AHCA picks PointRight metric for group’s quality initiative
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2012
The American Health Care Association will incorporate PointRight’s OnPoint-30 methodology of calculating case-mix adjusted hospitalization metric into its national quality initiative, both organizations...
PCC analytics more robust for COVID-19
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2020
Senior care software provider PointClickCare Technologies has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by offering additional data collection tools and more robust analytics.
Analytics platform adds key benchmarks
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
Electronic medical records provider Casamba has added national benchmarks to its analytics platform, allowing customers to compare their performance to that of other skilled nursing peers in more than...
GE, Microsoft to launch health data firm
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2012
Microsoft announced that it will partner with General Electric to form a new company that makes healthcare information more accessible. The partners said they hope to optimize the treatment that healthcare...
February Company Briefs
Feb 02, 2020
Lead to Conversion has created a new division to help senior care providers with website, SEO and other marketing tasks.
Kno2 ramps up information sharing
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2020
Kno2 has made on-demand patient record retrieval service available for free for as long as state or federal states of emergency continue.
Lilly targets tau in Alzheimer’s effort
By
Deborah Weinstein
Jun 01, 2013
Lilly is upping its bet on Alzheimer’s. The Indianapolis-based drug maker announced it has licensed experimental tracers that can hone in on and mark tau tangles that are believed to be a cause of...
Vendor’s app converts MDS assessments
By
John O'Connor
Sep 01, 2012
Software vendor Caradigm has developed an application that converts Minimum Data Set information to Continuity of Care Documents. The conversion means MDS information can be used by providers outside the...
HR companies continue to evolve amid pandemic drag
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 01, 2020
Hiring and staff training firms are expanding their services as the COVID-19 pandemic dictates how and when long-term care providers recruit new staff. Relias has integrated Workforce Dimensions by Kronos...
Yardi integrates Kno2 into EHR platform
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Yardi has integrated Kno2 into its electronic health record platform, enabling long-term care clients to securely share clinical records with more than 2.4 million healthcare providers nationwide.