The latest of several applications of AI that support aging in place include hospital and home-based robot companions that are quickly becoming an essential component for seniors, says Dr. Cory Kidd, PhD.
The answer is ‘yes’ but do they pay home health? Maybe.
Introducing “HeartLegacy,” an Alabama company that makes video messaging between patients and families easy enough for the most tech-averse seniors to use.
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 Tim Rowan Delta Health Technologies® and the THA Group have announced a partnership to optimize the emerging care demonstration programs and pilots in which THA Group is participating.
by Tim Rowan Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Health and Human Services has released proposed rates for remote patient monitoring reimbursement by home health agencies. The proposed regulation’s new service and associated payment rate,
by Audrey KinsellaThe recently concluded “2011 Connected Health Symposium,” presented by Partners Healthcare’s “Center for Connected Health,” showcased new healthcare service delivery technologies that will certainly affect all healthcare segments, including home healthcare providers and consumers.The two-day conference, titled “Driving Quality Up and Costs Down: New Technologies for an Era of Accountability,” took place last […]
ContinuLink Introduces Patient Portal for Physicians and Families Unlike the two patient portals profiled elsewhere in this issue [HCTR, 2/28/2012], Boca Raton-based ContinuLink makes its online product and related services available to its home care provider customers so that they can, in turn, use it to assist patient families. Available since 2006, it is a […]
by Audrey Kinsella Saturing (Merrillville, IN) is a family portal for adult children and their elderly parents to assist with and track elderly individuals’ daily routines and participate in their health needs. It began operations in 2008, and joins the ranks of other family-oriented online portals profiled in our March 28 issue (1504, 1505). Like […]
Product review by Audrey Kinsella This week, we profile another entry in our series on the rise of online tools for adult children to track daily activities of elderly parents living independently in their own homes. Using a combination of Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS), wireless motion detectors and other sensors, SimplyHome (Asheville, NC) […]
