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Case Study: KinCare Revolutionizing The Australian Homecare Market With ClickSoftware

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:40:00 GMT

The $2.5B in-home care market in Australia is very competitive. Privately run KinCare operates alongside, and competes with, many larger not-for-profit organizations. Jason Howie, Chief Executive Officer of KinCare explains what this means to the organization, "Whilst the market is very competitive, we have recognized for some time now that a consistent service to our three main stakeholders: our employees, our customers and the end clients who we look after, is pivotal to future success." By ClickSoftware

White Paper: To Bundle Or Not To Bundle? That Is The Question

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:49:00 GMT

If bundling is such an effective choice, why can't we leave it to the optimization functionality to discover it and automatically perform the bundling? By ClickSoftware

Are Your Forms Costing You?

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:41:00 GMT

HSC, also known as the Hospital for Sick Children, is like most healthcare organizations feeling a strong push to go electronic. The hospital selected an EHR solution from HMS to address these initiatives in the clinical setting, however HSC had already identified another paper-laden challenge to address - preprinted forms.

Case Study: Provena Health's Home Care Agencies Realize Dramatic Improvements In Patient Care And Company Profitability With Fujitsu Life-Book Notebooks

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:58:00 GMT

Equip home care nurses with Fujitsu LifeBook P1500 Series notebooks and a patient information system to enable collection of patient information at the point of care. By Fujitsu

Case Study: The Hospice Of Florida Suncoast Uses Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PCs To Make Sure Patients Receive The Best Care Possible

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:59:00 GMT

Equip hospice staff with Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PCs, which are light, easy to use and less obtrusive than traditional notebooks. By Fujitsu

Case Study: LifePath Hospice Depends On Fujitsu To Help Deliver 24 x 7 Palliative Care

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:13:00 GMT

Fujitsu LifeBook® T4215 Tablet PCs provide healthcare providers with up-to-the-minute patient information and access to critical healthcare applications that run on the 35 Fujitsu PRIMERGY® servers deployed to power the organization's datacenter and provide full disaster recovery. By Fujitsu

Case Study: Easing The Pain Of An Aging IT Infrastructure - Hospice Of Michigan (HOM)

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:49:00 GMT

HOM needed a robust IT infrastructure with high failover and reliable Tablet PCs that would let nurses collect data offline and later synchronize with the host server. By Fujitsu

Find Your Wireless Software Solution From Alltel

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:19:00 GMT

Find Your Wireless Software Solution From Alltel

Brochure: Healthcare Solutions From Sybase iAnywhere

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:27:00 GMT

The rapid and enthusiastic adoption of mobile technology in the healthcare industry comes as no surprise. This is an industry that while steeped in tradition, is also driven by discovery and innovation.

White Paper: Breaking New Ground: Increasing The ROI Of Mobility By Moving Complex Data

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:11:00 GMT

Business and IT managers alike have known for years that information is the fuel that powers business success. The ability to collect, integrate, secure, analyze and move business critical information to end-users wherever they may be is essential. This white paper describes the business process automation and content distribution capabilities provided by Sybase technology that are key to ensuring enterprises increase their ROI by getting complex data to where its needed. By Sybase iAnywhere

White Paper: Strategic Mobile Deployments

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:51:00 GMT

This white paper explains how to adopt a mobile enterprise application platform and highlights how two innovative companies, Delta Technology and Energy & Combustion Services, are deploying mobility initiatives to gain a competitive advantage. It also features research from Gartner Inc. By Sybase iAnywhere

Case Study: Automating Business Processes Enhances Competitive Edge

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:20:00 GMT

Cox Communications Inc., the fourth-largest cable provider in the United States, is known for its high capacity, reliable broadband delivery network, and its superior customer service. Key to its ability to maintain its reputation for superior customer service is its corps of field services representatives. Until recently, managing, updating, patching, and reconfiguring its field service 3,500 laptops were done completely manually. By Sybase iAnywhere

Spectra Logic Data Backup And Archival Solutions For Healthcare

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:35:00 GMT

Product Sheet: Spectra Logic Data Backup And Archival Solutions For Healthcare

Field Service Application Produces Gleaming Results

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:36:00 GMT

Case Study: Field Service Application Produces Gleaming Results

Next-Generation Mobile Platforms Solve Business Problems

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:39:00 GMT

As organizations seek more strategic deployments of mobile solutions, what role will next-generation mobile enterprise platforms play? By Stephen D. Drake, Sybase iAnywhere

AirStrip Technologies Announces Home Health Collaboration With Qualcomm Life

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:33:00 GMT

Mobile patient monitoring innovator AirStrip Technologies, Inc. has announced that it plans to collaborate with Qualcomm Life Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, to develop and execute a home health monitoring initiative that integrates the AirStrip mobile patient monitoring solution onto the Qualcomm 2netTPlatform

Cigna And Cancer Treatment Centers Of America Announce New Agreement To Serve Cancer Patients Nationwide

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:05:00 GMT

Cigna and Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) have agreed to expand healthcare options and accessibility for cancer patients and their families who are Cigna customers

A&D Medical Announces mHealth Partnership With Tactio Software

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:09:00 GMT

A&D Medical has joined Tactio Software, integrating A&D Medical devices with Tactio TargetWeight PRO application for iPod Touch, iPhone & iPad, together providing you a complete home health system

Kindred Healthcare Announces Hospital Openings In Two Cluster Markets

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:04:00 GMT

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. ("Kindred") recently announced the opening of a new hospital in Seattle, Washington, and the relocation of an existing hospital in the Las Vegas, Nevada, market. These projects expand Kindred's capacity to provide a continuum of post-acute care in two key cluster markets

Patient Placement Systems Enables Tracking Of 'Dual-Eligible' Patients In Its Web-Based Bed Management System For Skilled Nursing Facilities

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:38:00 GMT

Patient Placement Systems (PPS) announced today enhancements to its Web-based bed management system that allows skilled nursing facilities to identify and track coverage days remaining for dual-eligible patients-those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid coverage

Advocat Announces The Opening Of Rose Terrace Health And Rehabilitation Center In Culloden, West Virginia

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:29:00 GMT

Advocat Inc. (Nasdaq:AVCA), a premier provider of long term care services primarily in the Southeast and Southwest, announces the opening of Rose Terrace Health and Rehabilitation Center, its third health care center in West Virginia

Professional Home Care Company Announces AreYouReadyForHome.com

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:52:00 GMT

Home Care Assistance, North America's leading provider of in-home senior care, is proud to announce the launch of their informational website Are You Ready To Come Home From The Hospital, a guide to the post-hospitalization process for patients and their families

Case Study: Columbus Hospice Finds Perfect Remedy For Today's Challenges: ADP's Time And Labor Management Solution Delivers Improved Productivity And Patient Care, And Increased Revenue

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:10:00 GMT

One area the hospice designated for improvement is the way it collects, calculates, and utilizes employee time and attendance data. It wanted a solution that would streamline administrative tasks, offer reporting flexibility, and easily interface with the hospice's in-house payroll system. By Automatic Data Processing

Improving Quality Of Care And Nursing Workflow: A Clinician Usability Pilot Of The Motion C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:45:00 GMT

White Paper: Improving Quality Of Care And Nursing Workflow: A Clinician Usability Pilot Of The Motion C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant

Affordable Care Act Helps 32 Health Systems Improve Care For Patients, Saving Up To $1.1B

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:08:00 GMT

Thirty-two leading health care organizations from across the country will participate in a new Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) initiative made possible by the Affordable Care Act, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced recently

Cloud Networking Initiatives Drive Healthcare IT Provider To Choose Aerohive's Enterprise Wi-Fi Solution

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:33:00 GMT

Aerohive Networks, the pioneer in controller-less Wi-Fi and cloud-enabled networking, recently announced that Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of innovative electronic health record (EHR) business solutions, has implemented an Aerohive enterprise Wi-Fi solution to replace its existing WLAN with a more scalable, manageable and reliable Wi-Fi solution that leverages a cloud-enabled platform

Guava Healthcare Launches Home Health Care Franchise Business

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:30:00 GMT

Home health innovator Guava Healthcare announced the launch of its new franchise business, and the appointment of franchising industry veterans Ken Caldwell and Kevin Pike to the company's leadership team

CJPS Medical Systems Introduces Remote Patient Monitoring With Tablet PCs

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:24:00 GMT

CJPS Medical Systems announces recently that VitalPoint HOME, its remote patient monitor, can be used with Microsoft Windows�-based Tablet PCs. This announcement comes on the heels of CJPS being the first company waiving all connectivity fees to caregivers accessing their patients' data remotely using home monitors

White Paper: An Efficient, Intelligent, and Cost-Effective Approach To Mobile Application Security

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:58:00 GMT

White Paper: An Efficient, Intelligent, and Cost-Effective Approach To Mobile Application Security

BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring Detects Atrial High-Rate Events Associated With Increased Risks For Heart Failure Patients

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:51:00 GMT

BIOTRONIK announced recently the publication of "Detection of atrial high-rate events by continuous Home Monitoring: clinical significance in the heart failure-cardiac resynchronization therapy population" in Europace by Dr. Nesan Shanmugam et al.1 This analysis of data, pooled from two randomized, prospective, international, multicenter studies, showed that short-duration atrial high-rate events (AHRE) were significantly associated with a higher risk for thromboembolic events such as stroke

NIST And Partners Seek Input On Safer Ambulance Designs

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:53:00 GMT

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking input from paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and other interested parties on the development of new design guidelines for ambulances to reduce the crash risk to emergency workers

ION Solutions Partners With Physician Resource Management, In Collaboration With Priority Health, To Launch Michigan Oncology Medical Home Initiative

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:00:00 GMT

ION Solutions, a company of AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, today announced it has aligned with Physician Resource Management (PRM) to launch the Michigan Oncology Medical Home initiative

Article: Digitizing The Irregular Documents Of Healthcare By Douglas T. Butts, B�WE BELL + HOWELL Scanners

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:24:00 GMT

Article: Digitizing The Irregular Documents Of Healthcare

Mobile Field Service Best Practices

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:59:00 GMT

Every year, Aberdeen Group conducts a survey designed to measure the mobile technology intentions of field service firms. The results of this year's study confirm the continued interest of service organizations in providing their field technicians with the required tools to efficiently meet customer needs without the hassles of paperwork or back-and-forth trips to the office. By iAnywhere

InstallerNet Selected As Preferred Professional Installation Provider For Verizon's Home Monitoring And Control Service

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:18:00 GMT

InstallerNet has been selected by Verizon as the professional installer of choice for consumers subscribing to Verizon's just-launched Home Monitoring and Control service

High Desert Families To Soon Get Help Navigating The Healthcare System

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:45:00 GMT

Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP), the first health plan in the nation to have a full-time in-house team dedicated to helping members navigate the healthcare system, will expand its Health Navigator program to the Inland Empire High Desert in January

Affordable Care Act Provision Cuts Red Tape, Saves Up To $4.5B

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:01:00 GMT

New standards for electronic funds transfers in health care, required by the Affordable Care Act, will reduce up to $4.5B off administrative costs for doctors and hospitals, private health plans, states, and other government health plans, over the next ten years, according to estimates included in new rules published recently by the U.S.

IDEAL LIFE And Sprint Introduce New Home Health Wellness Communication Gateway

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:48:00 GMT

IDEAL LIFE and Sprint recently unveiled a new cellular pod that will make it easier than ever for users to manage wellness and monitor chronic conditions remotely.

AdCare Health Systems Completes Acquisition Of Skilled Nursing And Assisted Living Center In Ohio For $12.5M

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:21:00 GMT

AdCare Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE Amex: ADK), a leading nursing home and assisted living company, has completed the previously announced agreement to purchase a skilled nursing and assisted living community in Ohio

Premier Healthcare Alliance And Authentidate Enter Into A Group Purchasing Program Agreement To Offer Premier Members Authentidate's Remote Patient Monitoring Solutions

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:34:00 GMT

Authentidate Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:ADAT), a provider of secure web-based software applications and telehealth products and services for healthcare organizations, today announced that the Premier healthcare alliance, a national performance improvement organization, has awarded a group purchasing agreement to Authentidate for the provision of remote patient monitoring telehealth solutions in the Premier Physiological Monitoring, Vital Signs category