ABILITY® Network, which has a presence in the hospital, home health and skilled nursing industry, announced in April it had bought software company eHealth Data Solutions LLC. Terms of the deal were not...
New SaaS management system launched
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 04, 2016
A new platform seeks to link home care providers with senior living partners.
FDA approved 35 new drugs during the latest fiscal year
By
Matthew Arnold
Dec 01, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration green-lighted a bumper crop of new medicines in fiscal year 2011. It happened due to expedited approval authorities, flexibility in clinical trial requirements and PDUFA...
FDA advises caution on defibrillators
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 01, 2014
Certain HeartStart automated external defibrillator devices made by Philips Medical Systems might be unable to deliver needed defibrillator shocks in a cardiac emergency, the Food and Drug Administration...
Diabetes screening gets an added point-of-care feature
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 17, 2019
Abbott said its Afinion™ HbA1c Dx assay is now available for use on the Afinion 2 Analyzer, as well as the Afinion AS100 Analyzer.
Excel Health focuses on SNF intelligence
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 06, 2019
Excel Health has announced availability of its business intelligence solution for skilled nursing facilities. The company analyzed more than 1.25 billion claims across the care continuum to develop...
Locus Health completes $4M in funding
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 04, 2016
Locus Health, which makes remote patient care management programs, completed a $4 million funding round at the end of January. Its software is connected with services that allow clinicians to interact...
NQF endorses rehospitalization system
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 01, 2015
The National Quality Forum has endorsed the PointRight® Pro 30™ rehospitalization measure, the company and the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living announced in January.
Roche launches onset Alzheimer’s website
Nov 01, 2011
To commemorate World Alzheimer’s Day, Roche has launched the first available website dedicated to early-stage (prodromal) Alzheimer’s disease, at EarlySymptomsAlzehimers.com.
Practitioner tool updated for mobile use
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 05, 2015
PointClickCare released its latest version of an ePrescribing and Physician Encounters line at the AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care conference in March.