technology

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (May 13, 2021)—Forcura, a health care technology company that enables safer patient care transitions and coordination, announced the launch of Forcura Circle, a digital document sharing and signature solution that enables clinicians to easily receive, view, sign and store orders or plans of care in one central location.

DALLAS, Texas (May 11, 2021)—Axxess, a technology innovator for health care at home, announced its scheduling and staffing solution, Axxess CARE, is now available nationwide.

Axxess CARE has already helped nurses and therapists complete nearly 50,000 home health visits across 16 states, enabling organizations like Serenity Home Health to work with more clinicians to accept referrals and expand to new markets.

BOSTON (May 11, 2021)—Biofourmis, a Boston-based provider of virtual care and digital therapeutics, has named Maulik Majmudar, MD, a cardiologist and leader in digital health transformation, as its chief medical officer. Majmudar will lead the expansion of the company’s clinical care services—including near-term plans to offer in-home provider services that complement its robust care-at-home technology platform.
 

HARTFORD, Conn. (May 11, 2021)—CareCentrix, a provider of health-at-home solutions, announced the addition of Dr. Jennifer Schneider, MD, MS, as a strategic advisor. Schneider is a top tier clinical and business leader who has a deep understanding of the connection between technology and health care. She will support CareCentrix in its mission to empower health plans and providers to deliver more care at home leveraging emerging technologies.
 

DALLAS, Texas (May 5, 2021)—Homecare Homebase (HCHB), CellTrak and Addus HomeCare have recently announced a new software development partnership to build an integrated, enterprise-level solution for all types of home-based care. 

CHARLESTON, S.C. (May 4, 2021)—Care at Heart has partnered with Axxess, a technology innovator for health care at home, to continue providing the highest-quality care to individuals and their loved ones living with advanced illnesses. 

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (April 28, 2021)—RedSail Technologies, LLC, an independent pharmacy network providing pharmacy software to community and long-term care pharmacies, announced the launch of a new integration with Pointy from Google. Pointy helps local pharmacies reach more customers by showing them what their store sells.

DALLAS (April 23, 2021)—Addus HomeCare Corporation, a provider of homecare services, announced that it has entered into a joint software development agreement with Homecare Homebase (HCHB) to build an integrated, enterprise-level solution for all types of home-based care. The resulting technology would provide Addus with a singular platform and a unified patient record to manage clients across Addus’s continuum of post-acute services, including personal care, home health and hospice.

BOSTON (April 22, 2021)—Current Health—a enterprise remote care management platform—today announced it has raised $43 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Northpond Ventures, with additional financing from LRVHealth, OSF HealthCare, Section 32, Elements Health Ventures and existing investors. Andrea Jackson, Director at Northpond Ventures, and Tripp Peake, General Partner at LRVHealth, will join Current Health’s Board of Directors.

Consumers are always searching for tools to make life easier. This is especially true for people living with a chronic illness.

DENVER (April 14, 2021)—InnovAge Holding Corp. announced that it has appointed Alice Raia as chief information officer, bringing significant expertise in developing technological strategies to improve customer engagement and drive meaningful improvements to patient outcomes.

BALA CYNWYD & McMURRAY, Penn. (April 13, 2021)—Connect America, a nationally recognized provider of connected health solutions, and Watchful Shepherd USA, a national nonprofit family abuse prevention program, are reminding Americans during National Child Abuse Prevention Month that tools and resources are available to help protect children living in at-risk environments.
 

WATERLOO, Iowa (April 8, 2021)—VGM & Associates, a division of VGM Group, Inc., is excited to announce their vendor partner, Encore Healthcare, is releasing version three of their Nexus software.

ATLANTA (April 6th, 2021)—Brightree announced an expanded relationship with RelayHealth Pharmacy Solutions, one of the nation’s most reliable pharmacy networks connecting biopharma companies, pharmacies, physicians and payers.

Existing and prospective Brightree pharmacy and home infusion customers can now easily access and enroll in a variety of RelayHealth offerings directly from Brightree’s RelayHealth Connection in the Brightree Pharmacy platform, including:

ROCKLIN, Calif. & TOWSON, Md. (April 2, 2021)—Pivot Physical Therapy, a premier provider of physical therapy services with over 250 locations, announced a new partnership with Luna, the leader in on-demand physical therapy, to give Pivot patients the option of receiving outpatient physical therapy in the comfort of their homes.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 25, 2021)—PlayMaker Health, a post-acute sales enablement and market intelligence platform, and the Home Care Association of Florida (HCAF), the premier trade association for the homecare industry in Florida, today announced they have entered into a strategic partnership to provide HCAF members with exclusive member pricing and priority access to Spark, PlayMaker Health’s fully integrated home health and hospice solution.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (March 25, 2021)—Complia Health, a home health and hospice technology solutions provider, announced today the appointment of Rich Berner as Chief Executive Officer. As the health care industry shifts more care to the home, Complia Health is in a strong position to help drive higher caregiver and consumer satisfaction for its clients.

SAN FRANCISCO (March 25, 2021)—Better Health, the next-generation medical supplier offering a seamless e-commerce experience and white-glove service to 80 million Americans with chronic conditions, has announced its official launch with the close of a $3.5 million seed round and national contracts with leading health insurers, including Oscar Health and Humana.

Cars are getting safer: there are backup cameras, lane departure warnings, and sensors that apply the brakes when the sense an obstruction. But for all the technology being poured into cars, power wheelchair users lacked the same protection—relying on just a seatbelt in many cases.