Among the survival strategies home healthcare agencies are deploying in preparation for the enhanced competitive environment that will be generated by healthcare reform next year, the single most important strategy will be to develop the ability to exchange patient data efficiently, accurately and inexpensively with hospital and practice management EHR software…and do it before […]
Victoria, BC — 06/4/2013 — As a company, Procura believes in supporting the communities in which it operates, stated a company release this week, announcing the home health and hospice software vendor’s sponsorship of the 5th Annual Butterfly Ball, hosted by Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island. Details about Procura’s charitable work with needy […]
Bayer HealthCare, a subsidiary of German-based Bayer AG, has quietly exited the U.S. home telehealth marketplace. Effective May 1, the international company sold Viterion TeleHealthcare to a newly-formed company that will be known as Viterion Corporation. The new company will receive investment and strategic support from NSD Co., Ltd., a Japan-based IT systems integrator, […]
Suture Health, Inc., provider of SutureSign, the new electronic signature network created by physician Michael Blackstone, announced on May 21 that the Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod, a member of Cape Cod Healthcare, has selected SutureSign to streamline care order processing. Details are provided in this article about this home health software’s advantages […]
Springfield, MO — May 7, 2013— McKesson Corporation has released McKesson Homecare™ v13.0, which the company describes as a “major advancement” in how homecare clinicians document treatment and develop care plans. According to a company news release, Version 13.0 incorporates evidence-based principles into the natural flow of a patient visit, helping to increase efficiency […]
Two companies featured in this week’s Vendor Watch are Procura Group of Companies, now working with CellTrak Technologies; and HomecareCRM. Westmont, IL — May 16, 2013 — The Procura Group of Companies and CellTrak Technologies announced that they have extended interface support to Procura’s Progresa Health Systems product line. As part of the interface […]
By Audrey Kinsella Health insurers covering alternate site telehealthcare for self-insured customers…an emerging trend? Reimbursement – or, rather, the lack of it – has long been the critical barrier impeding widespread use of alternate site telehealthcare, including services provided in the patient’s home. For more than a decade, home healthcare providers have cited Medicare’s refusal […]
Often considered a population “too old” for computer-based communication tools, seniors were recently found to become more engaged when using electronic Personal Health Records, resulting in improved clinical outcomes. A recent study conducted with the cooperation of Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Parkview Physicians Group Cardiology issued a pre-populated PHR to approximately 200 cardiac patients, most […]
Calling it the “first web-based EMR system to offer full hospice functionality in one platform,” CareAnyware, a Brightree Company, introduced its Spring 2013 hospice release at the NHPCO Management and Leadership Conference last week. Innovations include new in-patient features such as encounter entry, patient vitals capture, and ESAS symptom assessment scores, designed to be […]
A range of products displayed and/or discussed at the recent National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) annual conference is discussed in this article. They include new and expanded visit tracking mechanisms from CareWatch, one of home healthcare’s and hospice’s first telephony service providers. Much detail is provided on use of its EVV Security […]
