FEATURED ARTICLES

• Home Health And Mobility – Meeting Provider Needs

  4/20/2016

  There are a number of issues and trends impacting the healthcare industry that should be of particular note for home health providers as the push to provide better care to more individuals continues.

• Mobile Printer Advances Increase Value For Home Healthcare

  4/20/2016

  No question, mobile devices have transformed home health care delivery.  Highly portable laptops, tablets and smartphones make it simple and convenient for nurses, therapists and other clinicians to document vital data, access patient records and check drug interactions – right in patient homes. 

• Better Patient Care Through Technology: Mobile Printers Streamline Team-Based Home Care Nursing

  4/20/2016

  Fueled by aging Baby Boomers, the need for coordinated, team-based patient care is spilling beyond hospital walls into the quickly expanding realm of home health and hospice care.

• Enhance Patient Safety With Better Barcoding

  4/20/2016

  Hospitals seeking to conquer the stubbornly persistent problem of patient safety can start by expanding the adoption of barcoding technology into all areas of the hospital, from the patient room to the lab to the pharmacy. Although barcoding outcomes to date may have fallen short of expectations, it’s important to recognize that both the technology and utilization are maturing, providing the opportunity to make great strides toward improved safety and quality of care at a fraction of the time and cost investment required for an enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR) implementation.

• Next-gen Barcoding Advances Patient Safety And Quality Of Care

  4/20/2016

  Here’s a statistic that will stop you in your tracks: There has been virtually no improvement in patient safety over the past 15 years, according to testimony by health experts at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing this past summer.

• State Of Emergency: Overcrowding In The ER [Infographic]

  9/11/2014

  Whether you’re suffering from a broken bone or a life-threatening illness, a trip to the emergency room is always a scary prospect. But what happens when an ER is faced with more patients than it can accommodate? Between 1995 and 2010, annual ER visits in the U.S. grew by 34 percent, while the number of hospitals with ERs declined by 11 percent. From long wait times to sky-high medical costs, overcrowding puts undue pressure on patients, providers and administrators when efficient, high-quality care matters most.

• Hospital 'Sees' Old Data To Recoup 'Blind' A/R
• Wireless Patient Monitoring Devices Solve Telecommunications Challenges
• VNA Home Health Hospice Streamlines Patient Care Between Physicians And Home
• Telehealth Products And Services Utilized With High Success In Telemedicine Efficacy Study
• Are Your Forms Costing You?