From innovative connected care platforms to the Internet of Things, telehealth is showing today’s seniors (and tomorrow’s soon-to-be seniors) how they can live out their golden years in their own homes.
The projected surge in Baby Boomer seniors, combined with an overtaxed healthcare system running short on doctors and nurses, is helping to put the focus on telehealth and mHealth solutions that improve care coordination and management.
“The way that people age is changing,” Jo Ann Jenkins, chief executive officer of the AARP, said at a 2016 connected health conference hosted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
