What we’ve learned about using telehealth to reach older adults during COVID-19
By
David Lindeman, Ph.D.
Jul 12, 2021
Lessons we’ve learned about how to most effectively reach older adults in affordable senior housing can be applied to efforts designed to reach any underserved population with digital health technology...
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.
Bipartisan group of senators reintroduces HEAT Act
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 27, 2021
Newly reintroduced legislation would provide Medicare reimbursement for audio and video telehealth visits provided by home health agencies during the ongoing pandemic and future public health emergencies.
New senior living tech juggernaut will ‘transform’ model facilities into software testing ground,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aaron Dorman
Sep 29, 2023
An assisted living and memory care community is being converted into a testing ground for new software solutions and tech like patient monitoring.
Telehealth, hospital partnership aims to close mental health gap for seniors with dementia
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 12, 2023
A telehealth company that promises “dementia care on demand” is partnering with a hospital to develop a training program.
Senior living residents eligible for $7 million federal COVID-19 telehealth program
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 09, 2023
The launch of a federal telehealth model will provide any adult — including senior living and affordable senior housing residents — access to at-home COVID-19 rapid tests, telehealth sessions and antiviral...
Peer-to-Peer: How ConcertoCare has tapped technology, analytics and PACE to upend home healthcare
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 17, 2021
In January, ConcertoCare a tech-enabled, risk-based home healthcare provider, named Julian Harris, M.D., to lead the company into a post-COVID-19 landscape.
Pandemic has revealed ‘what’s possible’ in home care, OSU Wexner Medical Center leader says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 26, 2021
When The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) opened in 1834, physicians traveled to patients’ homes via horse and buggy to make house calls.
In ‘bold move’ Blupoint latest to adopt centralized digital intake of residents
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 17, 2023
A healthcare operator in Central Massachusetts has added a central intake center with digital solutions to provide more efficient onboarding.
Next Online Forum shares how to adapt telehealth, pest control during pandemic
Sep 01, 2020
The effects of pandemic telehealth and pest control in senior living and skilled nursing will be the focus of the McKnight’s Online Forum, COVID-19 Update VII, on Thursday, Sept. 10. Attendees can...