By Tim Rowan, editor & publisher of Home Care Technology Report On your last visit to a restaurant on a busy Saturday night, did the hostess hand you one of those pagers that lights up like a tiny UFO to let you know your table is ready? Or did she ask for your cell number? […]
SAN DIEGO – April 25, 2017 – ResMed (NYSE: RMD) today unveiled its AirMini™, the world’s smallest CPAP machine – a game-changer for people with sleep apnea. Designed for travel, AirMini packs ResMed’s clinically proven CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) technology along with its comfort and ease-of-use features into a sleek, portable, pocket-sized device ideal […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report For a Medicare-certified home health agency, falling out of regulatory compliance regarding timeliness of claim submission is a constant threat. When the agency is at fault, remedies might be available through improved operational procedures. When the cause of the delay is completely out of […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report In the middle of a busy 3-day conference, VNAA CEO Tracey Moorhead took time to speak with Home Care Technology Report editor Tim Rowan for a few minutes to unpack the meaning of her April 19 announcement of the formation of “ElevatingHOME,” a member-driven […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — April 19, 2017 —ClearCare, the San Francisco-based provider of a SaaS and mobile software platform for home care agencies, today announced the acquisition of HomeTrak, a pioneer in private duty home care software solutions. [Details about this acquisition and the two companies’ principals’ positive response to this partnership are provided in […]
San Diego, California — April 19 — The Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) announced the launch of ElevatingHOME, a new 501(c)6 organization that brings together America’s home-based care providers to advocate for high-quality, affordable home care. ElevatingHOME will unify the myriad voices of home-based health care and reposition as the center of health […]
by Audrey Kinsella, Telehealth Reporter, Home Care Technology Report The “Transitions Advanced Illness Management Program” is a pre-hospice, at-home, pallative care program developed at San Diego’s Sharp Health Care in 2007. It was developed to help avoid urgent care visits and hospitalizations by persons living with advanced COPD, CHF, dementia, and other progressive diseases. Transitions […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor and Publisher Talks have been continuing for a number of years about what can best be described as concern over the image of the U.S. healthcare segment we call Healthcare at Home. Specifically, there is concern over how that segment is represented before Congress, regulatory agencies, and the press, and how […]
HAMDEN, Conn., April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Simione Healthcare Consultants has joined forces with the nation’s premier talent acquisition firm dedicated to the home care and hospice industry through its acquisition of and longstanding partnership with Exact Recruiting Solutions, Inc., of Trinity, Florida. The agreement combines two leading organizations with more than 60 years of […]
Home Care Technology Report CARY, NC — April 5, 2017 — Relias Learning, a trusted partner in online analytics, assessments, and learning for the healthcare market, today announced the acquisition of Boston-based Advanced Practice Strategies (APS). APS provides deep, clinical assessment-driven training to physicians and nurses in the Obstetrics and Emergency Medicine departments of the […]
