News Articles http://www.homehealthprovider.com/ 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/InstallerNet-Selected-As-Preferred-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:18:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/High-Desert-Families-To-Soon-Get-Help-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:45:00 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. http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/IDEAL-LIFE-And-Sprint-Introduce-New-Home-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:48:00 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. http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/Affordable-Care-Act-Provision-Cuts-Red-Tape-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:01:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/AdCare-Health-Systems-Completes-Acquisition-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:21:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/Premier-Healthcare-Alliance-And-Authentidate-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:34:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/Patient-Placement-Systems-Enables-Tracking-Of-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:38:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/Advocat-Announces-The-Opening-Of-Rose-Terrace-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:29:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/Professional-Home-Care-Company-Announces-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:52:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/Affordable-Care-Act-Helps-32-Health-Systems-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:08:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/Cloud-Networking-Initiatives-Drive-Healthcare-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:33:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/Cigna-and-Cancer-Treatment-Centers-Of-America-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:05:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/AirStrip-Technologies-Announces-Home-Health-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:33:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/Kindred-Healthcare-Announces-Hospital-Opening-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:04:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/AD-Medical-Announces-mHealth-Partnership-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:09:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/Guava-Healthcare-Launches-Home-Health-Care-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:30:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/CJPS-Medical-Systems-Introduces-Remote-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:24:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/BIOTRONIK-Home-Monitoring-Detects-Atrial-High-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:51:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/NIST-And-Partners-Seek-Input-On-Safer-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:53:00 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 http://www.homehealthprovider.com/article.mvc/ION-Solutions-Partners-With-Physician-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:00:00 GMT