Grane Home Health and Grane Hospice, a locally owned and operated agency serving Western Pennsylvania from its Pittsburgh headquarters chose CellTrak as a point of care mobile solution to interface with its McKesson Horizon EHR system. Details about its use by clinicians are provided, in an article below, titled “Pittsburgh home care and hospice […]
by Liz Seegert A strategic commitment to technology is making Senior Home Care, Inc. a leading player in the Sunshine State. They are the first Florida home care agency to join that state’s health information exchange, a network of 22 providers that seamlessly share patient information – extending the continuum of care and lowering […]
by Audrey Kinsella The number of digital tools available to help people manage their own health is on the rise. Presentations at last month’s Connected Health Symposium stressed the need to engage patients with their own health maintenance. An equal number of product demonstrations proved that the tools to meet that need are already here, […]
by Audrey Kinsella Choosing technology innovations to help people manage their chronic conditions is beginning to resemble the daunting task of deciding how to spend a nickel in an old-time candy store. Overwhelmed by too many choices, you spend hours frozen in indecision. At last month’s Partners HealthCare’s 9th Annual Connected Health Symposium and […]
by Liz Seegert Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is one of those rare politicians who still believe in reaching across the aisle for the greater good. Themes of common sense and pragmatism were very much in evidence during her October 23 keynote address at the NAHC Annual Meeting. In an exclusive interview with Home Care Technology […]
by Audrey Kinsella Last week’s 2012 NAHC Annual Meeting provided a cogent summary of home healthcare technology’s activities and progress, supporting the conference program’s cited need for the entrée of high-tech products for use by an “age wave of graying boomers.” Examples from Philips Home Health Solutions and Honeywell/HomMed are provided in this article.
