One of two segments of this “Vendor Watch”–on, The Procura Group of C0mpanies: This year marks 25 years as a global provider of software for home care, hospice, community care, aged, disability and residential care organizations by the Procura Group of Companies. Founded in 1989, the company is comprised of the Procura Home and Community […]

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    Hugh Hale is certain that his company made the right decision to purchase software after years of success building its own. The CIO of the nation’s largest not-for-profit home health provider, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, talked to us about their recently announced contract with Delta Health Technologies.   HCTR:  You […]

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  In 1998, Sandeep Sugla closed his struggling Internet café in Solapur, India and went into the market research business. With an engineering degree from Solapur’s Walchand Institute of Technology, he began as a sub-contractor to European research firms in the areas of transport and logistics. In 2010, he expanded into IT research in “hot […]

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    by Liz Seegert While it may be unusual to begin a sales presentation with excerpts from your wedding vows, Keri Lamont, Phoenix area director for Bayada Home Health Care and one of the industry’s top sales professionals, pulled it off, with grace, observing that “the promises of authenticity, trust, and transparency we make […]

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  Medical billing and point-of-care clinical software vendor Horizon Healthware has announced that its June release includes a two-stage integration and interface with PPS Plus Software, the OASIS analysis software provider. The technology partnership and integration enables real-time OASIS analysis directly from within Horizon’s point of care clinical software, ClinicPro. Details about this product and […]

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  A perennial challenge to home care supervisors, indeed to everyone who manages a mobile workforce, is tracking staff locations, miles driven and timely arrival at home visits. A new tool from Runzheimer International may have the features a mobile workforce manager needs.   The 80 year-old, Waterford, Wisconsin-based company perfected its routing software in […]

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  The 2015 Medicare Shared Savings Program Application and Toolkit are now available on the Shared Savings Program Application web page. Extensive instructions for applicants are presented in this article.

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  Brightree has announced that it has strengthened its electronic data exchange relationship with McKesson Medical-Surgical Minnesota Supply Inc. Brightree will now offer electronic purchasing transactions and initial program setup at no charge for Brightree customers through McKesson Direct, an electronic order interface for home medical equipment (HME) providers. “This enhanced strategic relationship for integrated […]

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  Hospice of Cincinnati is an early adopter of technology designed to improve efficiency, remove variability and improve care. With a census of more than 650 patients, Hospice of Cincinnati is widely recognized as an industry leader in hospice care. Covering four counties in Southeast Ohio, 90% of patient care is provided in the home […]

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  Two of the country’s leading providers of home health and hospice business solutions are working to ensure their clients get the most comprehensive CRM and sales training available anywhere. Beginning this summer, Simione Healthcare Consultants and PlayMaker CRM will offer the only combined CRM and sales training program in the home care and hospice […]

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