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 […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home care Technology Report Cara Lunsford, RN, experienced the nursing shortage first-hand. Over more than eight years as an oncology nurse at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, she saw not only the most heartbreaking cases but also witnessed the burnout that can plague nurses when emotional stress is […]
Posts first appeared in Home Care Technology Report, 10/30/2019. Three companies: 1.SutureHealth SutureHealth, a medical software provider that currently offers SutureSign, the leading electronic signature network used by 7,000+ healthcare organizations across 30+ states supporting medical practices, health systems and post-acute providers (i.e. home health). In addition, it has launched a new brand and site […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report The Intel® NUC (Next Unit of Computing) is a Mini PC with a customizable board that accepts a wide variety of memory, storage, and operating systems. Built around Intel® Core™ processors, Intel® NUC Mini PCs with Windows 10 Pro deliver responsive performance for office […]
Cara Lunsford, RN, experienced the nursing shortage first-hand, over more than eight years as an oncology nurse at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. There she saw not only the most heartbreaking cases but also witnessed the burnout that can plague nurses when emotional stress is coupled with consecutive 12-hour shifts. And so, she set about […]
by Darcey Trescon, RN, BSN Technology innovations are forever changing the way we practice nursing, regardless of care setting. The ability to compile data from multiple sources and utilize algorithms to present content such as potential risks and potential disease trajectory of a patient enhances the role of the nurse and care team. This is […]
Nov; 1,2019 by Tim Rowan, Author and Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Founding of Bridgewater Senior Care Network in Cleveland, OH in 2017, is noted; and severee shortages of caregivers of elderly clients is highlighted. Molly Koenig, herself a former caregiver, describes the shortage, which she notes is even more difficlt because there is […]
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — October 8, 2019 — WellSky Corporation, a leading health and community care technology company, and ClearCare, Inc. a leading provider of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform used by personal care agencies, today announced that WellSky has signed an agreement to acquire ClearCare. With the addition of ClearCare, WellSky solidifies its position in […]
by Darcey Trescone, RN, BSN Recently, we caught up with Chris Attaya, VP of Product Strategy at Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP), to discuss utilization under PDGM and why this topic is key to an agency’s success. For clarity, we present Attaya’s insights below with our questions removed. The revenue changes from how agencies had been […]
