Encompass agrees to buy Frontier Home Health and Hospice … Study finds COVID-19 isn’t usually the sole cause of home health deaths … Deutsche Bank issues buy rating on LHC Group … American...
Home Care briefs for Tuesday, Sept. 21
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 21, 2021
Amedisys expands in North Carolina … Home healthcare among fastest-growing jobs … COVID-19 booster cuts infection in those 60 and older … Ochsner Health expands telehealth to all 50 states...
Connected Home Living, People Power partner to advance telehealth at home
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 05, 2021
People Power, a developer of intelligent in-home connected services for the home healthcare industry, and Connected Home Living, a provider of telehealth and remote care monitoring, have announced a partnership...
Video telehealth visits work well for common conditions
Dec 13, 2021
Replacing or augmenting usual care with video visits results in similar outcomes.
Barriers prevent independent living residents from realizing full benefits of telemedicine: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 18, 2022
Perceived limitations to video visits, new technology learning curves and a preference for in-person care create substantial barriers to independent living residents connecting to care providers through...
Drones could offer another alternative to telehealth
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 08, 2021
Drones could soon make house calls, dropping off Medical supplies, prescriptions and even self-administered lab tests. A team of inventors at the University of Cincinnati is developing the technology that...
Amazon Care reportedly to launch telehealth offering in all 50 states
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 18, 2021
Amazon’s app-based healthcare service for employees, Amazon Care, soon will launch throughout the country, according to a Healthcare IT News report.
COVID-19 and senior care will be topic of March 25 webinar
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2020
Get up-to-the-minute information about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects, and learn evidence-based ways to protect residents from serious harm, at a free webinar on Wednesday,...
Home Care briefs for Tuesday, July 27
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 27, 2021
VA now requires its healthcare workers to be vaccinated … Fauci says the U.S. is “going in the wrong direction” with COVID-19 … COVID-19 hospitalizations in Texas reach highest level since...
Home Care briefs for Thursday, March 4
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 04, 2021
Lawmaker wants CMS to make Medicare telehealth waivers permanent … ObvioHealth and RedHill Biopharma launch first in kind remote COVID-19 therapy trial … Zeel discloses 5,000 in-home COVID-19 PCR...