In a phone interview, VerbalCare CEO Nick Dougherty said following the recent launch of its direct to consumer app to help nonverbal patients communicate, it's developing versions of the app that would be more integrated with provider and patient needs.
Medical Specialties Distributors acquired VerbalCare, which developed non verbal comminication tools for hospital patients to help them make their needs known to healthcare professionals through a series of apps.
The home care industry is booming. As Baby Boomers age and more families seek in-home solutions for loved ones, demand for home care services is at an all-time high.
Imagine your loved one, lying in a hospital bed, unable to signal a nurse that she can’t breathe or is in pain. In healthcare facilities today, nurses are overworked and under informed through no fault of their own. They simply have no way to determine emergencies from non-emergencies without physically going into a person’s room. […]