Bluestream Health integrates language interpretation services
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 25, 2020
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...
CMS study: Avera eCARE Senior Care reduces LTC costs
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 25, 2020
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...
Telememory launches pilot serving isolated memory care patients
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 25, 2020
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....
AliveCor’s ECG algorithm gets FDA nod
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 25, 2020
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...
Medline launching U.S. face mask manufacturing
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 25, 2020
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...
LG Hausys Floors introduces Atmosphere sheet product
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 25, 2020
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...
Cleaning companies join forces on COVID-19 safety initiative
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 18, 2020
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...
Centauri acquires Ivy Ventures for referral services
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 18, 2020
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...
LeadingAge publishes ‘Pandemic Playbook’
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 18, 2020
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. ...
Rensair air scrubbers make U.S. debut at Gulf Coast Health Care
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 18, 2020
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...