by Tim Rowan, Editor Long Term Post Acute Care has not been a priority of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society over its 30+ year history. That may finally be changing, according to three prominent HIMSS leaders. We sat down with Tom Leary, VP of Government Relations for HIMSS North America; Joseph Kvedar, MD, […]
Gentiva Home Health announced this week that it completed the rollout of a new clinical point-of-care system between September and November of last year. We spoke with Chief Clinical Officer Charlotte Weaver, RN, to learn how the 40-state organization managed to pull it off in only 10 weeks. Her answer reads like a “how-to” manual for software implementations, even if your agency is not one of the nation’s largest.
Three Vendor-related postings of note this week: 1. SHP appoints president. Details are provided about Strategic Healthcare Programs’ (SHP’s) appointment of Alex Kormushoff, a global analytics technology executive with more than 30 years of experience and executive leadership, has been named its president, with details on his new role and background provided later in this […]
by Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS Stepped care arrangements allow seniors to move from their own homes to assisted living to long-term care facilities and receive the care they need at each step. Think of these as vertical moves. A new partnership between Robert Bosch Healthcare, Inc. and Remedy Health Media is approaching senior care […]
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 […]
by Scott R. Herrmann Mobile technology at the point of care simplifies communication to field staff and leads to better patient outcomes and overall agency results. Mobile applications provide real-time schedule automation, care plans, time and attendance, GPS location information, and more. This month, I explore these features and benefits and more.
Beyond what is captured through EHR, Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. had additional paper records dispersed across its organization. What they needed was a tool that could seamlessly bring all of this disparate information together and put it all under one electronic roof. They turned to Allscripts Homecare’s AllDocs. This article describes in […]
Schaumburg, IL — CellTrak Technologies, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued Patent Number 8,380,542 to CellTrak. Titled “System and Method for Facilitating Outcome-Based Health Care,” the company’s second patent covers aspects of using mobile technologies to facilitate the engagement of all parties involved in improving healthcare outcomes, […]
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 […]
