Health care executives anticipate that Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is much more likely to shake up the current status quo than other potential disruptors, such as Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL) and Walmart (NYSE: WAL). Reaction Data, a full-service research platform for health care organizations, recently surveyed about 100 top executives with hospitals and other […]
Happy Monday, Home Health Care News readers. Kick off your week with our must-read news. Keep reading to see our top stories from last week. In January, Apple announced it formed an agreement with 13 heath systems, some with prestigious centers, that would allow Apple to download electronic health data of those systems’ patients on […]
Bayada Home Health Care, one of the top 10 largest home health companies in the United States, recently entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Chicago-based health care technology firm PreparedHealth. Together, the companies are aiming to keep home health clients out of the hospital and safely aging in their own homes. This goal is […]
This week, Home Health Care News readers read up on three main topics: reimbursement, coding and fraud. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged about 300 people—including some in the home health industry—in a variety of schemes that involved more than $900 million in fraudulent health care billings, and the Office of the Inspector General identified […]
While Twitter was ablaze about Apple’s announcement of a smaller, cheaper iPhone, another product debuted at the same company event Monday offered more excitement for the home health industry. The tech giant announced CareKit, a new software network to enable monitoring of medical conditions at home with an iPhone. The product announcement included two initial […]
Does no one care about telehealth? That question has been on my mind for a while now, and it all goes back to one of my favorite daily activities: checking our Home Health Care News website stats, to see which articles are getting the most attention from readers. Often, we can predict which articles will […]
Tech giants Apple and IBM are launching a program to put iPads with health care applications in the hands of millions of seniors, as part of a large-scale effort to enable aging people to remain in their homes as long as possible. The initiative is rolling out first in Japan, through a partnership with Japan […]
IBM’s supercomputer known as “Watson” might be best known for winning the game show Jeopardy!—but home health care providers might soon think of the artificial intelligence technology as an important ally in keeping patients out of the hospital. With the help of such big names as Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic, IBM is launching […]
No stranger to health care-related applications for its various tech offerings, Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) is delving even further into the realm of home care with a new smartphone app for iPhone. As part of IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) MobileFirst for iOS initiative, Apple and IBM this week unveiled the first wave of more than 100 […]
This week, Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPL) unveiled its newest product offering in health care-related technology, for which it plans to transform the iPhone into a diagnostic tool. Health and wellness took center stage during a live event hosted by Apple on Monday, where the company showcased several new products coming to market soon, including its […]
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