According to Health Data Management, Allscripts is actively entertaining offers from private-equity firms for a leveraged buyout to take the healthcare IT company private. The Chicago-based hospital, physician practice and home healthcare software developer’s unexpected move followed two recent negative events–strife within the Board of Directors and failure to win a $302 million contract. Details […]
With mobile technology continuing to become more pervasive and relevant within the healthcare continuum, put Booth #1528 on your dance card for this month’s NAHC Annual Meeting. Schaumburg (Chicago), Illinois-based CellTrak will be demonstrating new cell-based product releases and enhancements for teams of mobile clinicians and home health aides. Details are provided in this […]
Procura announced Wednesday that Procura Mobile, described as a multi-platform mobile application, is now available on BlackBerry OS7 and Android. Support for Apple iOS is planned for late 2012. Details about this application’s capabilities and uses as a home healthcare mobile app are discussed in this article.
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 […]
When HIPAA was new, there was an excellent software product available to help home care agencies and hospices conduct risk assessments and perform all the other required duties to achieve Privacy and Security Rule compliance. Known as GetHIP, from Stony Hill Management, it fell by the wayside when our industry noticed that enforcement by the […]
Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) has announced a plan to fund and spearhead the development of a fall risk assessment tool for home health agencies. To lead the effort, the Santa Barbara, California firm will create a position for a qualified project manager. Details on how SHP CEO Barbara Rosenblum developed a home health industry-specific tool […]
Reports from this year’s “BlackBerry Jam Americas” conference make it clear that Research In Motion CEO and president Thorsten Heins knows his product line has fallen behind the curve. But is his solution, the BlackBerry 10, enough to catch up to the iPhones and Androids that are quickly replacing it? This article indicates the next […]
One of the most frequently cited obstacles to implementing a program of remote patient monitoring in a home health care agency is the price of in-home monitoring devices. Coupled with minimum purchase requirements imposed by most home telehealth vendors, cost of entry becomes prohibitive for the majority of home care providers, both those who […]
Delta Health Technologies (Altoona, PA) is previewing a major product release set for unveiling at next month’s NAHC Annual Meeting. Crescendo™ is a new software platform designed to allow home health, hospice and private duty clinicians to document and share care provided, regardless of service or payer source, in one streamlined system. Details about the new […]
After a four-year partnership, The Riverside Company has sold HEALTHCAREfirst to Pamlico Capital. Known as an operations-focused buyout house, Riverside is a private equity firm that had already exited from nine other companies during 2012.
