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.
ContinuLink LLC has announced the release of CareDesign, a new tool within its home healthcare software system. It supports clinical workflow by helping home care agencies customize their care plan’s problems, interventions and goals. These items are then integrated with the visit note (routine assessment) with “triggers” that can present or hide specific observations […]
Article 1 of 2, on Virtual Care Works’ product implementation at University of Colorado: Nursing School Uses Telemedicine Technology for Virtual Orientation CENTENNIAL, CO — Doctorate of Nursing Practice students are experiencing 21st Century health care right from the start at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. This year’s new student orientation featured […]
Homecare and PlayMaker are competitors, and as this case has shown from the beginning, their dislike and distrust of each other runs deep. ~Judge Timothy C. Batten Sr.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION HOMECARE CRM, LLC, Plaintiff, v. CIVIL ACTION FILE THE ADAM GROUP, INC. OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, d/b/a PLAYMAKER CRM,Defendant. NUMBER 1:12-cv-1958-TCB O R D E R Before the Court is the motion of Defendant The Adam Group, Inc. of Middle Tennessee (“PlayMaker”) […]
What do these home healthcare and home medical equipment software companies have in common? Hann’s On Software Healthcare Automation CareCentric Mestamed Fastrack Each one offers either Home Medical Equipment or Home IV Therapy software or both. Some also have small, relatively unknown Home Healthcare EMR applications. Over the last three years, each has been […]
Here is the dilemma. You have examined several software applications and found the one that meets 99% of your requirements. The missing piece is your preference to deploy a hosted solution rather than install it on your own servers. The vendor you like does not offer its system that way. Third party IT service companies […]
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 […]
Among the survival strategies home healthcare agencies are deploying in preparation for the enhanced competitive environment that will be generated by healthcare reform next year, the single most important strategy will be to develop the ability to exchange patient data efficiently, accurately and inexpensively with hospital and practice management EHR software…and do it before […]
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 […]
