CareAnyware, Inc. (Cary, NC), a North Carolina-based provider of web-based home care and hospice software announced last week the release of SmartCare, a proprietary workflow engine designed to change the way customers manage people, tasks and compliance. Details on how the software assists user in achieving clinical and operational best practices are described in this […]
A technology company with products to help seniors age safely in place will now be offering its patient monitoring suite on the 2net™ Platform operated by Qualcomm Life Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (San Diego, CA). This article describes the features of this wireless and unobtrusive system and its capabilities to assist […]
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 […]
CellTrak Technologies, Inc. announced on Monday that the Schaumburg, Illinois cellular point-of-care developer has added Andrew (Andy) Bezaitis to its executive leadership team as Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting directly to company President and CEO Michael K.Wons. Global-focused product and service delivery responsibiilties that Bezaitis will undertake, and his well established credentials, are described in […]
On August 14, 2012, Motion Computing rolled out the next-generation of its F5 and C5 Series tablet PCs for health care and other industries. Although the specifications appear the same, the F5t is marketed mainly in field service industries and the C5t in health care. These new models ship with Windows installed and start at […]
After using homecare technologies for clinical and scheduling needs for several years, Caring Hospice Services wanted to further automate in order to reduce paperwork and mileage reimbursement expenses. CFO Betty Jennings said they selected the new point-of-care visit manager solution from CellTrak™ and implemented it on Sanyo Pro GPS and LG Optimus enabled phone devices, […]
ContinuLink, LLC has introduced a new, 45-minute webinar focusing on what the company calls PSS, for “Poor Software Selection,” a rampant condition, ContinuLink says, among Home Care agencies. A range of signs and symptoms of PSS are indicated in this article, and will be covered in the seminar, schedule for presentation on August 30, 2:00EST- […]
Effect of telehealth on use of secondary care and mortality: findings from the Whole System Demonstrator cluster randomized trial. Philips Telehealth was one of three technology providers selected to provide telehealth systems to the Whole System Demonstrator program, sponsored by Britain’s National Health Service. Results were strongly positive, and strongly contradicted two recent, widely criticized […]
Fastrack Healthcare Systems, Inc. (Plainview, NY) has announced a newly available integration to the Tom Tom Web Fleet product line, with dynamic GPS routing capability. Fastrack clients will use this capability in conjunction with the company’s enterprise software solution for Home Medical Equipment (HME DME), Respiratory and Home Infusion Pharmacy providers.
Ozark, Missouri-based HEALTHCAREfirst, Inc. opened nominations this week for its second annual Compassionfirst award. It will be presented again this year to the home health or hospice caregiver who goes above and beyond what is required and regularly shows genuine kindness, dedication and compassion when caring for others.”There are so many caregivers who deserve recognition […]
