Collaboration across key stakeholders, including home health agencies, providers, patients, health plans, and post-acute care solution providers will be critical to fully enabling the home as a preferred place of care.
Health tech to support care for seniors and track the progression of conditions such as Parkinson's disease and heart failure were on display at HLTH 2023. The National Institute on Aging also added a startup boot camp leading up to HLTH.
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.
When San Francisco-based startup Honor was launched in 2015, the need for innovation in the home care industry was clear – and it has only grown starker since. The country’s demographic data shows the issue. By 2035, there will be 78 million people 65 and older in the country and by 2050 it’s estimated that […]
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.
According to a survey of 487 healthcare executives and clinicians conducted earlier this year, 44 percent of respondents said they plan to invest most in home health by 2020.
The OIG report describes a range of rip-offs, some of which involve caretakers caught up in the nation’s opioid epidemic.
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 study of Veterans Affairs hospitals showed that 44 percent of frail elderly patients were given at least one unnecessary drug at discharge.
Many elderly patients deteriorate mentally or physically in the hospital, even if they recover from the original illness or injury that brought them there.
There are celebrity endorsers, and then there is Betty White.
It estimates the size of the caregiver market will increase substantially in the next five years from $42.9 billion in 2016 to $72 billion by 2020
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
AARP wants to educate digital health companies on family caregiver needs.
The idea behind the app for home health aides is to provide more efficient coordinated care and urgent care for seniors to help them stay in their homes longer and reduce avoidable ER visits.