Digital front doors helping to address physician shortages
By
Bob Crutchfield
Jul 15, 2021
Physician recruiting and staffing is continuing to become more challenging for assisting living, skilled nursing and other long-term care facilities of all sizes. In the face of mounting physician shortages,...
Google, Sanofi, Joslin collaborate to fight diabetes
Sep 01, 2015
Drug maker Sanofi, Google’s life sciences team and the Joslin Diabetes Center will collaborate in an effort to improve care and outcomes for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
MatrixCare to be acquired by ResMed for $750 million
Nov 06, 2018
Minneapolis-based software company MatrixCare will be acquired by San Diego-based ResMed for $750 million, the companies announced Monday.
HUD expands internet access program for low-income seniors
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 20, 2016
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced an expansion of its ConnectHome program to make high-speed internet access more readily available and affordable to senior citizens and...
Providers tell CMS to explore telehealth, care coordination, long-term care financing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2018
Chronic care management via telehealth and remote monitoring, service coordination in affordable housing, and long-term care financing are some of the new directions that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Data breach puts personal information of residents, workers at risk, Elmcroft Senior Living says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 11, 2018
The personal information of Elmcroft Senior Living residents and their family members, employees and others could have been stolen in a data breach that occurred in mid-May, the Louisville, KY-based company...
Siemens to acquire Brightly Software, formerly Dude Solutions, in $1.6 billion deal
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2022
Cary, NC-based Brightly Software, formerly known as Dude Solutions, will be acquired by Zug, Switzerland-based Siemens Smart Infrastructure in a $1.575 billion deal, plus earn-out, Siemens announced Monday.
NIC acquires VisionLTC to form new data analytics company
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 11, 2021
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care has acquired senior living industry market analytics platform VisionLTC, and together they have formed a new company called NIC MAP Vision that...
4 lessons from 3 tech wake-up calls
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2017
Three tech-related stories that made the news Friday serve as wake-up calls for individuals and businesses.
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.