Our August 22 weekly survey asked you to tell us what you would ask Barack Obama and Mitt Romney if they were to take questions when they appear at this October’s NAHC Annual Meeting. Good answers. We print the best of them here.
CellTrak Technologies, Inc. announced on Monday that the Schaumburg, Illinois cellular point-of-care developer has added Andrew (Andy) Bezaitis to its executive leadership team as Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting directly to company President and CEO Michael K.Wons. Global-focused product and service delivery responsibiilties that Bezaitis will undertake, and his well established credentials, are described in […]
On August 14, 2012, Motion Computing rolled out the next-generation of its F5 and C5 Series tablet PCs for health care and other industries. Although the specifications appear the same, the F5t is marketed mainly in field service industries and the C5t in health care. These new models ship with Windows installed and start at […]
by Liz Seegert With one political convention wrapping up this week and another beginning Monday, we assigned staff writer Liz Seegert to study the published platforms of each party and analyze how home care and hospice would be affected if the Medicare sections of either platform were to become law. First up, the Republican Party […]
When CMS announced last week that it had given in to the strong concerns of “some provider groups” and delayed the deadline for ICD-10 compliance one year to October 1, 2014, it did not mention the American Medical Association (AMA) but the inference was there for the taking. (Click here for the complete CMS statement.) […]
After using homecare technologies for clinical and scheduling needs for several years, Caring Hospice Services wanted to further automate in order to reduce paperwork and mileage reimbursement expenses. CFO Betty Jennings said they selected the new point-of-care visit manager solution from CellTrak™ and implemented it on Sanyo Pro GPS and LG Optimus enabled phone devices, […]
ContinuLink, LLC has introduced a new, 45-minute webinar focusing on what the company calls PSS, for “Poor Software Selection,” a rampant condition, ContinuLink says, among Home Care agencies. A range of signs and symptoms of PSS are indicated in this article, and will be covered in the seminar, schedule for presentation on August 30, 2:00EST- […]
By Cindy Campbell, RN, BSN “As we move to patient-centered care, our challenge is to use technology to reduce the work of being sick…” One of the most popular presentations at last month’s Healthcare Unbound conference in San Francisco was delivered by home care nurse, executive and consultant Cynthia Campbell, RN, BSN. A longtime home […]
Delta Health Technology President & CEO Keith Crownover has been named to the advisory board of the 2013 Home Care & Hospice LINK event, a two-and-a-half-day gathering for executive teams in homecare and hospice to exchange ideas, solve critical business issues and develop relationships. Other board members include Ed Buckley, President & CEO of Select […]
Five years ago, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ordered CMS to stop using Social Security numbers on Medicare cards. According to a new report and testimony to Congress by the General Accounting Office (GAO), CMS has not gotten around to complying yet. Details about how CMS intends to correct this oversight and the […]
