News and insights to help health plans streamline the delivery of in-home care, long-term services and supports, and supplemental benefits.
AI Nursing Assistant Brings Care to the Home
Health systems have been testing out mobile health communications platforms for quite some time to improve care team coordination, but very few have developed such a robust social media platform and this is the first I’ve seen a machine learning enabled digital assistant incorporated into the mix.
How Tech Like Amazon’s ‘Alexa’ Is Benefiting Bayada
Bayada Home Health Care, one of the top 10 largest home health companies in the United States, recently entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Chicago-based health care technology firm PreparedHealth.
Big names sink $4 million into health care software startup
PreparedHealth, a Chicago startup that’s using social media and Big Data to help patients recover more quickly and stay out of the hospital, has attracted $4 million from several well-known investors.
An Aging Population, a Dynamic Partnership and Our Ongoing Quest to Help People Age Safely at Home
Every day, approximately 10,000 people turn 65 years old. By 2050, it’s estimated that people over 65 will represent more than 20 percent of the population, up from 15 percent today.
Scaling Community-Based Care: 10 Ways to Win
Healthcare is in the midst of groundbreaking change, moving from a B2B model to a B2C model, and from physicians and administrators as the boss to patients as the boss.
HIStalk Interviews Ashish Shah, CEO, Prepared Health
Prepared Health is a Chicago-based company that is a little over four years old. Our platform connects hospitals and health plans to post-discharge providers such as post-acute care facilities, home care, and social determinants of health partners.
How to Launch a Value-Based Care Model
Home health aides are uniquely positioned to capture rich and timely data while caring for patients in the home. But data alone is not enough to impact outcomes. The real value comes from coupling point-of-care data with actionable insights for care.
Looking to Cut Readmission Rates? Ditch the Faxes and Post-it Notes.
Centegra Health System found that when case managers, home health aides, physical therapists and other care providers could easily communicate with each other about a shared patient, good things happened.
Jefferson Health Using Tech Tool to Fill Communication Gaps with Home Health Partners
Jefferson Health — a 14-hospital system with more than $5 billion in revenue — is turning to Dina to fill communication gaps with its home health partners.
Prepared Health CTO Named Female Health IT Leader by Becker’s Hospital Review
For the second year in a row, Erin Karam, Prepared Health’s chief technology officer, has been named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s top Female Health IT Leaders. Karam heads the strategic and technical direction for the company’s network, leading a product team of nine, including engineering and data science.
Unlocking Data From the Home: Prepared Health Leverages FHIR 4.0 for Advanced Interoperability
Monitoring senior and at-risk patients in their homes can uncover a wealth of valuable data. But a lack of interoperability makes it difficult to share timely insights that would help providers make more informed treatment decisions. Monitoring senior and...
Are You Compliant with New CMS Discharge Planning Rule?
CMS guidelines mandate improved patient engagement, choice, and continuity of care across hospital settings. In an effort to improve care transitions, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in September announced a new discharge planning rule that...
How to Build Outcome-Based Partnerships? Start with Communication
From left to right: Dina CEO Ashish V. Shah led a panel at the recent Home Health Care News Summit with David Baiada, CEO, BAYADA Home Health Care; Rajesh Aggarwal, senior vice president, Jefferson Strategic Ventures & Innovation, Thomas Jefferson University and...
Former Advocate Vice President Joins Prepared Health’s Advisory Board
Charlyn Slade Brings Deep Industry Knowledge, Focus on Coordinated Care Charlyn Slade, former vice president of APP Advisors, the consulting arm of Advocate Physician Partners (APP), has joined the Prepared Health advisory board. Located in Rolling Meadows,...
6 Steps to Launch a Value-Based Care Model
Hospitals and health plans are beginning to recognize the value of monitoring patient progress in the home. They want to partner with home health agencies who are investing in patient outcome measures, assessment tools and advanced clinical decision-making support....
Jamison Callins Joins Prepared Health as its New Regional Vice President of Sales, Supporting Company’s National Growth Strategy
Callins will build relationships with hospitals and post-acute providers in the East Coast. Digital healthcare technology company Prepared Health has named Jamison Callins its regional vice president of sales, a new position for the four-year-old company,...
Product Spotlight: Build a Preferred Provider Network
Bundled payment programs and other payment models put a premium on collaboration. The Prepared Health platform provides an efficient way to ensure you’re working with partners who share your approach to patient care. Bundled payment programs and other payment models...
Empower Patients with More Digital Health Information
If you have a chronic condition or care for someone with a chronic condition, you probably have had some difficulty trying to access and aggregate your electronic health information across multiple systems or providers. In order to move to value-based care, we have to...