by Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, of Home Care Technology Report AlayaCare predicted that 2019 would be the year of caregiver engagement and home care agencies committed to this did differentiate themselves in their market. : Clinical care and personal care began to become one in the same affecting the role of the caregiver as […]
by Ann McCaughan Discusses father Harry’s new living situation, with Alzheimer’s Disease–and her role as a lifelong cardiac nurse and arranging for an assisted living placement for him. She notes that he was well cared for there–physically and emotionally but she found out that training she had put together for theLr staff had been overlooked. […]
by Tim Rowan, editor & publisher of Home Care Technology Report The compassion and expertise of hospice nurses is the stuff of legend. They seem to know what to say, when to say it, and when to simply be present and say nothing. Their loving treatment of grieving families comes not from a textbook but […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor and Publisher of Home Care Technology Report In mid-November 2019,QliqSOFT, a provider of HIPAA-compliant, clinical communication solutions, unveiled a home health nurse distress notification-enabled mobile care-delivery app. For more first hand details, go to see Visit Path, at the 2019 National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization conference. Visit Path is a […]
by Elizabeth Hogue, Esq, What Home Care Providers Need to Know About New Stark Rules On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued proposed rules that include significant changes in regulations under the so-called Stark Law. These changes are in the form of additional exceptions under the Stark Law. […]
by Darcey Trescone, RN, BSN Technology innovations are forever changing the way we practice nursing, regardless of care setting. As healthcare slowly moves into today’s technical world of predictive analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), nursing practice will benefit from the increased insight. The nurse will remain as a critical validation point, ensuring accuracy of the […]
by Michael McGowan Consider the lowly scribe. One person trained to write down what other people do and say. Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press eliminated the need for scribes in the 15th Century. Ironically, modern health information technology has resuscitated it, specifically, credit goes to the Electronic Medical Record. [McGowan lays the framework for reverting to […]
This article describes a riveting presentation by Dr. Bill Thomas provided at the recent first annual Honor SAGE conference. This was the product of four years traveling the country interviewing elders and their adult children. Dr.Thomas spent much time during his travels comparing young and old people and during his presentation told us us that […]
Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Smart phones are becoming standard equipment among home health nurses and in-home personal care workers. With these phones and their use come concerns about patient privacy, and preventing malware infections within the phones themselves. The chances of privacy being breached can be solved with administering […]
by Tim Rowan, editor & publisher of Home Care Technology Report On November 8, when CMS publishes the final rule, “CY 2020 Case-Mix Adjustment Methodology Refinements” in the Federal Register, home health providers will be half pleased. NAHC president Bill Dombi and other lobbyists managed to convince regulators to cut their so-called “behavioral adjustment” from […]
