Technology solutions for senior wellness? Caregiver support?

Age technology, often shortened to AgeTech or agetech, is an emerging subset of the HealthTech sector that focuses on technology and innovation to improve the lives of older people.

Also known as Remote Patient Monitoring, Remote health monitoring is a method of healthcare delivery that uses the latest advances in information technology to gather patient data outside of traditional healthcare settings.

Predictive analytics is the process of learning from historical data in order to make predictions about the future (or any unknown).

For healthcare, predictive analytics will enable the best decisions to be made, allowing for care to be personalized to each individual.

Digital Health is becoming essential, especially for Seniors. As early baby boomers enter their 70s, the challenges and costs of providing health care to this large segment of the population are leading medical care institutions, insurance providers, and the government, to look into technology solutions.

The data collected from wearable tech is beneficial not only to healthcare professionals monitoring a patient but the person wearing the device. People are able to monitor their heart rate, their activity levels, and track daily trends. For seniors, wearables can even send alerts to take medicine and allow for more proactive care from caregivers.

HIE links doctors, hospitals, senior living communities, nursing homes, families, and caregivers who manage health records in the private sector and on the community level. The system connects healthcare providers nationwide through a secure network for accessing data and health records, regardless of what type of record-keeping system the providers use.