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 […]
Faced with capped reimbursements and rising operational costs, Mike Little and Maria Radwanski, RN MSN, CRRN, respectively CEO and President of Health Calls Home Health in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, have found success by staying ahead of the technology wave. At the top of their priority list was making their agency attractive to hospitals and for that […]
According to the not-for-profit research group eHealth Initiative (eHI), clinics in poor neighborhoods can improve patients’ health and cut hospitalizations by using mobile devices, patient Web portals, and social networks to monitor and inform. These findings are based on a recent study, An Issue Brief on eHealth Tools and Diabetes Care for Socially Disadvantaged […]
ContinuLink and PPS Plus to build OASIS bridges together. Home health care software developer ContinuLink LLC and OASIS analysis software provider PPS Plus Software announced last week that they have integrated their respective software platforms to help their mutual customers improve outcome reporting and receive more accurate Medicare reimbursements. Details about this planned integration […]
As the Obama Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services struggle to find ways to improve the U.S. standing as 37th-best healthcare system in the world, control rising healthcare costs and avoid rationing care for 76 million Baby Boomers, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, MD, remains convinced that the answer lies in a national patient […]
