White House: Target Staffing, Tech for Home Care’s Future

The White House is pushing for more public and private sector collaboration in technology and home health staffing solutions to address the coming “age wave” in order to help more older adults remain in their home longer during retirement. That’s one idea recently released in the final report from the sixth Conference on Aging that was hosted by […]

Editor’s Picks, Holiday Edition: Bundled Payment Models

Home Health Care News will be observing the holiday this Thursday and Friday, but we will return to our regular posting schedule on Monday, December 28. Our team here in the newsroom would like to wish our dearest readers a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend. To tide you over, here are a few happenings that […]

Signs a Tech Startup Could Be a Good Home Health Partner

When Lively launched in 2013, the aging-in-place technology startup had $7.6 million in funding and had access to resources as one of the first participants in Aging 2.0’s GENerator accelerator. Fast-forward to 2015, and the company—which offered monitoring solutions through in-home sensors—had hit hard times. With no staff left on the payroll, Lively was acquired […]

Editor’s Picks: Beyond Readmissions

This week, our readers were keen on how home health house calls can reduce hospital admissions and care costs. They also wanted to know why one health network is looking beyond hospital readmission rates to form its home health partnerships. Here in the newsroom, we took notice of InnovAge’s decision to transition from a non-profit […]

Does Home Care Need an ‘iPhone of Aging’?

More people rely on home care agencies than in-home technology devices to facilitate aging in place. While the agencies might welcome the business, the situation might indicate the need for more innovative tech solutions and better marketing strategies, according to survey findings from third-party referral agent Caring.com. “I haven’t seen the iPhone of aging tech yet—the thing […]

McKesson Ventures Bets on Home Care Tech

For the first time ever, McKesson Ventures has made a direct investment in the home care space. San Francisco-based ClearCare, a home care tech startup that provides paperless care management software, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from McKesson Ventures, the venture capital branch of Fortune 500’s McKesson Corporation, the companies announced Tuesday. The […]

How to Conquer the Tech ‘Fear Factor’ in Home Health

Wendy Cofran is on the forefront of home health care’s evolution into the digital age. As chief information officer (CIO) of Natick Visiting Nurses Association (VNA), a not-for-profit home health care agency based in Natick, Massachusetts, Cofran has seen her staff through multiple software transitions amid increasing regulations and cost-cutting pressures. The company has twice […]

Home Care Startup Doubles Down on Affordability

Affordability is the name of the game for eCaregivers, a home care tech startup touting caregiver rates approximately 50% below the national median hourly rate. It’s one of the latest entrants in an increasingly crowded field of startups leveraging technology to match clients and caregivers. Launched in May, eCaregivers provides a centralized platform through which […]

Tech Innovation Improves Home Health’s Cost-Care Equation

Most Americans want to remain in their homes throughout retirement, yet the one thing that most hope to achieve by aging in place may be taking a toll on mental and physical health: independence. Keeping seniors healthier—and happier—is a priority for health care agencies, but keeping seniors engaged and feeling healthy in the home setting […]

HomeHero’s 12-Minute Formula for Matching Seniors, Caregivers

It appears that speed is of the essence among high-profile tech startups looking to shake up how home care providers connect with clients. Seniors will be able to connect with home care professionals in 12 minutes or less thanks to a new 15-point algorithm developed by California-based startup HomeHero, a company that’s been likened to “the […]