Synzi

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The Burden of Care Facing Home Health Agencies The increasing aging population, along with the rise in chronic conditions, has placed a great burden of care on home health agencies. Many home health agencies do not have condition-specific specialists on-staff … Read More.

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Synzi

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The post Telehealth a Major Boom to Home Health Care Agencies appeared first on Synzi. By Valerie VanBooven, RN BSN, Editor in Chief of HomeCareDaily.com | December 18, 2019 Telecommunications has been an integral part of modern business for the past two decades.

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Synzi

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The post Telehealth a Major Boom to Home Health Care Agencies appeared first on Synzi. By Valerie VanBooven, RN BSN, Editor in Chief of HomeCareDaily.com | December 18, 2019 Telecommunications has been an integral part of modern business for the past two decades.

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Health Recovery Solutions

AUGUST 18, 2020

Additionally, Home Health Agencies (HHAs) have seen some progressive changes from CMS in current polices for Remote Patient Monitoring and Telehealth services from CMS. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has experienced many changes.

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Synzi

MARCH 30, 2020

The post How Home Health Care Agencies Are Using Telehealth appeared first on Synzi.

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Synzi

MARCH 4, 2020

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MARCH 4, 2020

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Synzi

DECEMBER 10, 2019

US home health agencies (HHAs) — which cater to the growing senior population — are kicking their expansion efforts into high gear: 43% of home health agencies say they plan to bulk up services or extend footprints — and they’re leaning on … Read More.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 24, 2024

The Food & Drug Administration’s device center launched an initiative to promote at-home medical device development with a focus on health equity in at-home care. Medical devices and other innovations that make acute and on-going at-home clinical management possible are receiving a boost in attention from FDA.

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Synzi

MARCH 3, 2020

.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synzi, a leading technology company, announced that it is providing home health agencies free use of its automated messaging to contact all of their patients with information about the … Read More.

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FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The now chronic problem of more expensive agency staff and potentially lower quality care in nursing homes needs to be addressed as part of calls for increased oversight of the sector, according to | The now chronic problem of more expensive agency staff and potentially lower quality care in nursing homes needs to be addressed as part of calls for (..)

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Synzi

MARCH 4, 2020

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AUGUST 30, 2019

.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synzi, a leading technology company, announced that it is providing Florida and Georgia home health agencies free use of its automated messaging to contact all of their patients during Hurricane Dorian. “We We are activating quickly to let … Read More.

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Synzi

DECEMBER 10, 2019

US home health agencies (HHAs) — which cater to the growing senior population — are kicking their expansion efforts into high gear: 43% of home health agencies say they plan to bulk up services or extend footprints — and they’re leaning on … Read More.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A home health agency in Missouri recently announced it is shutting down due to the impact of | Home healthcare providers are experiencing severe payment cuts along with challenges to retain nurses and therapists, putting healthcare services at home in jeopardy.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Among them, more time at home, DIY life-flows, and financial well-being are driving growth of self-care health care. An article in the latest Drug Store News talks about consumers growing more health-conscious, adopting natural, homeopathic products. Karen Shadders, Wegmans’ VP of Health.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

But only 14% of Americans can afford long-term care in the home. And if they could afford it, only 4% of their homes are aging-ready. Nor are they telehealth-ready – where 36% of Americans do not have high-speed internet in the home. Or the tech-powering of home health and home care agencies (soon?)

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 25, 2023

The number of referrals to nursing homes and home health agencies per patient has increased over the last year, as has patient acuity. Hospitals are finding it harder to place patients into post-acute care settings, a new report finds. | At the same time, referral rejection rates are also on the rise.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. I’ve heard from several home healthcare agency administrators that they are preparing to don their scrubs for the first time in years to enter the front lines. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Arlene Maxim, senior clinical officer, Axxess. This […].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 21, 2023

CHICAGO – In a vast, integrated health ecosystem, the future is high-tech and high-touch, "right in line with this year's HIMSS23 theme, "Health that connects, tech that cares," said. Dr. Telita Crosland, Lieutenant General, director of the Defense Health Agency. million beneficiaries worldwide.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 23, 2018

Home care technology company ClearCare has launched Home Connect API, a new technology that will allow home care agencies to connect directly to health plans and hospitals for referrals, care management, and billing.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

Why should home care agencies boost awareness of remote monitoring? Both types of monitoring are increasingly likely to be found by home care professionals entering a new care recipient’s home. But home care agencies can offer private pay RPM services. How is RPM delivered?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Developed by the Agency for Clinical Innovation and the University of Newcastle Centre for Advanced Training Systems, the TACTICS VR programme provides an immersive experience for emergency nurses to practice handling real-time stroke scenarios. TACTICS VR is said to complement the NSW Telestroke Service.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

The following is a guest article by Shveta Mangal, CEO at VitaWerks In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, the concept of home as an “extension of care” is gaining traction, ushering in a new era of patient-centered support. AI has emerged as a game-changer in the realm of home health care.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 21, 2023

That committing to aging independently at home is a permanent decision. Or that home care a parallel universe to senior living. Or that workers in each of those do not also find work in nursing homes. Reality check: Family caregivers may hire home care services. Or they move loved ones to senior living.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Thai government has built a telemedicine platform to monitor COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms at home and at community isolation centres. Such patients who have signed up for the government's Home Isolation scheme via LINE messaging app are continuously monitored through the telemedicine system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 9, 2024

Australian gov't wants pathology, diagnostic reports sharing to MHR by default The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care will be requiring both public and private providers of pathology and diagnostic imaging to share their reports to My Health Record by default.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2023

As our homes and health care services continue to converge, we can see signposts of direct-to-consumer strategies from the pillbox (where DTC is a mature thing) to clinical care in peoples’ hands (and on their preferred technology platforms). Well done, Teva.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 10, 2020

" That's a further expansion of the wide latitude already given already given to telehealth funding , reimbursement and regulation by federal agencies. Enabling remotely located physicians to coordinate with nurse practitioners at rural facilities will offer a more robust healthcare workforce during the pandemic, said CMS officials.

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Health Recovery Solutions

JUNE 14, 2023

Effective January 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the new G-codes for home health agencies to report remote patient monitoring (RPM) services. However, they will be mandatory for all home health agency (HHA) RPM programs starting July 1, 2023.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic hastened digital transformation for both the health care industry and for individuals — as health consumers, patients, caregivers, and health citizens. The 2020 tech vision for health is summarized here, tying to Accenture’s previous two years of forecasts. The Dilemma of Smart Things.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2021

What kind of organization would be behind this campaign: a healthcare navigator company, an insurance company, or a social services agency? Midwest Heritage already offers consumers banking (checking and savings accounts), auto and home insurance, home mortgages, consumer loans, and pet insurance.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 6, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Families sometimes consider sending seniors to nursing homes for more hands-on care as they age. For those fearful of questionable living conditions, neglectful assisted-living staff, and lacking safety alert systems, a home care agency may […].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 19, 2023

Lack of standardization of technology platforms – or lack of care platforms altogether – hobbled the care industries -- senior living, home care, home healthcare. Consider Optum’s acquisition of Amedisys home health business. The home and senior care industries have long needed standard apps and underlying data.

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Health Recovery Solutions

OCTOBER 31, 2022

If you operate a home health agency, big changes are coming in the new year. Beginning on January 1, 2023 , all Medicare - certified home health agencies must participate in the ne w Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

As explained by the agency representative, the VA Commodities and Services Acquisition Service and the Denver Logistics Center have been tasked with a requirement to procure remote patient monitoring and home telehealth (abbreviated to RPM-HT) services and supplies to meet the needs of U.S. In 2019, the agency delivered more than 2.6

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Among them are new allowances for telehealth and remote monitoring, for what CMS is calling the Acute Hospital Care at Home program. With the new Acute Hospital Care At Home program, eligible hospitals will get further regulatory flexibility to treat eligible patients in their homes, through telehealth and remote monitoring.

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