by Audrey Kinsella The Visiting Nurse Associations of America believes in the importance and effectiveness of Home Telehealthcare. I was convinced of this positive news within the first five minutes of my most recent interview with Tracey Moorhead, VNAA President and CEO. I spoke with her to dispel any doubts about home telehealth’s use and […]
Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods grows Koa hardwood trees. The Honolulu company keeps track of the 225,000 trees it has planted over the last four years by maintaining a database that contains detailed information about each tree. This is possible because the firm has tagged every tree with passive RFID tags that contain GPS coordinates, information […]
The Procura Group of Companies announced this week that its mobile healthcare solution has achieved a milestone, surpassing the supported delivery of 3.4 million patients visits. Additionally, the growth in mobile device use on the Procura platform is growing at a current pace of 1 million visits served every three months, forecasted to increase […]
Innovations combine high tech and high-touch to support personalized, responsive care CellTrak Technologies, Inc. recently rolled out a new mobile applications platform for home and community care. Already in use in the U.S., Canada and Europe in over 100 locations by more than 3,000 healthcare professionals, the new platform has delivered over 1 million […]
By Liz Seegert Liz Seegert continues her conversation with Tom Maxwell, Chief Strategy Officer for Homecare Homebase. Part 1 of the interview can be found here. HCTR: What’s on the horizon for Homecare Homebase? Maxwell: We’re continuing to develop tools and partnerships for our customers that will give them back an ROI. Our medication […]
A research team at Princeton University has developed a way to measure blood sugar using lasers. The Princeton team directed an IR quantum cascade laser at the palm of the patient’s hand, and the patients absorbed the laser’s light. The amount of light that the patient’s sugar molecules absorbed signified the amount of blood sugar […]
by Liz Seegert Craig Mandeville knew all he needed to know about home care software. Every night his wife would come home from work and describe at length her latest frustrations about her agency’s attempts to deploy a million-dollar software “solution.” He says he was “blown away” by one gaping hole in the expensive product’s […]
by Audrey Kinsella According to the Centers for Disease Control, 795,000 Americans suffer a stroke each year. Approximately 665,000 survive, though most with at least one disability. Stroke is therefore recognized as the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States. As rehab and treatment become more and more common outside institutional settings, […]
By Liz Seegert Despite proposed rule changes in face to face documentation, Tom Maxwell, chief strategy officer of Homecare Homebase thinks agencies can’t relax just yet — quite the opposite. Defensible documentation is vital. He shared some of his predictions about the state of the industry in the coming year with staff reporter Liz Seegert. […]
by John Reisinger Thank you for taking the time to consider the following comments on the 2015 Proposed Rule including CY 2015 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; and Survey and Enforcement Requirements for Home Health Agencies. There are several parts of the 2015 Proposed Rule that […]
