More than in past years, we were able to find home health, home care, and hospice-relevant products at the annual HIMSS meeting. Take a peek at the movement toward user-friendly Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning that will soon generate products in our corner.
**News at RemitData, Inc.: Comparative analytics solutions provider hires SVP of Business Development and CTO. RemitDATA, Inc., a provider of comparative analytics in reimbursement, utilization and productivity data, announced two additions to its executive leadership team. Michael Kallish has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Business Development, and Jim Harter as Chief […]
Schaumburg, IL (June 11, 2013) – As a nonprofit, Sangre de Cristo Hospice & Palliative Care has found that implementing a technology solution allows them to spend less time on paper and more time on patient care. Beginning with an EMR from Suncoast Solutions, they later added mobile technology, selecting to deliver services at […]
Which of these three causes more HIPAA breaches than the others? Lost or stolen mobile devices, third party privacy or security errors, or intentional or unintentional employee violations? The answers may surprise you. This article discussed these causes of HIPAA breaches based on responses from readers of this e-newsletter, to the Home Care Technology […]
by Roger Shindell Thank you to everyone who participated in the Home Care Technology Report / Carosh Compliance Solutions Survey (the Survey) we ran from February 23 through March 26, 2013. The goal was to learn typical home healthcare and hospice practices to ensure patient health information privacy and keep data secure in order to compare […]
by Julie Konieczka Improving patient outcomes is a critical challenge throughout healthcare. Once payments begin to be calculated on outcomes rather than services, it will become the critical challenge. A common approach to secured electronic healthcare records will be even more critical to the success of healthcare systems. In home healthcare, outcome improvement […]
Commentary by Scott Herrmann With the rise of mHealth — mobile devices used both by patients and their physicians and nurses — competing articles have been appearing with some regularity arguing whether such devices are distractions to physicians and nurses or a gateway to timely information, more accurate diagnosis, and improved treatment. I did 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 “Tracking for Health,” is a newly released report of a telephone survey of 3,014 U.S. adults conducted during August and September 2012. Participants were asked to describe their self-tracking of healthcare symptoms and routines. According to the author, Susannah Fox, Associate Director, Digital Strategy, Pew Internet & American Life Project, 62% of […]
