Industry leaders’ persistent efforts resulted in passage of the Rural Health Care Connectivity Act, which will allow skilled nursing facilities to seek federal funding to finance high-speed Internet service for providers in rural areas. Read More »
Karen DeSalvo, MD, is leaving the top post at the Office of the Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) to continue as acting Assistant Secretary of Health at HHS. Read More »
Senior Editor Nicole Stempak caught up with Chuck Czarnik, CHDA to talk about how Brookdale Senior Living is using data to improve patient outcomes and operations. Read More »
US CareNet will provide chronic care and transitional care management, population health management and care coordination services for healthcare providers through NavCare, its new business division. Read More »
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Advance care planning: Easing the difficult conversation
By Dan Hogan, founder and CEO, Medalogix Discussing and documenting end-of-life choices is a key component of person-centered care, yet advance care planning is something we often put off far longer than we should. Learn More »
Skilled nursing facilities are quickly finding the Payroll-Based Journal Reporting, mandated timekeeping regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, are more time-consuming than anticipated. Read More »
OnShift will offer its payroll-based journal reporting software through an exclusive special discount program to help LeadingAge members meet the government reporting mandate. Read More »
Honor, a senior home care startup, has joined forces with the National Parkinson Foundation to train caregivers how best to provide non-medical care for clients with Parkinson’s disease. Read More »
The Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing has launched a new web site to showcase innovative technology projects and educational resources for caregivers. Read More »
Getting used to piloting a new power chair was part of SNF resident blogger Kathleen Mears' planned day out, but not the crash inside the salon. Read More »
A new portable and inexpensive nanometric biosenser can detect moleulular reactions at very low levels, offering early diagnostic testing for degenerative diseases that are not readily or easily detectable. Read More »
A new study on implementation of electronic health records (EHR) has identified several obstacles for doctors, chief among them poor user experience. Read More »
Providers, vendors and techies are gathering at the 2016 Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Health IT Summit in Reston, Va., this week to discuss the challenges to interoperability and the cost felt by patients, providers and payers. Read More »
The Safe Transition Home program is designed to reduce impatient hospital readmissions, raise patient satisfaction and improve health outcomes. Read More »
The site-adaptable model is being added to the organization’s portfolio of long-term care electronic health record selection tools. Read More »
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Learning to operate under the value-based payment model
By Richard A. Royer, MBA, CEO of PrimarisFor nursing homes, learning to operate under a new payment model is challenging after existing in the fee-for-service sphere for so long. But the introduction of new value-based programs requires nursing homes to adapt and embrace payment changes. Learn More »
Getting that handy touchpad laptop made life seem easier, but it wasn't so great for her hand's range of motion, says SNF resident blogger Kathleen Mears. Read More »
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Automating resident care equipment cleaning and disinfection: The new paradigm
By Karl Soderquist, President, The HUBSCRUB Company If you've got wheelchairs, you've got a cleaning problem. As standards for disinfecting medical equipment tighten, automation can help ensure compliance and save on manual labor. Learn More »
PARA-SCOPE software evaluates risk for post-acute providers by analyzing data from Nursing Home Compare and American Health Care Association along with Formation Healthcare Group proprietary models. Read More »
The new mobile game Sea Hero Quest asks players to help a grown son recover his father’s memories lost to Alzheimer’s disease. Data collected from the game will help scientists study spatial navigation. Read More »
Newly appointed president and CEO Steven Scott will be tasked with scaling predictive data analytics company PointRight for growth in both the payer and provider markets of long-term post-acute care. Read More »
Pathway Health and Prime Care Technologies will help long-term post-acute care providers capture data and use business intelligence to improve enterprise performance. Read More »
Got apps? One non-profit group is using tech-loving seniors to test and evaluate the best apps for seniors and providing lessons in how to use them. Read More »
