PadInMotion offering HIPAA-compliant EZCall tool for SNFs
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 04, 2020
Interactive patient experience provider PadInMotion now offers its EZCall application to skilled nursing facilities and hospitals to empower quick and secure engagement with loved ones via one-touch connectivity....
GlynnDevins strengthens digital services with pick-up of Linkmedia 360
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 21, 2020
GlynnDevins, a technology-enabled marketing agency serving senior living providers, has acquired digital marketing firm Linkmedia 360. The move improves GlynnDevins’ portfolio of products to more effectively...
HealthDirect Pharmacy Services adds Family Pharmacy Services to portfolio
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 13, 2020
HealthDirect Pharmacy Services has acquired Family Pharmacy Healthcare, its 26th long-term care pharmacy location. The 43-year-old Family pharmacy includes the long-term pharmacy business and a single...
KARE hires Steph Kolbo as chief growth officer
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 13, 2020
Steph Kolbo has been hired as chief growth officer of KARE, a digital labor marketplace for post-acute and senior care. Kolbo will join KARE after a decade at NRC Health, a healthcare customer intelligence...
Conk appointed administrator at new Orchards Health Center
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2020
Kelly Conk has been named administrator of the new Orchards Health Center in Rancho Mission Viejo, CA. The community is scheduled to open this month with 58 assisted living apartments and 1 20-bed memory...
Carrier’s Healthy Buildings program helps customers clear the air
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 17, 2020
Carrier has introduced a Healthy Buildings Program, with an expanded suite of solutions to help deliver healthy, safe, efficient and productive indoor environments in healthcare, hospitality and commercial...
NIC founder Kramer to ‘rethink aging’ with new company
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 29, 2020
Bob Kramer transitioned from CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care in mid-2017, becoming senior adviser to the organization he had co-founded in 1991. At the time, starting a...
CPAP makers offer noninvasive alternatives to in-demand vents
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2020
Noninvasive ventilation therapy, such as that provided by CPAP machines, could offer care for critically ill COVID-19 patients who aren’t yet in need of ventilators, according to a series of white papers...
Partners Pharmacy PassPort selected for NJ’s field hospitals
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2020
New Jersey has tapped Partners Pharmacy and its innovative APS Passport system to provide emergency pharmacy services at three field hospitals opening across the state to alleviate the strain on local...
Engagement activities continue to pour into senior care
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2020
As visitor prohibitions continue, senior engagement companies and nonprofit organizations across the country are looking for new ways to serve residents. For example, Birdsong Tablet, a division of faith-based,...