Dear HCTR Readers, I’m proud to tell you that I have been arrested by the Muscular Dystrophy Association and am going “behind bars” to help in the fight against muscle disease. The only way out of the MDA jail is to raise bail so I thought I would reach out to my faithful readers […]
Thanks again to everyone who participated in the Home Care Technology Report HIPAA compliance survey we ran from February 23 through March 26. The purpose of the survey was to gather information in a manner that would allow us to compare it to the Ponemon Institute Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and […]
Bayer HealthCare, a subsidiary of German-based Bayer AG, has quietly exited the U.S. home telehealth marketplace. Effective May 1, the international company sold Viterion TeleHealthcare to a newly-formed company that will be known as Viterion Corporation. The new company will receive investment and strategic support from NSD Co., Ltd., a Japan-based IT systems integrator, […]
Suture Health, Inc., provider of SutureSign, the new electronic signature network created by physician Michael Blackstone, announced on May 21 that the Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod, a member of Cape Cod Healthcare, has selected SutureSign to streamline care order processing. Details are provided in this article about this home health software’s advantages […]
Springfield, MO — May 7, 2013— McKesson Corporation has released McKesson Homecare™ v13.0, which the company describes as a “major advancement” in how homecare clinicians document treatment and develop care plans. According to a company news release, Version 13.0 incorporates evidence-based principles into the natural flow of a patient visit, helping to increase efficiency […]
Two companies featured in this week’s Vendor Watch are Procura Group of Companies, now working with CellTrak Technologies; and HomecareCRM. Westmont, IL — May 16, 2013 — The Procura Group of Companies and CellTrak Technologies announced that they have extended interface support to Procura’s Progresa Health Systems product line. As part of the interface […]
by Roger Shindell Thank you to everyone who participated in the Home Care Technology Report / Carosh Compliance Solutions Survey (the Survey) we ran from February 23 through March 26, 2013. The goal was to learn typical home healthcare and hospice practices to ensure patient health information privacy and keep data secure in order to compare […]
By Audrey Kinsella Health insurers covering alternate site telehealthcare for self-insured customers…an emerging trend? Reimbursement – or, rather, the lack of it – has long been the critical barrier impeding widespread use of alternate site telehealthcare, including services provided in the patient’s home. For more than a decade, home healthcare providers have cited Medicare’s refusal […]
by Scott R. Herrmann Since the inception of social media, access to global information from news sources and from family and friends has become pervasive and instantaneous. Facebook has become the #1 social media application in the world, followed closely by Google + and Twitter. Over 400 million people a day log into their […]
Often considered a population “too old” for computer-based communication tools, seniors were recently found to become more engaged when using electronic Personal Health Records, resulting in improved clinical outcomes. A recent study conducted with the cooperation of Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Parkview Physicians Group Cardiology issued a pre-populated PHR to approximately 200 cardiac patients, most […]
