CHICAGO (October 20, 2022)—Help at Home, a national provider of in-home, person-centered care for seniors, announced the creation of its new care coordination business segment. Care Coordination from Help at Home will focus on transforming the delivery of in-home personal care services, increasing access to care, improving quality and cost outcomes, and increasing client satisfaction and health equity for aging-in-place seniors, the underserved and chronic care populations.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 6, 2022)—Forcura, a health care technology company that enables safer patient care transitions and coordination, announced it has appointed David Kerr as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Kerr, who previously served as Forcura’s vice president of engineering, will be responsible for leading Forcura’s technology vision, enhancing existing offerings and bringing new digital capabilities to life.
PHILADELPHIA (March 1, 2022)—BAYADA Home Health Care, a not-for-profit home health care provider has launched its new, innovative suite of digital care transition and coordination solutions to assist hospitals and health plan joint venture partners to better serve patients in their homes and communities. BAYADA has selected digital health care company, Dina, its current technology partner, as the platform to power these new, tech-enabled services.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 27, 2021)—Willamette Valley Hospice & Palliative Care, Acclivity Health,and Reliance eHealth Collaborative have partnered to improve care coordination for hospice, palliative, and seriously ill patients in Oregon. Information is not always able to be shared between doctor’s offices, hospitals, and hospice and palliative care providers. This makes it harder to get a patient the care they need in a timely manner.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 9, 2021)—Forcura, a health care technology company that enables safer patient care transitions and coordination, announced that two new executives have joined the company. Laura Montesantos joins as vice president of product management and David Kerr begins as vice president of engineering. Montesantos and Kerr will work together to build upon Forcura’s Care Coordination Platform and enhance capabilities.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (June 16, 2021)—Humana Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire One Homecare Solutions from WayPoint Capital Partners, the private equity affiliate of a New York-based family investment office. The acquisition will further advance Humana’s strategy to build a value-based home health offering. onehome is a provider of a variety of home-based services, as well as a convener of home health services stakeholders and a care and risk manager.
NEW YORK (March 2, 2021)—Tomorrow Health, a patient-first platform for home-based care, today announced a partnership with Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) to provide more than half a million patients with access to curated home durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies.
MISSISSAUGA, ON. (December 8, 2020)—PointClickCare Technologies, a provider of cloud-based software technology for the long-term and post-acute care market, announced its intent to acquire Collective Medical, the leading network-enabled platform for real-time cross-continuum care coordination.
CHICAGO—(November 10, 2020)—BrightStar Care, a national provider of homecare and medical staffing services, announced it will join Dina’s digital home care coordination network.
CLEARWATER, Fla. (October 19, 2020)—A new health care offering from BayCare—BayCare@Home—will allow patients to receive safe and effective hospital-level care in the comfort of their own homes. The program is the first by a health system in West Central Florida.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (October 19, 2020)—WellSky, a global health and community care technology company, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Allscripts to acquire CarePort Health (CarePort), a care coordination software company that connects acute and post-acute providers and payers.
EDISON, N.J. (October 13, 2020)—Vital Decisions announced a collaboration with Aetna Better Health of Virginia to extend support for seriously ill individuals and their families. The organizations will provide a telehealth program to engage health plan members in discussions about their care preferences and goals as they endure an advanced illness.
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WINTER PARK, Fla. (January 14, 2020)—Injured workers who are discharged from a hospital and need skilled care that cannot be delivered in the home are admitted into a post-acute care, rehabilitation or skilled nursing center. But where? And what should it cost? These are questions workers’ compensation carriers and third-party administrators have been asking HomeCare Connect.
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NEW YORK (February 28, 2019)—Medically high-risk patients and communication breakdowns between providers contribute to the difficulty of medication management for older adults receiving home health care, finds a study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The findings are published in the journal Medical Care Research and Review.