By Tim Rowan,  Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report We have long promoted the strategy of combining technologies rather than expecting a home healthcare or hospice EMR to fulfill a provider agency’s every automation need. In recent weeks, we have found three supplemental systems that appear to us will save more than they […]

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[Statement issued by  the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare] …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………  Washington, DC – June 8, 2016 – The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare – a coalition of home health providers dedicated to improving the integrity, quality, and efficiency of home healthcare for our nation’s seniors – today expressed disappointment with the revised home health prior authorization […]

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By Tim Rowan. Editor and Publisher of Home Care Technology Report On April 8, fourteen representatives of healthcare at home software companies gathered with provider executives at the VNAA Annual Meeting in Miami to explore the challenges of creating data interoperability between acute and post-acute caregivers. What came out of the two-plus hour discussion must […]

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AxisCare Selected by Companion Connection Senior Care  Private Duty EMR built by veteran agency owners AxisCare, Inc., provider of software supporting administrative, marketing, caregiver management, billing and reporting for private duty, Medicaid and long-term care providers, announced this week that it has partnered with Companion Connection Senior Care to offer its AxisCare Home Care Management Software to CCSC members. […]

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  By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, Home Care Technology Report 2016 Aging2.0 Survey of Senior Care Innovation & Technology Use We are pleased to pass along an invitation from Aging2.0, which has announced the 2016 “Senior Care Innovation & Technology Use Survey” to advance a greater understanding of how senior care providers from across the care […]

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  HEALTHCAREfirst, the Springfield, MO-based provider of Web-based home health and hospice software, outsourced billing and coding services, and Deyta Analytics, recently announced the recipients of the fourth annual “Hospice Honors,” which recognizes hospices providing the highest level of quality as measured from the caregiver’s point of view. The official list of recipients was unveiled […]

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  by Jason Lewallen,  National Business Development Manager for PlaymakerCRM Every day, thousands of patients receive home-based services. The process usually means a hospital or physician discharge planner sends over information about the patient and orders for the requested service to the service provider of their choice. So the age-old question arises: How do I […]

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  Jacksonville, Florida — May 24, 2016 — Today Forcura, a healthcare technology company focused on solutions that help healthcare providers run more effective and efficient practices, launches its second product, Forcura Messenger. Forcura Messenger is a simple and intuitive secure mobile messaging app designed specifically for healthcare providers. It allows all members of a healthcare […]

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  by Roger McManus, MBA (who has held several positions as Director of Strategic Relationships). US businesses spend $360 million on advertising every day. And, every day, 80 percent of people who are not familiar with an advertised business will check it out online before spending a dime. [McManus describes significant changes in businesses’ advertising […]

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 by Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS They call it the Virtual Exam Room. Oakland, California-based Dictum Health has released a telehealth service designed to replicate a physician office visit, electronically capturing and analyzing patient conditions via laptops and tablets. This new player in the remote patient monitoring game also has offices in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and […]

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