‘We’ve Got to Have Set Standards’: Increased Standardization Likely Coming to Home Care

With more eyes than ever on the home care industry, experts are trying to read the tea leaves to determine if greater standardization will eventually follow. Once considered the “youngest kid” in the larger health care continuum, home care has been ushered into the spotlight over the past couple of years. A few things have […]

Creative COVID-19 Investments Likely to Pay Off Down the Road for Home Care Providers

Navigating the COVID-19 public emergency health emergency is causing private-duty home care providers to become more creative when it comes to problem solving. Largely left to fend for themselves, home care providers have had to hustle for personal protective equipment, take crash courses on new technology tools and experiment with different ways to reward their […]

Ransomware Hacker Threat Hits the Home Health Industry

An Internet scam that has been targeting everyone from ordinary online users to local police departments has now set its sights on the home health care sector. Ransomware is one of the latest cybersecurity threats used by hackers to gain access to a person’s or organization’s sensitive data, in return charging victims a price to […]