Since the start of our company in 2011, we made the choice to ban specific country-of-origin systems because of the risk of state-supported malware.

Several years ago, it looked like the profession of fitness watches and sensors was heading toward the perfect senior tool to keep them independent and healthier.

Widespread hands-on access to AI is the latest fad, but it won't fade away.

Working from home is an easy target since employees and contractors often use their own devices.

AI sounds good and frightening. Most of that is a theoretical issue, for now.

Both the type and severity of security threats to facilities continue to grow.

Marketplace has a podcast out talking about a new AI system from Care AI. It is a platform that provides the ability for a remote nurse to be in patients' rooms and speak to and see them. What this system does is take over the non-critical but observational tasks with patients in a facility, freeing up the in-person nurses to do the essential hands-on care.

Ransomware has been the bane of hospitals in recent years.

Experts analyzing common activity watch data found it to be more reliable than a lab test.

Amazon is trying to fill the gap between over-the-counter and little things that require more consultation but not a full medical appointment and office visit.

I remember purchasing hearing aids for my father-in-law in the 1990s.

I've been writing for a while about activity watches, and more broadly, wearables, and their advantages for monitoring the elderly and those who need watching but aren't in life-threatening medical situations.

I love Freakonomics Radio and have been listening for about a decade.

Even Microsoft gets seriously compromised.

I've been advocating for activity watches for years.

A great video explainer on the current state of tech and impacts on health information.

I often make things too complicated.

I've been working from home continuously since 2001—sporadically even before that.

This is one of the first well-focused concepts in elder tech (did I just invent that term?)

Sedentary seniors only need a small connection to make a big difference in their lives.