by Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS Stepped care arrangements allow seniors to move from their own homes to assisted living to long-term care facilities and receive the care they need at each step. Think of these as vertical moves. A new partnership between Robert Bosch Healthcare, Inc. and Remedy Health Media is approaching senior care […]
As competition for home care and hospice referrals grows in intensity, post-acute providers are placing more emphasis on their marketing efforts. Customer Relationship Management software, CRM, is selling at a fast pace, bringing with it new efficiencies for account executives and new problems for IT support staff. The many advantages for agencies’ sales teams […]
Strategic Healthcare Programs, LLC announced this week the release of its tenth automated data interface between its SHPSolutions™ for Hospice platform and selected EHR software applications. Interfaces transmit detailed hospice data to the SHP database, thereby reducing manual data entry by hospice staff. Transmitted data is analyzed and dynamically reported to hospices in real-time […]
Article 1 of 2, on Virtual Care Works’ product implementation at University of Colorado: Nursing School Uses Telemedicine Technology for Virtual Orientation CENTENNIAL, CO — Doctorate of Nursing Practice students are experiencing 21st Century health care right from the start at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. This year’s new student orientation featured […]
Questioning Accepted Wisdom: When Is Evidence-Based Practice Not the Best Practice? Modern systems for managing patients rely on evidence based practice, a well proven system for the treatment of diseases in in-patient settings. Statistically speaking, evidence based practice will always emerge as the best approach, since interventions are selected based on the degree to […]
As reported elsewhere in this week’s issue, video-enabled virtual visits are becoming more popular as home healthcare providers search for ways to extend the reach of nurses and reduce hospital readmissions. Thanks to ever-improving technology, advanced security measures and the creativity of home health administrators, remote patient monitoring is becoming a solution for more […]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced Monday the closing of the acquisition of Cardiocom, a privately held developer and provider of integrated telehealth and patient services for the management of chronic diseases, in an all cash transaction valued at $200 million. Medtronic expects the net impact from this transaction to be neutral […]
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) has announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013. A review of second quarter highlights is provided in this article; along with an overview provided by Paul M. Black, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts, of milestones achieved; and a statement of the […]
Winning official certification for a home health EHR product involves jumping through hundreds of hoops. What is more, at the end there is no ARRA stimulus money to offer to customers as there is for meaningful use of hospital and physician EHRs. For these two reasons, only one home health vendor has previously sought […]
