Calif. nonprofit launches eHealth pilot for older adults

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | EMR/EHR

The Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing, a Burbank, Calif.-based nonprofit, is launching a year-long project to leverage health IT to facilitate access to care for underserved and low-income older adults at affordable housing communities, community health clinics and other institutions in a Los Angeles neighborhood.

Utilizing EHRs, brain fitness software, video conferencing and health kiosks with peripherals, the Model eHealth Community for Aging project seeks to empower providers to extend existing business models and services to create a coordinated and comprehensive ecosystem of health and wellness resources, accordign to an announcement.

“In an attempt to close the gap between access to health and wellness services and underserved older adults, the project will bring innovative technological solutions to enhance digital literacy, increase access to resources and help older adults proactively manage their own wellbeing,” according to the nonprofit.

Find more information here.

 

Laura Pedulli

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