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Thammasat University Hospital taps NEC Thailand to digitise elderly care

Healthcare It News

Thammasat University Hospital is embarking on a digital transformation of its elderly care service. WHY IT MATTERS Thammasat Thammarak Center, the elderly care arm of Thammasat University Hospital, provides geriatric services, including OPD, daycare, rehabilitation, long-term care, intermediate care and palliative care.

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NEC expands digital elderly care system trial to Chiang Mai

Healthcare It News

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The municipality of Chiang Mai and NEC Thailand recently signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of smart city solutions, including smart hospital technologies to support its provision of elderly care.

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NYC elder care provider using FCC funds for telehealth, protecting seniors from COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Social distancing is a key factor in reducing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and tele-visits can be a safe and secure means for providers to deliver certain types of care for their patients. " Lorraine Breuer, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation. ” MARKETPLACE.

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Struggles Over Care Will Shape the Future of Work

Bill of Health

The future of work and of aging will be shaped by struggles over care from both giving and receiving ends, perhaps against those profiting in between. spread between nursing homes. These facilities, like most nursing homes, are for-profit businesses that pad their margins by cutting labor costs.

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AWS announces healthcare workforce accelerator cohort

Healthcare It News

A "BedSense" App provides insights into the needs of memory care and nursing home residents. A digital triage and consultation platform for use across primary and emergency care. Sensor-based monitoring of activity patterns to help support elder care and specialty care. IoT Solutions Group.

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Silver Tsunami: Rise of Tech-Enabled Senior Home Care

HIT Consultant

As a trusted partner in the healthcare community, my team and I are always working to help our clients provide the best care to the “Silver Tsunami” — the rapidly growing elderly population that requires care. The idea of leaving their homes for institutional care often feels jarring.

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Changing Hands, Not Washing Them: CMS’ First Report on Nursing Home M&A Data

C&M Health Law

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released data —for the first time—reporting on mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, and changes of ownership of Medicare enrolled hospitals and nursing homes over the past six years.