AMSTERDAM (November 12, 2018)—Royal Philips announced the launch of a global initiative to celebrate everyday wins by patients, providers and caretakers regarding the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Launching on World COPD Day November 21, this awareness and celebratory campaign aims to help inspire COPD patients and their caregivers around ways to improve their overall quality of life.
SAN FRANCISCO (November 14, 2018)—Honor, a provider of homecare services company and founder of the Honor Care Network, announced the opening of the company’s second operations center to be located in Austin, Texas. The new 30,000 square foot operations center in North Austin will complement Honor’s current operations center in Concord, California, where the company manages its care operations.
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WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (November 9, 2018)—Briggs Healthcare announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Selman-Holman & Associates. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Briggs, Selman-Holman will continue to expand its education and compliance solutions for the home health industry.
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. (November 8, 2018)—Two of Washington state’s largest homecare agencies, Seattle-based Family Resource Home Care and Spokane-based Family Home Care, announced completion of a merger that will make the combined entity one of the largest homecare providers in the nation. The new combined entity will retain the Family Resource Home Care name.
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Hospital. Rehab. Skilled nursing facility. Home. That’s how discharge works after an acute care episode, or how many patients and family members expect discharge to work. Some patients expect to be discharged straight home into the care of family and home health providers.
For patients on the care journey, moving from one point of care to another can be difficult to navigate. If expectations are not managed by health care providers, the journey becomes even more problematic, leading to additional complications with care.
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