More home-based care providers have become curious about the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), especially when it comes to its potential around easing clinician and caregiver workload and improving patient outcomes. Companies like Homewatch CareGivers and Pinnacle Home Care moved past the curiosity stage, and have implemented AI tools into their operations and clinical processes. […]
The value-based and home-based care enablement platform CareCentrix is in an interesting position. Not only is it in between home health providers and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, but it’s also now owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) – one of the retailers diving head first into home-based health care services. In a recent conversation […]
A new artificial intelligence tool has emerged in the home health space. And this one comes from one of the industry’s own operators. Trent Smith, the CEO of the Oklahoma City-based Accentra Home Health and Hospice, is behind the new startup, Apricot, which leverages generative AI specifically. Accentra has been using Apricot for months, but […]
Choice Health at Home and Resilient Healthcare have formed a partnership that will give the former access to digital health technologies and hospital-at-home capabilities. Plano, Texas-based Resilient is a technology company that enables health care organizations to deliver higher-acuity care in the home. Meanwhile, Tyler, Texas-based Choice Health at Home is a home health, hospice, […]
Like many others, AccentCare has embraced artificial intelligence. However, the company wasn’t satisfied with implementing generative AI and looping in its clinicians afterwards. Instead, the company made its nurses a part of this process from the start. “It’s our philosophy at AccentCare that we don’t make changes to clinical practice without having a conversation with […]
When news of the Change Healthcare cyberattack became public, it rocked the broader health care sector. Months later, it serves as a major lesson for home-based care providers. In February, Change Healthcare – the largest U.S. billing and payment system in the country, and a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) – was brought to […]
At a time when home health providers are already facing numerous challenges, the utilization of the right technology tools can elevate care delivery, while improving interaction between clinicians and patients. Prior to the pandemic, clinicians may have been skeptical about incorporating technology into the care delivery models. This has mostly changed due necessity, according to […]
It was a turbulent start to the year for the health care giant UnitedHealth Group, driven by the cyberattack on Change Healthcare and a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust investigation. Amid the DOJ investigation, UnitedHealth Group’s planned acquisition of the home health company Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) came into focus, with reports circulating that […]
Homewatch CareGivers has launched a new suite of services, dubbed Total Care Solutions, designed to cater to a more personalized home care experience for clients and their families. The franchise company is also launching Homewatch Connect, a smart camera system that aims to promote longer independence at home, reduce isolation and boost social engagement. “This […]
In his many years in personal home care, Caring Senior Service CEO Jeff Salter has seen trends come and go. One he has stuck with, however, is a constant commitment to searching for the next advancements in technology. Between recruiting, onboarding and care management plans, Caring Senior Service have prided themselves on leveraging technology to […]
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