Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods grows Koa hardwood trees. The Honolulu company keeps track of the 225,000 trees it has planted over the last four years by maintaining a database that contains detailed information about each tree. This is possible because the firm has tagged every tree with passive RFID tags that contain GPS coordinates, information […]
Gentiva Home Health announced this week that it completed the rollout of a new clinical point-of-care system between September and November of last year. We spoke with Chief Clinical Officer Charlotte Weaver, RN, to learn how the 40-state organization managed to pull it off in only 10 weeks. Her answer reads like a “how-to” manual for software implementations, even if your agency is not one of the nation’s largest.
The Hospice Education Network (HEN) has made its entire catalog of courses available on iPhones, Android phones and iPads, plus newer Blackberries and Kindles. In addition to viewing lectures and earning credits on desktop and laptop PCs and Macs, hospice nurses and administrators can now access HEN’s courses – nearly 200 and steadily growing – […]
by Liz Seegert Last week, staff writer Liz Seegert examined the Republican Party Platform in terms of its impact on home health care. (http://homecaretechreport.com/article.asp?id=1589) In part two, she takes the same close look at the just-released Democratic platform. It was a bit of a surprise that home health care and home health technology are not […]
When CMS announced last week that it had given in to the strong concerns of “some provider groups” and delayed the deadline for ICD-10 compliance one year to October 1, 2014, it did not mention the American Medical Association (AMA) but the inference was there for the taking. (Click here for the complete CMS statement.) […]
Fastrack Healthcare Systems, Inc. (Plainview, NY) has announced a newly available integration to the Tom Tom Web Fleet product line, with dynamic GPS routing capability. Fastrack clients will use this capability in conjunction with the company’s enterprise software solution for Home Medical Equipment (HME DME), Respiratory and Home Infusion Pharmacy providers.
by Liz Seegert Communication and data, vital elements in creating functional partnerships between certified home health care agencies and licensed home health subcontractors, only offer their advantage when computer systems talk to and share data with one another. When they do not, the door is open to potential fraud, waste, and inefficiencies. Information flow […]
Do You Know What’s in Your Health Record? Share Your Story and Win Cash Prizes The “What’s In Your Record? Video Challenge” [sponsored by The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology] invites you to create a short video sharing a personal story about how getting access to view your health record and knowing […]
Phil Chuang, PhD, FHIMSS is the CIO for Sutter VNA and Hospice, a Northern California not-for-profit affiliated with Sutter Health System. Edward Elliott is the agency’s Technical Services Manager. Like many in their positions, they learned more than they thought they would during the process of implementing a clinical point-of-care system across multiple branches. The […]
by Audrey KinsellaAt last month’s Partners Healthcare-sponsored conference [in October 2011], “Driving Quality Up and Costs Down: New Technologies for an Era of Accountability,” new models of home care dominated the high-level discussions. Examples of what could be dubbed “anywhere care,” provided for people requiring regular care to manage chronic conditions, are not home healthcare […]
