Do any of these things happen to you? A new referral comes with the message that the patient has no family or friends to offer transportation from hospital to home. A Medicare patient has a post-surgery checkup appointment or a non-medical client needs to get to a dentist but they are considering skipping them because […]
Advanced TeleHealth Solutions (Springfield MO) , a telehealth services provider, conducted a study that looked at how improving the post-discharge care of chronic heart failure patients could be a strategy for reducing hospital readmissions. Full details about the study of 83 heart failure patients followed between Feb. and Oct 2011 are provided in this article. […]
by Audrey Kinsella To hospice nurses, this is a familiar scene. A woman nearing the end of her battle with lung cancer begins heavy, labored breathing. The daughter panics and calls 911, even though her mother is at home, under hospice care and has a valid DNR order. Paramedics arrive, administer oxygen, and transport the […]
by Scott Herrmann The days of business as usual are quickly coming to an end for health care, including home healthcare, private duty and hospice. All over the world, health care systems struggle with rising costs and inconsistent quality of care. Leaders and policy makers have tried countless fixes to eliminating errors, such as […]
by Scott R. Herrmann There have been numerous articles that confirm that persons with chronic conditions who are actively involved in their own care and well being will regain their health more quickly than those who are not. Many senior citizens receiving home care live each day as it comes, letting the “professionals” make […]
Often considered a population “too old” for computer-based communication tools, seniors were recently found to become more engaged when using electronic Personal Health Records, resulting in improved clinical outcomes. A recent study conducted with the cooperation of Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Parkview Physicians Group Cardiology issued a pre-populated PHR to approximately 200 cardiac patients, most […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
Aiming to help its customers produce better patient outcomes, Thornberry LTD has launched further enhancements to its automated care plan software. These latest additions to the documentation options within NDoc Care Pilot™ offer clinicians the ability to further customize patient care plans with specific statements tailored to an individual’s unique care needs, the company announced […]
