RehabTracker™, a mobile app developed by Kindred Rehabilitation Services, is improving outcomes for patients, the company said.
Medical center uses company for post-acute care referrals
Aug 02, 2017
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical announced it would use The Right Place, a digital health company, to help place patients in post-acute care facilities more efficiently.
Next stage of HIPAA audits will move quickly and result in enforcement actions against providers, official...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 26, 2014
Impending audits could lead to penalties for healthcare providers not complying with health information privacy laws, an official stated Wednesday.
$2 million HIPAA settlement highlights mobile device risks facing healthcare providers
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 24, 2014
Laptops and other mobile devices containing personal health information have been stolen from long-term care ombudsman programs and other healthcare organizations, including from Concentra Health Services...
State News for September 2014
Sep 01, 2014
MAINE – The state’s nursing homes will get their first Medicaid rate increase in six years after a breathtaking display of mid-summer political brinksmanship. But dark days still loom in a...
Streamlined telehealth workflow improves clinical rounds in nursing homes
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 23, 2021
Geriatricians have created an optimized workflow process to help improve virtual clinical care encounters with SNF residents.
Amazon launches voice transcription service
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 04, 2019
Amazon is continuing its push into the healthcare space with voice transcription technology that can convert clinician and patient speech to text and allow developers to integrate medical transcription...
Ask the legal expert … about due diligence when being recruited
By
John Durso
Feb 01, 2013
I’m an administrator and am being recruited by a skilled nursing facility with past legal troubles. What should I do to satisfy myself that this facility has cleaned up its act and would be a good...
Colorado latest state to bungle Medicaid claims data: OIG
By
John Hall
Apr 16, 2015
Long-term care providers are struggling to satisfy new mandates over electronic reporting and medical records, and can expect more in the near future. But nothing can compare to the kind of information...
High-tech home excels: going paperless is one path to success
By
Jill Gilbert
Jul 01, 2009
Employees may be a facility’s most important asset, but technology can help them to better do their jobs.