Philips signs 3-year deal with Suncrest Healthcare to provide home telemonitoring technology. FirstChoice Home Health of Ohio selects CareAnyware. Embark Health launches its online Advance Directive Solution service.
The way most people store their signed and notarized Advance Directive (AD) documents makes it unlikely the documents will be at hand when needed. No one carries the document with them everywhere they go, nor is anyone standing near their home filing cabinet or bank safe deposit box when they come face to face with end of life decisions. On February 1, a new technology will be introduced to solve that problem.
VW is constantly on the lookout for news about home care and hospice technology companies. As good as its sources are, VW relies heavily on readers to help keep an eye out. Send vendor news to “vw@homecaretechreport.com.” This week, VW has learned:
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center selects Thornberry’s NDoc, abandons paper system.
Fastrack partners with CPAP product distributor for direct-to-patient supply shipping.
CellTrak to resell its mobile telephony system throughout Canada via alliance with Canadian technology implementation services provider TELUS Health Solutions.
A Canadian home health care services provider, We Care, has entered into an agreement to deploy CellTrak’s mobile healthcare system to automate staff Time and Attendance tracking. Fastrack president Spencer Kay reports that his company needs to grow in order to respond to growth in the HME and Home Infusion business.
LENEXA, KS — Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDW) announced on November 24 that it will acquire Healthcare Automation Inc. (HAI) and its sister company Advantage Reimbursement Inc. (ARI).
Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (VITL), the non-profit organization facilitating the expanded use of health information technology in Vermont, and Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the Chicago-based health information technology provider with a major facility located in South Burlington, Vermont, announced last week their intention to enter into a strategic alliance.
If Microsoft has “won” the Operating System battle and the Office Suite battle, why is it having so much trouble competing in the Smart Phone wars? According to reliable information leaked from the company’s recent closed-door Venture Capital Summit, CEO Steve Ballmer answers that question by admitting, “We screwed up!”
Verizon Wireless has been busy lately. The Basking Ridge NJ mega-cellular company that was formed by a joint venture between Verizon Communications and Vodafone appeared in two product announcements this week. Both home care mobile communications vendor CellTrak and Panasonic Computer Solutions Company®™ have partnered with Verizon to provide real-time, cellular data services for their respective devices. CellTrak now communicates via virtually every North American cell provider and Panasonic offers built-in, chip-level connections to the Verizon network from its Toughbook H1 Mobile PC.
VW is a regular HCTR feature that welcomes press releases and vendor announcements regarding new product introductions, personnel moves, mergers and acquisitions and other news items of interest to home care and hospice management and technology staff. This week, VW has come across three completely unrelated items about a service provider’s grand gesture, a new entry into the mobile technology market and a step to help patients feel more secure about having their health information online.
