Technology
04/11/2024
Aligning clinician and patient schedules has long been an issue for home health agencies. To solve this, some agencies have begun allowing patients to “self-schedule” their visits.
12/07/2023
As agencies trim budgets to prepare for upcoming payment cuts, some are turning to automation tools to save time and money during the onboarding and recruitment process.
10/05/2023
Interoperability has long been a goal for agencies, but competition and intellectual property make some vendors reluctant to share patient data. That barrier is gradually getting softer though as vendors expand their services and ability to collaborate with others.
09/21/2023
Newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are expected to help agencies improve patient outcomes and compliance by doing things such as proposing goals and interventions for patients based on a scan of all records and determining whether more visits or other services are needed.
07/21/2023
Now is the time to get creative with fall detection capabilities by considering options in the marketplace and already in the patient’s home that could help avoid injury.
02/22/2023
by: David J. Pryzbylski
There are countless workplace technologies available to companies that enable them to track employees for various purposes. For example, many employers have GPS devices on company vehicles so they can track how efficiently they are delivering services. But does the use of such technology violate labor law? Based on a memo from the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) general counsel, the answer could soon be “yes” in many cases.
12/08/2022
With RPM, you can quickly identify any trends that may be changing for a patient, getting a better picture of those high-risk patients in the field.
05/05/2022
While remote patient monitoring has been shown in studies to improve patient satisfaction, agencies need to carefully construct training for both clinicians and patients to get the biggest bang for the buck.
03/03/2022
There are several reasons why elderly Americans fail to adhere to their medication plans, but there are plenty of strategies and tools for patients, caregivers, providers and payers that can help ensure adherence to medication prescription plans.
12/16/2021
Even pre-pandemic, health care organizations were prime targets for hackers and other online threats. That condition has only grown worse over the past 18 months, with vaccine infrastructure becoming a tempting target for bad actors in addition to health care systems’ continuing vulnerability to ransomware attacks.

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