Schaumburg, IL, April 11, 2012 — Founded by humanitarian Eleanor Green in 1900 to deliver health services to the poor, VNA of Rhode Island now serves people of all ages and incomes but adheres to its original mission, “To provide care of the sick at home, foster the promotion of good health and prevent illness […]
Shane Nesler Joins Delta Health Technologies® as Sales Engineer Altoona, PA — March 26, 2013 — Delta Health Technologies®, LLC announced today the hire of Shane Nesler for the position of Sales Engineer. The announcement was made by Delta President and CEO Keith Crownover. Nesler will work with and support Delta’s team of sales executives […]
by Michael Deck Within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, was included HITECH, the “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health” law. This is the section that encourages the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) by paying bonuses to healthcare providers who purchase and use an EHR. Bonuses, however, are not […]
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 […]
by Robert Moretta Jr., MBA (cand.) The United States is in the early stages of a demographic shift as the percentage of elderly citizens steadily increases, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Home health care agencies should anticipate this shift by taking the initiative to better prepare themselves for the expected influx of new […]
Microsoft’s highly anticipated Surface Pro tablet will enter the market with a resounding thud. That is the opinion of several market watchers who were surprised that the supposed mighty competitor to Apple’s iPad and the lineup of Android tablets will be priced more like a laptop PC than a tablet. Details about costs and […]
by Audrey Kinsella Developing new home care technologies is one thing. Getting people to actually use them is quite another. At last month’s Connected Health conference in Boston, we were introduced to a number of new technology products designed to thoroughly engage patients in their own health activities and management. Three spotlighted at the conference’s […]
There are indications that the nature and purpose of point-of-care home health software is changing. Originally a tool limited to recording patient data at the patient’s home and delivering it electronically to a central database, it appears to be evolving into something significantly more comprehensive and potentially more valuable. Software demonstrated at last month’s NAHC […]
HomecareCRM has announced that it will demonstrate new software features at next week’s NAHC Annual Meeting and will discuss an upcoming release of a native mobile app, for iOS and Android, for its customer relationship management software product. The company says the new app will complement its existing HTML 5 mobile offering. New features are indicated in […]
We asked HCTR readers last week to tell us whether their recent change from paper documentation to a clinical point-of-care system improved documentation time, left it about the same or lengthened it. The numbers are interesting (37.5% said shorter time; 50% said longer time; 12.5% said about the same) but the details you offered in the questionnaire’s comments section tell the whole story. Here are your quotes, without comment, editing only for grammar and clarity.
