual online seminar on “Using Telehealth for Medicare Users.” Telehealth is the virtual service of providing medical care for patients remotely using either the telephone or Internet video services. In rural areas, only telephone service may be available. However, in towns or cities, video services are available …
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Aug 25 2020
VA Offers Multiple Remote Connect Services
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered the daily lives of veterans across the country. This includes how they are connecting with their Veterans Administration (VA) health care teams. One of the most popular tools veterans are using to connect with their VA health care teams is VA Video Connect. That program lets veterans connect by …
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Mar 03 2020
New Technologies for Veterans
Veterans are living in an era of communications miracles. Telehealth is a tool Veterans Affairs (VA) uses to consult remotely with rural patients. They’re even teleconsulting to prepare transitioning Veterans for employment outside the Armed Forces. But telehealth isn’t just a high-tech phone call as They are also diagnosing patients remotely. For example, diabetes is …
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Sep 07 2016
Advances in Telemedicine
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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