Axle Health, a home health care technology company, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. Venture firms F-Prime, Y Combinator, Pear VC and Lightbank led the round. Axle plans to use the funds to enhance Axle’s AI-powered scheduling and routing algorithms, develop generative AI solutions for patient engagement and expand its engineering and operations […]
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Home health providers are turning to dementia screenings as a standard part of health assessments – and are discovering meaningful clinical and operational benefits. In-home dementia screenings facilitate earlier diagnoses and personalized care pathways, industry experts told Home Health Care News, and also identify potential candidates for additional in-home services. While detecting dementia early can […]
Health care workers often encounter situations where patients and caregivers speak different languages, which can cause a slew of issues for home-based care providers, including increased hospital readmissions and employee turnover. While at-home care providers can struggle to engage interpreter services, those that successfully leverage technology and prioritize hiring bilingual workers can enhance care quality, […]
The need for in-home care in rural areas has increased rapidly, coinciding with the aging of the Baby Boom generation, which is driving industry growth. Yet opportunities for providers to meet the growing need in rural spaces are countered by a slew of challenges. Home health care providers serving rural areas must overcome staffing and […]
Staffing shortages, reimbursement cuts, staying competitive in a crowded market, the rising cost of care — if you ask home-based care providers about the challenges they’re currently facing, these are some of the responses you will receive. Despite these headwinds, some home-based care leaders have a much sunnier 2025 outlook than one would expect–or at […]
A bipartisan group of 60 senators reintroduced a bill on Friday that would allow patients easier access to virtual appointments from their homes. Currently, COVID-19 era telehealth flexibilities are set to expire on September 30. The legislation would make these telehealth flexibilities permanent and expand coverage through Medicare. Specifically, the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary […]
In December 2024, BrightStar Care Founder Shelly Sun Berkowitz was within 10 days of closing a deal to sell the company, when she decided to step away. “It just didn’t feel right,” she told me this week. “I didn’t feel like I was going to have the voice I wanted to have, I didn’t feel […]
Home-based care provider BrightStar Care has pursued a multi-year investment to become a more data-driven organization through the creation of proprietary technology and bringing on leadership and team members to drive business intelligence. These efforts are paying off in big savings and enhanced outcomes. Currently, the company’s 400 locations are 90% franchise and 10% corporate […]
As home health providers increasingly serve people with more complicated and serious conditions, and the push for cost-effective and value-based care continues, wound care is becoming more important than ever. The good news is that technology is changing the game for at-home wound care, but the bad news is that serious challenges remain regarding access […]
As the home care industry embraces technological advancements and strives to enhance patient outcomes, Right at Home is poised to tackle ongoing challenges. Focusing on fostering supportive environments for caregivers and expanding its franchise network, Right at Home aims to empower its franchise owners to thrive in 2025 and beyond. Right at Home is one […]
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