HealthDirect Pharmacy picks up sixth Pennsylvania location
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
HealthDirect Pharmacy Services acquired the long-term care pharmacy operations of Northeast Pharmacy Services, its sixth pharmacy in the state of Pennsylvania. Since late 2017, HealthDirect has focused...
Sanvis coordinates telehealth with CareHero
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
Sanvis Health, maker of the CareSynchrony socio-clinical platform, has developed CareHero, a cloud-based virtual care offering tailored for use by senior living communities during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Telehealth options continue to expand
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
Zeally Health is among the latest telehealth services available over video or phone. The cloud-based software as a service lets doctors consult with a patient in a HIPAA/HITECH-compliant environment and...
PointClickCare strengthens analytics portfolio to expand data insights
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
Senior care software provider PointClickCare Technologies has acquired Co-Pilot, an analytics solution developed by Consonus Healthcare. Co-Pilot offers robust analytical capabilities, including rehospitalization...
American HealthTech partners with QliqSOFT on COVID-19 toolkit
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
Electronic health record provider American HealthTech has made available a new CPSI COVID‐19 Toolkit. Created in partnership with technology innovator QliqSOFT, the capabilities can help alleviate the...
Software provider ITX adds vitals monitoring tool
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
ITX, a custom software producer, has launched Vitals Update, a solution enabling remote monitoring while patients quarantine due to COVID-19. Vitals Update is being offered free. ITX said it can reduce...
Test demonstrates Sterisafe’s effectiveness against coronavirus
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
An independent study from the Dr. Brill Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, a leading German test laboratory, confirms that the Sterisafe Pro room sterilization robot effectively kills the novel coronavirus....
Thick-It relaunches beverages under Clear Advantage label
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
Thick-It, maker of dysphagia nutrition solutions, has changed the name of its AquaCareH2O line of pre-thickened beverages to Thick-It Clear Advantage Ready-to-Drink Beverages. The name change is accompanied...
Medi-Dose/EPS announces new medication handling labels
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
Medi-Dose has added brightly colored lid-label covers in blue, red, orange, green and pink to help providers call attention to specific classes of drugs. The five new labels follow the highly popular launch...
Laurel View Village names Wachter nursing home administrator
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Kimberly Marselas
May 12, 2020
Laurel View Village, a continuing care retirement community in Davidsville, PA, has named Rachel Wachter administrator of its nursing home. Wachter was previously administrator for The Lutheran Home at...