Depression can be a significant indicator of a home healthcare patient’s risk for premature rehospitalization. Until now, however, recognizing depression and developing treatment plans have not been within the skill set of the typical home care nurse. A series of four studies funded by the National Institutes of Health and conducted by Cornell University […]
Procura announced last week that they have entered into a strategic partnership with Tyze Personal Networks, providers of an online community care platform. The arrangement will provide Procura customers with a health information exchange (HIE) tool that centers on the patient, connecting associated family, friends, care givers and care professionals, and organizes support for […]
Allscripts acquires dbMotion and Jardogs. Reinventing itself after a change in leadership earlier this year (CEO Tullman Loses Final Battle for Control of Allscripts, Resigns – HCTR, 12/19/12), Allscripts announced during this week’s HIMSS Annual Meeting in New Orleans that it has acquired data integration vendor dbMotion and patient engagement software firm Jardogs. The […]
A gift in kind presented to Penn State Altoona by Delta Health Technologies, LLC, will enable the campus’s nursing students to utilize Delta’s clinical documentation software in their education. Delta provided 200 licenses to its ClinicalVirtuoso™ application, for a gift valued at nearly $300,000. Details about ClinicalVirtuoso™ , a fully-functional home health clinical system, […]
Several scenarios from Complete Home Health Care home health agency in Colorado are presented to illustrate the value of using CORHIO’s PatientCare 360®, a Web-based HIE tool that provides a longitudinal view of each patients’ medical history with information supplied by all of the hospitals, laboratories and public health entities connected to CORHIO, the […]
The author provides details about the acquisition by Brightree LLC, the leading provider of billing and business management software solutions for the home medical equipment (HME) market, of home health and hospice software provider CareAnyware, Inc. of Raleigh, NC.
The author profiles many new technologies, including the “most jaw-dropping new product” – instant med reconciliation, from MedSnap; “least jaw-dropping new product – new software vendor” – TruPointe; a noteworthy need for the home care and hospice patient audience: eFuneral, a web site that eases stress while grieving; several patient portals for aging persons who want to […]
Aiming to help its customers produce better patient outcomes, Thornberry LTD has launched further enhancements to its automated care plan software. These latest additions to the documentation options within NDoc Care Pilot™ offer clinicians the ability to further customize patient care plans with specific statements tailored to an individual’s unique care needs, the company announced […]
Schaumburg, IL and Springfield, MO – CellTrak Technologies Inc. announced this week that they have executed a new patent licensing agreement for mobile applications with HEALTHCAREfirst. This article touches on the two companies’ relationships and plans to improve new applications for serving home health and hospice market and service needs.
Delta Health Technologies (Altoona, PA) is previewing a major product release set for unveiling at next month’s NAHC Annual Meeting. Crescendo™ is a new software platform designed to allow home health, hospice and private duty clinicians to document and share care provided, regardless of service or payer source, in one streamlined system. Details about the new […]
