by Audrey Kinsella Tracey Moorhead has never been the kind of person to remain in her comfort zone. The new CEO of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America was thriving in her previous role in community health and disease management but moved into home healthcare anyway, knowing she would have to start by climbing […]

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  by Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS Stepped care arrangements allow seniors to move from their own homes to assisted living to long-term care facilities and receive the care they need at each step. Think of these as vertical moves. A new partnership between Robert Bosch Healthcare, Inc. and Remedy Health Media is approaching senior care […]

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  by Audrey Kinsella The title of this year’s 10th Annual Partners Healthcare Connected Health Symposium says it all about what everyone is saying should be emphasized in healthcare delivery today. “Collaborations and Innovations to Engage Patients and Elevate Care” will be held in Boston, Oct. 24-25 and will offer a range of cross-disciplinary speakers, […]

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  Express Billing Reduces Overhead Costs Plainview, NY — Fastrack Healthcare Systems, Inc. has released Express Billing, a new automation feature that the company describes as the industry’s fastest method to generate bills to Medicare, Medicaid, invoice carriers, private pay facilities and wholesale accounts. Traditionally, HME Software Systems required running a variety of processes to […]

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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.

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