There are two new vendor announcements this week: 1) BioSensics (Cambridge, MA) announced its ActivePERS™, an advanced personal emergency response and telemonitoring solution for seniors; and 2) Royal Philips (Andover, MA) announced that its eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion telehealth applications have received 510(k) clearance from the FDA. More details about both of these announcements are included in […]
The Procura Group of Companies has announced the delivery of a Human Resources Documentation framework for home care, community care, and hospice providers. A company news release stated that the system was designed to support an organization’s most valuable resource, its people. The framework provides a means to incorporate virtually any form of document as […]
New system eliminates routine finger pricks for glucose measurements1 Requires no finger pricks for calibration Advanced Ambulatory Glucose Profile software presents data in a user-friendly, visual chart Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced on September 3 that it has received CE Mark (Conformite Europeenne) for its FreeStyle®Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System, a new glucose sensing technology for […]
The Procura Group of Companies announced this week that its mobile healthcare solution has achieved a milestone, surpassing the supported delivery of 3.4 million patients visits. Additionally, the growth in mobile device use on the Procura platform is growing at a current pace of 1 million visits served every three months, forecasted to increase […]
GrandCare Systems announced on August 4 that they have made changes to their executive management team, expanded their staff, and moved into a larger office space. The 9-year old provider of a touch-based, in-home caregiving appliance was given a grant by the city of West Bend, Wisconsin to keep its headquarters in town when […]
Relias Learning, the leader in SaaS-based training and compliance solutions for the health and human services markets, announced this week that it will make twelve online courses available at no charge for hospice volunteers working for existing Relias customers. This new offering will allow these customers to help prepare all volunteers to work with […]
Fort Lauderdale, FL – July 17, 2014 – AOD Software, a leader in delivering integrated software to senior care providers, today announced its acquisition of Stratis Business Systems, Inc., a prominent home health and home care cloud-based software developer. The Florida neighbors — Stratis is headquartered in Boca Raton, AOD in Fort Lauderdale — will […]
Two articles are highlighted here: 1) ContinuLink expands sales team To meet the rising demand for SaaS-based home healthcare software, ContinuLink is expanding its North American sales team. Anthony Vacca, Mark Hamilton, and William “Tad” Harry have joined the company as Regional Vice Presidents of Sales. Executive Vice President of North American Sales Brad Caldwell […]
Can technology help healthcare providers achieve the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim? Improve the health of the defined population Enhance the patient care experience (including quality, access and reliability) Reduce, or at least control, the per capita cost of care Let’s imagine the future for a moment. Turn on your computer every morning […]
Effective July 1, 2014, hospice organizations will be required to collect and report data related to seven National Quality Forum (NQF) measures. Questions related to pain screening, pain assessment, dyspnea screening, dyspnea treatment, patients on an opioid given a bowel regimen and patient treatment preferences and beliefs/values are included in the new measures. Additionally, […]
