Smart home and medical alert systems help seniors stay protected and connected with caregivers from afar
By
Andy Droney
Sep 17, 2021
For caregivers who are unable to physically visit their patients or loved ones, smart home technology can be a unique solution as they allow caregivers to check in remotely and even help recognize when...
Honor Technology and Home Instead combine in revolutionary home care deal
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 06, 2021
Honor Technology shook the home care industry Friday, announcing a deal to buy Omaha-based Home Instead for at an undisclosed price. The combined companies represent more than $2.1 billion in home care...
‘Granny cam’ bill joins national trend toward greater long-term care room monitoring
By
Josh Henreckson
Jan 26, 2024
Adding to what has become a national trend, Iowa’s state legislature has advanced a bill that would allow residents and their families to install cameras in nursing home rooms.
Into the future: Amazon and the rise of personal healthcare
By
Robin Gaster
May 04, 2021
Amazon is uniquely well-positioned to drive the next steps into the era of personal medicine.
Charting a course toward interoperability in home-based care
By
Nick Knowlton
Apr 13, 2021
As the home becomes a healthcare hub in this new decade, post-acute care (PAC) providers need to up their ability to send and accept data electronically to provide better care for their patients and foster...
CMS prods hospitals to improve discharge info for SNFs, home health
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 09, 2023
Hospitals’ shortcomings in providing post-acute care providers with adequate discharge information prompted federal regulators to issue a special memo Tuesday.