Aging In Place Technology Watch May 19, 2021
Laurie Orlov

For wearables to be useful to older adults, some barriers need to be overcome. As has been the case with other technology innovations that can provide great benefit to seniors, the value of wearables may be great for older adults — especially when personalized to the characteristics and needs of an individual. However, the implementation and/or data integration may be lacking. And there may be significant concerns about being tracked or where the data resides. Reviewing the impediments to this useful category actually being adopted — these may include:

Usability of the data. What stands between the data from a wearable and its use by providers ? The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is one of the big barriers – to...

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Topics: Digital Health, Patient / Consumer, Technology, Wearables
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