The author profiles many new technologies, including the “most jaw-dropping new product” – instant med reconciliation, from MedSnap; “least jaw-dropping new product – new software vendor” – TruPointe; a noteworthy need for the home care and hospice patient audience: eFuneral, a web site that eases stress while grieving; several patient portals for aging persons who want to […]
by Liz Seegert Dave Chase is on a mission. The CEO of Avado, a small tech startup, is committed to helping providers use technology to improve patient engagement. “It’s the patients and family members that make the majority of the decisions,” he said. “They need to feel comfortable with information and choices.” The author provides […]
by Audrey Kinsella Last week’s 2012 NAHC Annual Meeting provided a cogent summary of home healthcare technology’s activities and progress, supporting the conference program’s cited need for the entrée of high-tech products for use by an “age wave of graying boomers.” Examples from Philips Home Health Solutions and Honeywell/HomMed are provided in this article.
Telehealth vendor Cardiocom introduced four new communication solutions, LinkView™, Attentiv™, NetResponse™ and TeleResponse™, to its telehealth platform at this week’s lightly attended NAHC Annual Meeting in Orlando. Details about each of these solutions and about the company itself are provided in this article.are provided in this article.
by H. Carol Saul Almost fifteen years ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) adopted a final rule requiring home health agencies (HHAs) to post surety bonds in the amount of $50,000, or 15% of the annual amount received from Medicare, whichever was greater. That regulation quickly faced opposition by Congress and by […]
HomecareCRM has announced that it will demonstrate new software features at next week’s NAHC Annual Meeting and will discuss an upcoming release of a native mobile app, for iOS and Android, for its customer relationship management software product. The company says the new app will complement its existing HTML 5 mobile offering. New features are indicated in […]
Aiming to help its customers produce better patient outcomes, Thornberry LTD has launched further enhancements to its automated care plan software. These latest additions to the documentation options within NDoc Care Pilot™ offer clinicians the ability to further customize patient care plans with specific statements tailored to an individual’s unique care needs, the company announced […]
Schaumburg, IL and Springfield, MO – CellTrak Technologies Inc. announced this week that they have executed a new patent licensing agreement for mobile applications with HEALTHCAREfirst. This article touches on the two companies’ relationships and plans to improve new applications for serving home health and hospice market and service needs.
According to Health Data Management, Allscripts is actively entertaining offers from private-equity firms for a leveraged buyout to take the healthcare IT company private. The Chicago-based hospital, physician practice and home healthcare software developer’s unexpected move followed two recent negative events–strife within the Board of Directors and failure to win a $302 million contract. Details […]
We asked HCTR readers last week to tell us whether their recent change from paper documentation to a clinical point-of-care system improved documentation time, left it about the same or lengthened it. The numbers are interesting (37.5% said shorter time; 50% said longer time; 12.5% said about the same) but the details you offered in the questionnaire’s comments section tell the whole story. Here are your quotes, without comment, editing only for grammar and clarity.
