From Jewish Home Lifecare winning a McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Award for their project with Panasonic, to attending a session at LeadingAge on telehealth mental services, to moderating a...
Rain moves to Eskaton
Aug 05, 2014
Eskaton, a Northern California-based, nonprofit organization with skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, has hired Lola Rain as its director of social media.
What Blockbuster has to do with long-term care
By
Shannon McIntyre Hooper
Jul 15, 2013
Let’s start at the beginning and be very, very clear: innovation is not technology. Innovation is a mindset, a willingness to take a risk and change the way you run your business. In other words,...
After a successful pilot, then what?
By
Sheri Peifer
Apr 08, 2013
Like many senior care providers, at the top of our agenda at Eskaton is the pursuit of business initiatives that enable efficiencies, cost control, and better care. For us, technology has been part of...
Using technology-enabled care models to reduce readmissions
By
Alan Snell, M.D., MMM
Mar 06, 2013
As healthcare reform is implemented and hospitals are facing stiff readmission penalties, they will be looking for new models of care and strong post-discharge partners to help reduce avoidable readmissions....
The real story behind the Pope’s resignation
By
Shannon McIntyre Hooper
Feb 18, 2013
We have learned from our grandparents, great-grandparents, and even older ancestors about what it means to age. Understanding the past is the best way to understand the future, right? Not in this case.
Is 2013 the year of action?
By
Shannon McIntyre Hooper
Jan 23, 2013
We’ve been in cycles of awareness-building, instead of action-driving, for far too long. Awareness is good, of course, and we’ve learned many important things over the past several years.
C3: The Company-Consumer Convergence
By
Shannon McIntyre Hooper
Dec 13, 2012
After spending last week in Washington, DC for the mHealth Summit, I was fully immersed in all the expected catch-phrases: engagement, education, integration, and mobility.