Erickson’s Medicare Advantage plan earns 5-Star CMS rating for second consecutive year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2021
Erickson Advantage, Erickson Senior Living’s resident-only Medicare Advantage plan, has received top recognition from the Centers for Medicare & Med
Healthcare spending more on tech, but still needs better infrastructure to catch up
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 29, 2023
Many healthcare companies are planning on adding new digital technology over the next few years, although they may not have the infrastructure for it, research shows.
Healthtech Institute creates 14-member collaborative, announces new study on tech and hypertension
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 01, 2024
The Peterson Health Tech Institute jointly announced a new digital health collaborative and plans for two new case studies.
Software giant adds ‘Partners and Pals’ to improve AI-driven healthcare admin
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 24, 2023
Healthcare software giant Epic is announcing a number of new agreement as part of their “Partners and Pals” program.
Upcoming ‘stroke boot camp’ will evaluate new smartphone app for rehab
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 04, 2024
A new smartphone app for stroke rehabilitation will be evaluated during an upcoming “stroke boot camp” at Chapman University.
New aphasia therapy app helps people recover speech after stroke
By
Aaron Dorman
Feb 23, 2024
A new app to help with aphasia was able to improve users’ spontaneous speech and recall of commonly used words, according to a study.
At-home therapy provider adding AI to help facilitate visits, charting
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 16, 2023
A physical therapy provider announced they were building an AI tool to help with administrative functions and conversation.
$5M in grants now available to assisted living communities for telemedicine tech
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 09, 2024
Assisted living communities and other long-term care providers now can access $5 million in funding to install telemedicine technology and infrastructure after South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signed...
Healthcare utilization highest in first 30 days after COVID-19 diagnosis
Jan 20, 2022
Previously hospitalized patients had twice the health care utilization of nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients.
UNC pilot program auditions chatbot to help staff members with administrative duties
By
Aaron Dorman
Jun 30, 2023
UNC Health is piloting an internal chatbot designed to be used by care team members to access reference materials and documents.