The author provides a personalized letter to his subscribers and readers in which he sends good wishes for 2013 and a heartfelt reminder to: “Never forget that the career you have chosen contributes to the entire nation’s well-being. ” And for this feat, he urges each of them to: “Take a moment to pat […]
The long Allscripts saga is finally over. This article describes the longstanding difficulties leading to the resignation of Allscripts’ CEO Glen Tullman on December 19, 2012.
According to a report in a Detroit business journal, two Michigan VNAs have been sold to King’s Pointe Capital LLC, a Toledo investment group. VNA of Southeast Michigan and Visiting Nurse Home Support, affiliate corporations of Oak Park-based nonprofit Visiting Nurse Association Inc. have been in operation since 1898. Details about these sales and the […]
by Robert Moretta Jr., MBA (cand.) The United States is in the early stages of a demographic shift as the percentage of elderly citizens steadily increases, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Home health care agencies should anticipate this shift by taking the initiative to better prepare themselves for the expected influx of new […]
by Audrey Kinsella Philips Lifeline has introduced a free mobile app to help caregivers track care provided to elders living at home. Unlike other such tracking systems we have recently profiled, Philips’ CarePartners Mobile App has no pre-set “to-do” lists specifying task to be completed for elders’ various needs. In this regard, it appear to […]
On December 13, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions filed a lawsuit in civil court against the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), asserting that the 14-hospital public system improperly awarded a $302.8 million electronic medical-record system contract to Epic Systems Corporation, which also is named as a defendant. HHC disputes the assertions in the […]
By Audrey Kinsella In addition to the hands-off, low-touch medical devices we saw in October at the recent Connected Health conference (see HCTR, 11/28/12, “New Tools Help Patients Self-Manage Health, Chronic Conditions”), other vendors demonstrated devices that were somewhat more, shall we say, in your face. Avatars and Robots There is a new breed of […]
Based on a story from Reuters, the Chicago Tribune is predicting that Blackstone Group LP is the likely winner of what it calls an auction to become the primary investor to take Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. from a public to a private company. Forward movement on any such deal, however, has been stalled, Blackstone […]
This article indicates some of the key predictions for healthcare change in this country by several seminal thinkers, such as Donald Berwick, former CMS administrator. What changes will “work” or not in the next years of the Obama Administration are identified and discussed.
