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 […]
Express Billing Reduces Overhead Costs Plainview, NY — Fastrack Healthcare Systems, Inc. has released Express Billing, a new automation feature that the company describes as the industry’s fastest method to generate bills to Medicare, Medicaid, invoice carriers, private pay facilities and wholesale accounts. Traditionally, HME Software Systems required running a variety of processes to […]
By Audrey Kinsella In addition to the hands-off, low-touch medical devices we saw in October at the recent Connected Health conference (see HCTR, 11/28/12, “New Tools Help Patients Self-Manage Health, Chronic Conditions”), other vendors demonstrated devices that were somewhat more, shall we say, in your face. Avatars and Robots There is a new breed of […]
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 […]
by Audrey Kinsella The number of digital tools available to help people manage their own health is on the rise. Presentations at last month’s Connected Health Symposium stressed the need to engage patients with their own health maintenance. An equal number of product demonstrations proved that the tools to meet that need are already here, […]
by Scott R. Herrmann More and more healthcare technology organizations are developing Patient Portals to improve patient satisfaction and build stronger patient relationships. This fourth and final article in a series explores both health- and cost-savings opportunities that portals present and points out where this technology makes sense for home care agencies and hospices. […]
by Audrey Kinsella Last week’s 2012 NAHC Annual Meeting provided a cogent summary of home healthcare technology’s activities and progress, supporting the conference program’s cited need for the entrée of high-tech products for use by an “age wave of graying boomers.” Examples from Philips Home Health Solutions and Honeywell/HomMed are provided in this article.
by Audrey Kinsella The upcoming Connected Health Symposium, sponsored by Boston’s Partners HealthCare, may inadvertently go unnoticed because it is scheduled concurrently with the NAHC Annual Meeting, but that would be unfortunate. Titled “Innovations to Build Value, Accountable Care, and Patient Engagement,” the October 25/26 confab will present dozens of high-level talks and presentations on […]
Product Review: Honeywell HomMed’s Mobile PERS Lets People Carry Safety Net With Them by Audrey Kinsella LifeStream™ MobileHelp® is a package of products and services for tracking and managing clients’ activities on an as-needed basis. Like Great Call’s 5Star Urgent Response™ system, now being incorporated into Independa, Inc.’s Artemis™ wireless monitoring ecosystem (see “Safe at […]
By Cindy Campbell, RN, BSN “As we move to patient-centered care, our challenge is to use technology to reduce the work of being sick…” One of the most popular presentations at last month’s Healthcare Unbound conference in San Francisco was delivered by home care nurse, executive and consultant Cynthia Campbell, RN, BSN. A longtime home […]
