Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 12/1/25
It’s been a bumpy couple of weeks. I have spent more time than I generally prefer in the patient, family, and caregiver role.
I hate to say that I saw mostly the bad and…
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Cera acquires robotics platform and scales home care robots
UK home care provider Cera has acquired robot technology platform GenieConnect and will scale the use of its home care robots following successful pilots.
Earlier this year, Cera began piloting the use of druid-like robots…
Teton.ai Secures $20M for Predictive AI Platform to Reinvent Elderly Care
What You Should Know:
– Teton.ai, the predictive intelligence company for modern healthcare, today announced a $20 million Series A fundraise.
– The round was led by Plural, which also led Teton’s seed round, with participation from Bertelsmann…
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CareSource ElderServe Health Partnership Expands Care
Partnership Overview
CareSource and New York-based ElderServe Health have successfully finalized their strategic affiliation, marking a significant milestone in the healthcare industry effective September 1st. This transformative partnership represents a major shift in how long-term…
Whistleblowers Allege UnitedHealth Defrauds Medicare, Endangering Elderly Patients
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What You Should Know:
– Two whistleblowers, represented by Whistleblower Aid, have produced significant evidence alleging that Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), is engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare…
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Evaluating compliance with HeatSuite for monitoring in situ physiological and perceptual responses and personal environmental exposure
Extreme heat events pose a significant health threat to vulnerable populations such as the elderly and those living with disease. Recent extreme heat events highlight that heat-related mortality often occurs indoors, urging a need…
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Australia taps Medibank’s Amplar Health for virtual aged care nursing trial
Amplar Health, a healthcare service group under ASX-listed private insurer Medibank, has been tapped as a key partner to the Australian government’s virtual aged care nursing trial.The Department of Health and Aged Care chose…
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You don’t want to flag every patient who has a risk factor. #preventivehealthcare
You don't wanna flag every patient who has a risk factor, right? When you're talking about kidney disease, every diabetic, hypertensive, obese, or elderly patient—that's more than half your population—has a risk factor. #digitalhealth…
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AI robots carry out 3,000 care visits a week for vulnerable people
Health tech firm Cera is using droid-like robots to carry out 3,000 care visits a week to elderly and vulnerable people in the UK.
The company said that it is working with social care providers…
EHR Frailty Index Predicts Elderly Health Outcomes
Innovative Risk Assessment Tool
Mass General Brigham researchers have developed an electronic frailty index that successfully identifies older adults at higher risk of adverse outcomes. This groundbreaking tool, detailed in the Journal of the American…
