In-home care, technology is often touted for its ability to improve operations and streamline information exchange. But in addition to administrative functions, point-of-care documentation can also be a boon to health care quality and patient safety — as well as the safety of staff members. Patient safety and quality of care In-home care, technology has […]
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Date: Feb. 28, 2019Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CSTRegister Now “Do the right thing at the right time for the patient.” When Deborah Wesley joined Addison County Home Health & Hospice, the agency was moving off paper and adopting new technology to automate work and document care. As the new VP for Clinical Services, […]
[Upcoming Webinar] Transforming Care Delivery — 3 Essential Drivers of Quality and Financial Success
Date: Feb. 28, 2019Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CSTRegister Now “Do the right thing at the right time for the patient.” When Deborah Wesley joined Addison County Home Health & Hospice, the agency was moving off paper and adopting new technology to automate work and document care. As the new VP for Clinical Services, […]
[Upcoming Webinar] Transforming Care Delivery — 3 Essential Drivers of Quality and Financial Success
Date: Feb. 28, 2019Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CSTRegister Now “Do the right thing at the right time for the patient.” When Deborah Wesley joined Addison County Home Health & Hospice, the agency was moving off paper and adopting new technology to automate work and document care. As the new VP for Clinical Services, […]
Date: Wednesday, Nov 7th Time: 2-3pm EST Register Now “Supervisory relationship is key. Strongest predictor of job satisfaction and retention after reward” – Home Care Aide Council. Supervision is an agency’s most important process. Without well-managed supervision, an agency will experience greater turnover, poor care team collaboration and poor-quality outcomes. Supervisors perform several interrelated functions […]
PointClickCare Enters into Strategic Partnership, Opens New Office Location PointClickCare Technologies and Bridge Connector have formed a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening the transferring of patient data across different systems. Mississauga, Ontario-based PointClickCare is a cloud-based software vendor for the long-term and post-acute care sectors. As a company, PointClickCare’s solutions help providers optimize financial performance, […]
CellTrak Expands Executive Leadership Team to Drive Rapid Growth CellTrak has announced the expansion of its executive leadership team. The Schaumburg, Illinois-based company has named Dan Wacker as its chief financial officer. It has also named Peter Caron as its chief marketing officer and vice president of corporate development. CellTrak is a software company that provides […]
U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to delay the mandated implementation of electronic visit verification (EVV) in home care by one year. Under current provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act, a $6.3 billion piece of legislation signed into law under the Obama administration, Medicaid-reimbursed home care providers must begin adopting EVV systems before Jan. 1, 2019. […]
The rollout of electronic visit verification (EVV) for home care has created a “firestorm” of complaints in Ohio, according to a recent article in the Columbus Dispatch. However, that news story painted an incomplete picture, some home care providers and EVV vendors have told Home Health Care News. Under the federal 21st Century Cures Act, […]
Coming guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could settle some big questions regarding electronic visit verification (EVV) in home care, setting the stage for a lot of activity throughout 2018. Under the federal 21st Century Cures Act, all Medicaid-reimbursed home care providers across the country must be utilizing EVV as of […]
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