Everyone knows that sending an email is as secure as sending a postcard through the mail. Anyone who wants to read your “Having a great time, wish you were here” message can do so with impunity and anonymity. In healthcare, however, the content of email messages is usually more personal, more revealing, and more, well, […]
According to reports in the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets, Kindred Healthcare Inc. (KND:NYSE) finally found a big enough diamond to convince Gentiva Health Services Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIV) to put the ring on its finger. It will not be a long engagement; Gentiva shareholders are expected to approve the proposal in time for […]
by Audrey Kinsella Partners Healthcare’s “Center for Connected Health” is sponsoring its 11th annual conference and, as this year’s title indicates, it is made-to-order for a home healthcare audience. “Connected Health in Practice: Engaging Patients and Providers Outside of Traditional Care Settings” runs October 23-24 in Boston. Program details are available at: http://symposium.connected-health.org/agenda/2014.Organizers’ notes about […]
There are two new vendor announcements this week: 1) BioSensics (Cambridge, MA) announced its ActivePERS™, an advanced personal emergency response and telemonitoring solution for seniors; and 2) Royal Philips (Andover, MA) announced that its eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion telehealth applications have received 510(k) clearance from the FDA. More details about both of these announcements are included in […]
The Procura Group of Companies has announced the delivery of a Human Resources Documentation framework for home care, community care, and hospice providers. A company news release stated that the system was designed to support an organization’s most valuable resource, its people. The framework provides a means to incorporate virtually any form of document as […]
A disturbing number of home health providers has grown so frustrated with Veterans Administration physicians failing to sign critical documents that they have elected to discontinue providing services to veterans. According to a survey jointly conducted by Home Care Technology Report and SutureHealth, 6.7% of respondents currently refuse to accept VA patients and 8.7% will […]
Consider the Conversation 2: Stories about Cure, Relief, and Comfort – a moving and provocative film from Wisconsin-based social entrepreneurs and independent filmmakers Terry Kaldhusdal and Michael Bernhagen – was among the 2013-14 Emmy® nominees announced by the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at a ceremony held on September […]
According to reports from Kelly Gilblom and Caroline Chen in Bloomberg News, John N. Frank in Modern Healthcare, and Susan Levine and Arthur Allen in Politico, the Dallas hospital treating the nation’s first case of Ebola is blaming a flaw in its EMR system for allowing Thomas Eric Duncan to be discharged on September 25 […]
Do home care agencies make a profit, break even, or lose money caring for veterans? Stories have been surfacing recently across the country about growing numbers of full episodes of care that were never reimbursed and had to be taken as a loss. These are cases where the patient was referred to the home care […]
