by Audrey Kinsella Now that the holiday gift-giving season is upon us, I’m reminded of an illuminating keynote speech on the value of wearable technology, presented at last year’s Partners Health Symposium by Dr. Robert Pearl, Executive Director and CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (see “Kaiser MD Prefers Using New Technologies to Provide […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Clinicians new to home care as well as seasoned veterans have much to learn from “Home Care Nursing: Surviving in an Ever-Changing Care Environment,” published by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Indianapolis ($49.95). Tina Marrelli, MSN, MA, RN, FAAN, […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report This seems to be happening more and more often lately. Investigators and auditors working for Medicare’s four Zone Program Integrity Contractors cite an error of care — or documentation of care — and demand repayment from a healthcare provider. Upon appeal, the payment is […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report. According to a December 3 news release from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, a recent study has demonstrated that weekly telephone contact with a nurse can substantially reduce hospital re-admissions for high-risk patients. Dr. Amy Kind is the lead […]
By Stephen Tweed, CEO of “Leading Home Care,” a consulting, research and publishing firm serving the Private Duty Home Care industry The 2016 Home Care CEO Leadership Study is coming to a close. If you have not yet completed the online leadership assessment, you have until December 31, 2016 to be part of this […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, Home Care Technology Report Whenever a new administration moves into the White House, it brings advisers, cabinet members and staffers to replace those appointed by the previous President. Even when the incoming ideology is 180 degrees from the one it is replacing, it takes time for the thinking of […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report [Rowan presents a very long list of discrepancies in and challenges to the pre-claim requests (PCR) provided by Palmetto Government Benefits Administrators [PGBA]. The lack of thoroughness demonstrated by the PGBA reviewers are noted in detail. Most disturbing about these reviews, Rowan notes, […]
SUNNYVALE, CA — November 21, 2016 — Pathways Home Health and Hospice became the first home health, palliative care, hospice and private duty organization in the San Francisco Bay Area to adopt Epic’s electronic health record system (EHR). A company news release announcing the decision indicated that this will connect them “to the largest group of hospitals and physicians […]
by Danielle Strachan-Scott, of the London, England home care agency, The Good Care Group, producers of an award winning guide: “Dementia: Through Their Eye.,” The Good Care Group is an award-winning, London home care agency. As a public service, the company has produced “Dementia: Through Their Eyes,” a free, 15-page guide on how to deliver […]
by Audrey Kinsella, Telehealth Reporter, Home Care Technology Report I remember it as though it were yesterday. It was the great Gene Tischer, former Executive Director of the Home Care Association of Florida, who taught me a memorable lesson years ago, as he did many audiences large and small over the years. An audience member […]
