The role of the family caregiver is considered part of the cycle of life. But it can be time consuming and stressful, especially if caregivers have to balance their role with a job, raising children, and other aspects of family life. The topic will be one of many discussed at the HLTH event in Las Vegas from October 8-11.
To address the burden faced by family caregivers across the country, Tomorrow Health CEO Vijay Kedar argues that the U.S. healthcare system should expand its reimbursement for the care they provide. Not only is caregiving physically and emotionally taxing, but it can also cause severe financial strain —many caregivers take time off work and spend their own money to support their loved ones’ care, he explained.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Reducing hospitalizations for frail elderly members is a major challenge for Medicare Advantage payers and providers. The key to avoiding any hospitalization is to detect and address a change in condition before it worsens. Ceresti Co-founder and CEO Dirk Soenksen talks about how his company is addressing these needs.
Some of the challenges patient advocacy organizations face include engaging diverse, hard-to-reach communities, reaching patients at the point of diagnosis, and providing meaningful resources, value and consistent engagement.
By creating a focused approach to the transition to the home and often prolonged recovery journey, while taking each person’s life context into account, we can make sure that no patient feels abandoned by the health care system once they leave the hospital.
The home care platform brought in $5 million in revenue last year. Sharecare plans to sell the service to its health plans and provider customers.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
A new home-support model is needed to enable the growing 65+ generation to maintain their independence.
The Palo Alto-based startup provides tools to support family caregivers, and uses predictive analytics to help them develop personalized action plans.
The report from the venture capital firm looks at how startups are innovating within the senior care space, particularly when it comes to caregiving, clinical insights and financial planning.
The San Francisco startup, which helps families find caregivers for their aging loved ones, will use the money from the round led by Javelin Venture Partners to expand and onboard additional caregivers.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Honor's fundraise paves the way for further expansion following a decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to enable Medicare Advantage plans to cover non-medical home care services as a supplemental benefit starting in 2019.
The 10 startups that made the cut for Health: US 2018, the venture development program headed up by Village Capital and Kaiser Permanente, seek to address the needs of America's aging population.
HITLAB carried out three studies between May 2016 through January 2017 in which caregivers assessed care coordination tools, personal emergency response devices, and home care aide hiring tools and provided feedback on their experience.
A panel discussion on family caregivers raised questions of how they balance those responsibilities with their jobs at the sixth annual BIO Patient and Health Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C.
Stating that now is the time for "bold action," the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has issued a six-pronged call focused on interoperability.