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07 Mar: Atrium Health and Best Buy Health partner to improve experience when receiving care at home

MINNEAPOLIS and CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Mar. 7, 2023) — Atrium Health and Best Buy Health are combining their strengths to develop new hospital at home offerings that will enhance the patient experience of receiving hospital-level care in the home. The goal of the partnership is to enable providers to deliver high-quality care to patients in the comfort of their own homes, while helping reduce emotional and financial burdens on patients and caregivers.

This partnership takes advantage of Atrium Health’s leadership position in telemedicine, including a well-established hospital at home program, combined with a patient population of nearly 3 million people.

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03 Mar: A year in review: Best Buy Health

Technology is at the center of everything we do in our daily lives, and as that continues to be true, the role of technology within healthcare is becoming more important than ever before.

Today, consumers want to receive care in their own homes, and providers are rapidly looking for ways to incorporate digital tools into healthcare delivery to improve outcomes and experiences. That is where Best Buy Health comes in.

Best Buy Health enables care at home for everyone and to do that, we are focused on three key areas:

Wellness at home: offering the latest tech products to keep you and your family healthy.

Introducing The New Lively Health & Safety Packages blog

By Becca Lunt Company News

18 Oct: Introducing the new Lively health & safety packages

Best Buy Health’s goal is to enable care at home by building on our strengths in three focal areas, one of which is active aging. We are empowering an aging generation to live the life they want by delivering simple, human-supported health and safety solutions.

Last year, we launched our new Lively brand, which offers solutions to support adults who want to age independently at home, whether that be through our Jitterbug phones, our medical alert devices, our health & safety services or our offerings through Amazon Alexa and Apple Watch.

By Keegan Shoutz Company News

17 Oct: OTC hearing aids now available at Best Buy

Best Buy is making it more convenient than ever for the millions of Americans with mild to moderate hearing loss to get the products and support they need by offering over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids now on BestBuy.com and in nearly 300 Best Buy stores by the end of the month.

The expanded assortment of hearing devices at Best Buy now includes nearly 20 OTC hearing aids, personal sound amplification products (PSAPs), TV amplifiers and hearing accessories from some of the most trusted brands in the space.

By Keegan Shoutz Company News

27 May: Best Buy Health’s Lively emergency services now available on Alexa-enabled devices

Best Buy Health is making it easier to live safely and independently in your home with the availability to access Lively Urgent Response through compatible Alexa-enabled devices. This new capability provides users 24/7 support from a caring Lively Urgent Response Agent.

Starting now, customers can link their Lively and Alexa accounts together, giving them access to the Lively Urgent Response services with a simple voice command. Lively Urgent Response can be reached on a number of Alexa-enabled devices in the home, including Echo, Echo Show, Echo Dot, Fire TV Cube and Fire Tablet (when Show Mode is enabled).

By Becca Lunt Company News

15 Mar: Best Buy’s role in the future of aging at home: Deborah Di Sanzo at SXSW

Sure, the well-known South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival features concerts, art exhibitions and celebrities exploring Austin, Texas. But the real magic happens when industry leaders and speakers convene to discuss and debate challenges and share their perspective on the future of tech innovation.

This year, President of Best Buy Health Deborah Di Sanzo hit the stage to share how Best Buy is using technology to enable aging adults to live and thrive in the comfort of their homes.

A Panel of Industry-leading Experts

In the panel “There’s No Place Like Home: Scaling for the Future,” presented by Energizing Health, Deborah joined Hon Pak, chief medical officer at Samsung; Bill Hawkins, senior advisor at EW Healthcare Partners; and host Jisella Dolan, chief global advocacy officer at Home Instead.

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12 Oct: Best Buy to acquire Current Health to help make home the center of health

Best Buy has signed an agreement to acquire Current Health, a leading care-at-home technology platform that brings together remote patient monitoring, telehealth, and patient engagement into a single solution for healthcare organizations.

Bringing quality healthcare into the home has become an increasingly important part of the healthcare system, often allowing patients better access and quality of life while helping to reduce costs. This trend has accelerated the reliance on the consumer-friendly technology that Best Buy offers, allowing the company to play an even more crucial role in bringing virtual care to life.

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20 May: Best Buy Health introduces Lively Smart smartphone for the active aging community

Best Buy Health today introduced Lively Smart, its simplest smartphone yet. It’s designed to make it easier than ever for older adults to access the phone features they care most about, including one-touch access to Lively Health and Safety Services.

Lively Smart’s large 6.2-inch screen is designed for ease of use from the moment it’s turned on, helping users feel safe, healthy and connected to loved ones. The home screen features large, legible text and organizes key features into a single list, including the ability to get help in urgent and non-urgent situations, video chat, take photos and get directions.

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03 Mar: Best Buy Health offers Lively Health & Safety Services on Apple Watch for first time

Best Buy Health is helping to make it easier for older adults to stay safe, healthy and connected by offering a full array of health and safety services available on Apple Watch.

At home or on the go, Apple Watch users with the Lively app can get assistance from highly trained Lively Urgent Response Agents to get help in emergency and non-emergency situations. Agents can assist with everything from medical emergencies to sending help if a user has car trouble.

Plus, with the Live Agent Assist feature (coming soon), when Apple Watch detects a hard fall, Lively Agents will provide an extra layer of protection by calling users to make sure they’re OK and contacting family members if needed. Best

By Best Buy Lifestyle

15 Oct: Tech-savvy senior brings piano — and joy — to others

Herb Williams sits down at his piano, looks at the camera and starts to play. His fingers bound across the keys with a familiarity only eight decades can bring, then the 91-year-old posts the video on Facebook.

He’s repeated this scene nearly every day since COVID-19 sequestered people in their homes last spring. And he learned the skills from two Best Buy Canada Geek Squad Agents — as part of Best Buy Health’s Digital Citizen service.

Agents Rachel Sturm and Chadd Sine began teaching digital literacy skills to seniors a year and a half ago through a partnership that brings technology workshops and support to seniors at select Amica Senior Lifestyles residences in Canada.

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24 Sep: New Lively Flip Keeps Older Adults Connected

Best Buy Health today unveiled Lively Flip, a new, easy-to-use flip phone that’s designed to help older adults stay connected to family, friends and the health services they need.

The Lively Flip will be available in stores and online at Best Buy and Rite Aid later this month and at Walgreens in late October. It can also be purchased at GreatCall.com and through direct sales toll-free numbers.

The Lively Flip is the next evolution of the Jitterbug, designed to help older adults live their best possible lives. Voice services with Amazon Alexa are a new, enhanced feature that gives users the option to use their voice to make calls, write texts, check the weather and more. Users