As competition for home care and hospice referrals grows in intensity, post-acute providers are placing more emphasis on their marketing efforts. Customer Relationship Management software, CRM, is selling at a fast pace, bringing with it new efficiencies for account executives and new problems for IT support staff. The many advantages for agencies’ sales teams […]
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) has announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013. A review of second quarter highlights is provided in this article; along with an overview provided by Paul M. Black, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts, of milestones achieved; and a statement of the […]
Winning official certification for a home health EHR product involves jumping through hundreds of hoops. What is more, at the end there is no ARRA stimulus money to offer to customers as there is for meaningful use of hospital and physician EHRs. For these two reasons, only one home health vendor has previously sought […]
by Scott R. Herrmann There have been numerous articles that confirm that persons with chronic conditions who are actively involved in their own care and well being will regain their health more quickly than those who are not. Many senior citizens receiving home care live each day as it comes, letting the “professionals” make […]
When Dave Cormack moved from Scotland to Atlanta to join Brightree as CEO in 2005, the Home Medical Equipment software company was a startup with a fledgling SaaS product, twelve employees and fewer than 100 provider customers. Today, the $70 million company of 500 employees serves 2,700 customers with 52,000 users. Dave Cormack We […]
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 […]
Beyond what is captured through EHR, Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. had additional paper records dispersed across its organization. What they needed was a tool that could seamlessly bring all of this disparate information together and put it all under one electronic roof. They turned to Allscripts Homecare’s AllDocs. This article describes in […]
by Michael Deck Within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, was included HITECH, the “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health” law. This is the section that encourages the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) by paying bonuses to healthcare providers who purchase and use an EHR. Bonuses, however, are not […]
Allscripts acquires dbMotion and Jardogs. Reinventing itself after a change in leadership earlier this year (CEO Tullman Loses Final Battle for Control of Allscripts, Resigns – HCTR, 12/19/12), Allscripts announced during this week’s HIMSS Annual Meeting in New Orleans that it has acquired data integration vendor dbMotion and patient engagement software firm Jardogs. The […]
