Technology

DFree Professional Health Tech Wearable Device for Incontinence in U.S. for Senior Care Facilities, Reduces Cost of Diapers and Caregiver Time

SAN DIEGO–Triple W, an innovator of connected health devices, has announced the availability of the professional version of DFree®, the first wearable device for urinary incontinence. DFree Professional is designed for use by hospitals, senior care facilities and in-home care agencies, to help manage the care of patients with bladder control issues. DFree …

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CarePredict Wins CTA Foundation Accessibility Award

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL–CarePredict, the leading digital health company for senior care, has been selected as one of the five companies to win the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation’s Accessibility Contest at CES 2019. The CTA Foundation is a national organization with the mission to link seniors and people with disabilities …

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Terrace Place at Vincentian to Feature K4Connect’s New Voice Integration for Residents

RALEIGH, NC, and PITTSBURGH–Vincentian Collaborative System, a CMS five-star rated non-profit health care and human services organization with ministries across Allegheny County, and K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, today announced a strategic partnership to deploy K4Connect’s smart …

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Somatix Launches ‘SafeBeing,’ a Wearable-assisted Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Solution Catering for the Needs of Growing Elderly Population

NEW YORK–Somatix®, a provider of a wearable-assisted, gesture detection RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) platform, today announced the launch of SafeBeing™, designed for passive monitoring of elderly individuals’ ADLs (Activities of Daily Living), such as sleeping, drinking, walking and medication intake, as well as real time alerting of falling and wandering. …

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Nursing Homes Improving Care by Adopting More Sophisticated Information Technologies, MU Study Finds

COLUMBIA, MO–Nursing homes are adopting new information technologies and seeing quality of care improve as a result, including significant decreases in urinary tract infections, patients reporting moderate to severe pain and patients with new or worsened pressure ulcers, according to new research from the University of Missouri. Health care providers …

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