ClearCare has released a new feature that provides single-click employment screening. In a news release, the company explained that CareGuard is a new integration that represents months of R&D and countless calls, meetings, and focus groups with agency owners and staff to design the system. The caregiver’s information comes in via an online job application, […]
By Roger McManus, MBA (who has held several positions as Director of Strategic Relationships) First in an 8-part series Marketing — the process of telling people how great you are — is a well-established practice. “Inverse Marketing,” — just coming into play in a big way, thanks to ubiquitous social media — is the […]
By Tim Rowan Speaker applications accepted today through 5 PM EDT June 30 Arlington, VA — The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced its “Call for Speakers” for the 2016 CES, the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. Owned and produced by CEA, CES returns to Las Vegas, […]
By Tim Rowan Award-winning healthcare executive Bill Bassett has joined Delta Health Technologies as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing. As a member of senior leadership, Bassett will manage the overarching strategic vision related to the design and implementation of the company’s product direction and market strategy, with the specific goal of creating interest, […]
by Tamela Buhrke Imagine a technology development that went a step further than today’s remote patient monitoring systems, providing you with real-time patient data, 24/7. At a glance, you know when they take their medications or if they have a heart rate spike; you can keep tabs on whether they really did their exercises and […]
By Tim Rowan On many occasions, we at Home Care Technology Report have called home healthcare agencies or hospices to ask a question or request an interview. If we inadvertently call after 5:00 in the organization’s time zone, we get an operator at an answering service. More often than not, the person reveals by his […]
By Tim Rowan In the wake of two breaking news items — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently extended the deadline for providers to volunteer for ICD-10 end-to-end testing through May 22 (testing will occur July 20-24); and Representative Diane Black (R-TN) has introduced a bill that would spread ICD-10 implementation over 18 […]
Dear Tim: I am reading this morning’s Technology Report and have just one editorial comment. You make the statement about nurses using point-of-care systems, and improvements in these systems so that nurses (and therapists) don’t have to spend whole evenings completing the day’s paperwork. The real catch here is nurses doing the work at the […]
WASHINGTON – Friday, May 1, 2015 – It is raining bills on Capitol Hill with members in both the Senate and House introducing proposals to expand federal support for telemedicine. “Such action is unprecedented in the 22 years that ATA has been working with Congress,” said Jonathan Linkous, CEO of ATA. “These actions signify how […]
WASHINGTON – Monday, May 11, 2015 – The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has awarded its second Accreditation for Online Patient Consultations to HealthLinkNow, Inc., a fully-integrated online network of psychiatrists and therapists providing mental health services across multiple states. In its first five months of operation, nearly 300 organizations have registered for the ATA program. […]
