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mHealth grants worth $477K aimed at improving care for chronically ill

Five one-year grants worth a total of more than $477,000 were awarded by the Center for Technology and Aging to organizations to help determine best practices for using mobile healthcare technologies

Mobile technologies could help slash hospital readmission rates

Unplanned hospital readmissions cost Medicare $17.4 billion a year, and as many as 76 percent of these events are preventable, says the Center for Technology and Aging, citing a 2009 study in the New

Center for Technology and Aging awards $500,000 in home-monitoring grants

The Center for Technology and Aging, an Oakland, Calif.-based organization that seeks to improve the quality of home- and community-based care for seniors, has awarded $500,000 in grants to test

60 apply for Center for Technology and Aging remote-monitoring grants

The Center for Technology and Aging, Oakland, Calif., says it has received 60 applications for a planned $500,000 in grants to demonstrate how remote patient monitoring technologies can reduce

Group offers $500,000 in grants to disseminate remote monitoring technology

Monday in FierceHealthIT, we reported that the Center for Technology and Aging awarded its first set of grants to support dissemination of information technology. Now we learn that the Oakland,

Aging group awards first IT grants to support medication adherence

The Center for Technology and Aging, an Oakland, Calif., organization dedicated to helping improve the quality of home- and community-based care for seniors, has, for the first time, awarded grants

Report: Wireless technologies needed to improve medication adherence

Smart pill bottles, smartphone apps to manage medication regimens, wireless point-of-care testing devices, portable electronic pill dispensers and other new technologies could help save thousands of

Report: Remote monitoring shows great potential in chronic, elder care

Remote patient monitoring is among seven technologies with great potential to improve care of chronic conditions, reduce healthcare costs and maximize the independence of older adults, according to a