Home Care Technology Report has learned that HealthCareFIRST, a home care and hospice software and services company based in Springfield, Missouri, has acquired 100% of the stock of CareFacts, Inc., a home care and hospice software vendor in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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What do these ten technologies have in common? GPS Navigation system

Personal Digital Assistant

Flip Video Camera

MP3 Player

Digital Camera

Handheld Video Game

Notebook PC

Cell Phone

Wrist Watch

TV & Stereo Remote Control

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When some organizations have a good year, they often look around for ways to "pay it forward" to express gratitude for their good fortune. Home care software vendor Kinnser Software did not have to look far. In its hometown, Austin, Texas, fully 50% of children raised in foster care wind up on the streets or in prison after they are released from the system. The community established a program to provide housing and help in other ways but it relies entirely on donations. The Austin Children’s Shelter just received a significant donation.

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Findings by the National Institute on Aging (a part of the National Institutes of Health), indicate that 30% of Americans ages 65-74 and 47% ages 75 and older have some degree of hearing impairment. An estimated 30 million elders are completely deaf. A new product solves the problem these people often have with telephone communications.

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“More frequently than chance would dictate, denial letters dispose of just enough visits to kick a full-pay episode down to a LUPA. When there were seven visits, they deny three; when there were five visits, they deny one. Rarely if ever do agencies see a seven- or ten-visit episode reduced to five.”