Contract therapy providers sign on with major clients
Reliant Rehabilitation and Genesis Rehab Services have each picked up major new contracts, adding thousands of skilled nursing and senior living residents to their rolls.
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PointClickCare, Collective Medical merge
PointClickCare Technologies is acquiring Collective Medical, a platform that supports real-time, cross-continuum care coordination.
January/February Company Briefs
QliqSOFT, provider of clinical collaboration and patient communication solutions, launched a COVID-19 vaccination assistant chatbot, partnering first with post-acute operator CPSI. The chatbot is designed to ease workflows, assist with scheduling and address anticipated rollout concerns such as vaccine hesitancy.
Student start-up creates fall prevention alerts system
Students at the University of Virginia are working to patent a new technology that could help prevent falls among nursing home residents.
New platform targets dementia patients
Researchers from the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging and LifeBio are using artificial intelligence to connect with and improve care for older adults. The National Institute on Aging awarded the organizations a nearly $2.5 million Small Business Innovation Research grant to develop and test an online platform to facilitate life-story work for individuals with dementia.
Curve Health capitalizes on new interest in telehealth
Six million dollars in seed funding will allow Curve Health to expand its platform, combining long-term care telemedicine, smart billing, health information exchange and predictive analytics, and attract new partners.
Pandemic stresses long-term care’s abilities, Paycor survey finds
Fifty-six percent of long-term care providers say fear of contracting the coronavirus is disrupting their ability to deliver care, according to a new survey by human capital management company Paycor. In addition, the virus has put added pressures on the labor market, with 64% of respondents saying they are concerned about skilled staff leaving nursing…
Ensocare to support Central Logic’s post-acute transition coordination
Central Logic, a healthcare access and orchestration company, has acquired Omaha-based Ensocare, which automates inpatient referrals to post-acute care. Central Logic’s flexible technology currently focuses on referrals and transfers into a health system by uniting all available provider, facility and transportation resources to enable them to operate as one system of care. This approach enables…
Myndshft adds web app for benefits verification, coordinations
Myndshft Technologies, provider of integrated benefits-check and prior-authorization technology for post-acute care providers, launched Myndview, a web application that offers the same real-time solutions as those embedded in Myndshft API integrations. Post-acute care providers continue to be faced with growing demands to provide accurate and detailed benefits coverage and out-of-pocket costs at the point of…
PointClickCare adds antibiotic stewardship function
Senior care software provider PointClickCare has added antibiotic stewardship functionality to its Infection Prevention & Control solution, enabling staff to optimize the use of antibiotic agents via best practice guidelines — and avoid building resistance. The commercial release of Infection Prevention & Control workflow is designed to help customers manage and control the spread of infection…
Bluestream Health integrates language interpretation services
Telehealth provider Bluestream Health has announced an integration with LanguageLine Solutions to provide on-demand translation services. Serving more than 50,000 providers, Bluestream delivers over 100,000 virtual care visits. The new integration enables on-demand, one-touch access to more than 13,000 professional, medically trained interpreters in more than 240 languages. Connections are made in seconds, with no…
CMS study: Avera eCARE Senior Care reduces LTC costs
Avera eCARE Senior Care reduced the cost of providing healthcare for long-term care residents, according to a federally sponsored evaluation of Health Care Innovation Award projects. Avera eCARE won a three-year, $8.8 million Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation award aimed at improving healthcare and lowering costs for LTC residents. The Senior Care program primarily…
Telememory launches pilot serving isolated memory care patients
Telememory, a telehealth startup using artificial-based digital reminiscence technology to share memories and track emotional responses, has launched an Alpha testing program at Delmar Gardens Enterprises. The monthlong program seeks to connect memory care patients and families to their legacies while promoting the psychological health and well-being of residents at the skilled nursing, assisted living…
AliveCor’s ECG algorithm gets FDA nod
The Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to AliveCor’s next generation of interpretive ECG algorithms, used in personal cardiology devices to support telemedicine. AliveCor’s KardiaMobile and KardiaMobile 6L devices, along with the Kardia app, allow users to take a 30-second ECG and receive instant determinations of multiple cardiac conditions. The FDA clearance provides detail…
Medline launching U.S. face mask manufacturing
Medline plans to manufacture face masks in North America for the first time, modifying its Lithia Springs, GA, plant to begin producing level-1 ear loop procedure masks in January. When the company adds a second production line later in 2021, it estimates producing 36 million face masks per month. “Throughout the pandemic, Medline has been…
LG Hausys Floors introduces Atmosphere sheet product
LG Hausys Floors is introducing Atmosphere, a homogeneous sheet solution created to meet the rigorous health, safety and design requirements for healthcare environments. Featuring LG Hausys’s chip design, Atmosphere combines durability, anti-bacterial properties and ease-of-maintenance with a fresh color palette offering 16 coordinating colors. Manufactured with a highly dense web-structured coating, Atmosphere also features LG’s…
Cleaning companies join forces on COVID-19 safety initiative
Four professional cleaning companies are collaborating on Sodexo’s Safer Together program, recently launched to give consumers more confidence about the cleaning and safety of shared spaces in healthcare settings. The enhanced cleaning and disinfection program incorporates well-known brands from Sodexo, P&G Professional, Clorox Healthcare and GOJO to be used in conjunction with Centers for Disease…
Centauri acquires Ivy Ventures for referral services
Centauri Health Solutions, a healthcare technology and services company, has acquired Ivy Ventures, a Virginia-based healthcare growth solutions company focused on developing referral-driven service lines and improving care coordination. The addition expands Centauri’s offerings, which already include Medicaid and disability eligibility and enrollment, out-of-state Medicaid billing and revenue cycle analytics. The company also works with…
LeadingAge publishes ‘Pandemic Playbook’
LeadingAge this week introduced the Pandemic Playbook, an interactive collection of insight, tools and best practices for serving older adults during a catastrophic health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. While originally conceived to help ensure that aging services providers could prepare for and mitigate the impact of a future pandemic, the playbook now serves as…
Rensair air scrubbers make U.S. debut at Gulf Coast Health Care
Gulf Coast Health Care has installed the nation’s first Rensair portable air scrubbers inside its Florida and Mississippi facilities. Rensair’s patented system of UV light and HEPA13 filter technology has been shown to destroy 99.97% of airborne pathogens, including the virus responsible for COVID-19. The system is already used widely in the U.K and Scandinavia.…
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