OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (October 9, 2019)—WellSky Corporation, a health and community care technology company, and ClearCare, Inc. a provider of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform used by personal care agencies, announced that WellSky has signed an agreement to acquire ClearCare. With the addition of ClearCare, WellSky solidifies its position in the personal care market, adding to the company’s already robust set of solutions and services for post-acute and community care.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (October 8, 2019)—New research published by the Journal of American Geriatrics Society points to telemedicine as a way to improve health outcomes in older adults. The study reviewed current articles and data on telemedicine with a focus on older adults—those who are 65 years or older.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. (October 8, 2019)—People Power, a software company for custom-branded consumer services for senior care, security and energy management, launched the Presence Family Care Pack—a remote senior care and family connectivity product. The intelligent solution, backed by world-leading academic research, incorporates People Power’s patent-pending machine learning algorithms to continuously learn patterns of behavior in the home.
ADDISON, Texas (October 1, 2019)—Elara Caring, a provider of home health care services, announced the appointment of Scott Powers as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Powers, a health care industry veteran, will focus on completing the integration of the company, enhancing processes and leading the company’s growth objectives.
TORONTO (September 26, 2019)—PointClickCare, the market leader in cloud solutions for the long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) and senior living sectors, recently celebrated the opening of its new office in downtown Toronto. Located at the south west corner of King St. and York St., the new office is expected to add 100 new product developer and engineer positions to the company's 1,500-person strong workforce.
LOS ANGELES (September 27, 2019)—Arosa+LivHOME has signed an agreement to acquire LifeLinks, a provider of Aging Life Care services in Raleigh, North Carolina and Nashville, Tennesee. This marks Arosa+LivHOME’s sixth acquisition since January and entry into its sixth state, Tennessee.
LOS ANGELES (September 25, 2019)—Frontive, a new digital health company that aims to improve health management for patients and families, today announced the launch of its smart personal health platform, Frontive Health. Frontive combines its patented artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled solution with Amazon Echo's intuitive voice assistant to securely connect and organize fragmented pieces of health information to help patients and caregivers more easily adhere to care regimens.
Sharing patient data across the care continuum
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 13, 2019)—The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report pertaining to home health agencies (HHA), “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Could Use Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Data To Identify High-Risk Home Health Agencies.”
NEW YORK (September 12, 2019)—Senior Helpers, a provider of in-home senior care, announced that it has begun deploying the industry's first data-driven client assessment process based on the concept of Micro Social Determinants of Health (MSDOH).
LOS ANGELES (September 10, 2019)—Tandem Careplanning, a public benefit corporation led by technology-based business leader Joshua Greer, introduces a new caregiving solution in the Greater Los Angeles area to help clients and caregivers obtain and manage in-home care relationships with full support throughout the process.
HOUSTON (September 10, 2019)—BrightStar Care, a national franchise specializing in providing A Higher Standard of Care in medical and non-medical in-home care services, has announced targeted development plans throughout Texas. The brand has available franchise territories in Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, and is seeking qualified franchise partners to operate in each market.
Putting hospital experience into clinical practice in the home
BOSTON (September 5, 2019)—MobileHelp, a provider of mobile personal emergency response systems (mPERS) and health care technology, announced it is changing the name of its health care division to Clear Arch Health.
ATLANTA (September 4, 2019)—Diandra Bankhead, the owner and operator of Elite Homecare (Elite), an Atlanta-based home health care provider, has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid by submitting thousands of fraudulent claims for services that were never provided to medically fragile children under the Georgia Pediatric Program (GAPP).
ATLANTA, Ga. and DALLAS, Texas (September 3, 2019)—Axxess, a home health care technology company, and Trella Health, a source for post-acute performance analytics and outcomes data, have partnered to provide Axxess customers improved benchmark quality performance metrics while strengthening referral relationships to accelerate their growth.
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LOWELL, Mass. (August 21, 2019)—A new study by UMass Lowell university researchers shows that one in four home health care workers are verbally abused by clients and their families.