Thanks again to everyone who participated in the Home Care Technology Report HIPAA compliance survey we ran from February 23 through March 26. The purpose of the survey was to gather information in a manner that would allow us to compare it to the Ponemon Institute Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and […]
by Rebecca MacKinnon Historically, a Pediatrics program to Homecare was much like Kolkata to Mother Theresa: a labor of love and a vow of poverty. In any industry, change always generates the need for new businesses, which means new opportunities. As healthcare changes, pediatrics is emerging as a business option and may offer a glimpse […]
by Liz Seegert The 10th annual World Health Care Congress was held in Washington, DC earlier this month. It is an excellent forum for exchanging some of the best thinking on policy, health IT, life sciences, payers and providers, the business of healthcare, hospitals and health systems and global health. The annual event brings together top […]
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 […]
What does it mean when more than three-quarters of payment denials handed down by Medicare contractors are voided by Administrative Law Judges when appealed? Our conclusion, based on interviews over the years with home health care consultants who specialize in walking agencies through the appeal process, is that auditors at the RHHI, MAC, ZPIC […]
by Senator Susan Collins The challenges facing our nation’s health care system today are driven by demographics. The first member of the baby boom generation turned 65 last year. Our health care system now stands directly in the path of a tidal wave of aging baby boomers who will be retiring at the rate of […]
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 […]
Grane Home Health and Grane Hospice, a locally owned and operated agency serving Western Pennsylvania from its Pittsburgh headquarters chose CellTrak as a point of care mobile solution to interface with its McKesson Horizon EHR system. Details about its use by clinicians are provided, in an article below, titled “Pittsburgh home care and hospice […]
by Audrey Kinsella Philips Lifeline has introduced a free mobile app to help caregivers track care provided to elders living at home. Unlike other such tracking systems we have recently profiled, Philips’ CarePartners Mobile App has no pre-set “to-do” lists specifying task to be completed for elders’ various needs. In this regard, it appear to […]
