Hospice News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Monitoring risk With hospice care patients often presenting multiple comorbidities, one way in which AI tools can benefit care delivery is in its ability to monitor and mitigate risk. That could be a risk of wounds [for example],” Rockne says. Let’s say a patient is bed-bound.

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Hospice News

APRIL 28, 2025

The data brief may help CMS evaluate the need for additional monitoring and program integrity efforts to ensure that hospices meet all the requirements, OIG stated in a recent announcement. The report is designed to help identify program integrity issues among new hospices that fail to comply with the U.S.

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Hospice News

MARCH 12, 2025

New Days value creation model is based on providing the continuum of services while leveraging our proprietary CareLytics software to best monitor patients and to fill care gaps, said Griffith.

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Hospice News

MAY 22, 2025

Compassus has been closely monitoring nurse retention rates and turnover patterns. The Tennessee-based companys 7,500 employees provide home health, home infusion, palliative and hospice care across more than 270 locations in 32 states, among other home-based services.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2025

You have to be continuously monitoring and auditing the performance of your AI tooling to ensure that it’s meeting both those clinical and ethical standards, Woods said. This occurs when biases present in the training and fine-tuning data sets of AI adversely affect the systems behavior.

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AJN Off the Charts

JUNE 19, 2024

A continuous glucose monitor reader (or a smartphone app) scans the sensor attached to the patient’s body for interstitial fluid glucose level and can provide data such as average blood glucose level or percentage of time spent in a target range over a given period of time. Limitations of capillary blood glucose monitoring.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The agency then monitors the plan’s marketing and enrollment practices and long-term care facility contracts to confirm that no discrimination occurs. The payment model aligns with the general Medicare Advantage rubric.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It] takes just a lot of education and a lot of monitoring internally to make sure that you feel really prepared for any of those audits that are coming.” There’s a lot of unknown. [It] The post Hospices Leaders: ‘Vigilant’ Compliance Pivotal in MAC Auditing Climate appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Researchers also suggested that monitoring is necessary to evaluate the integrated care plan’s effectiveness and safety, including regular follow-ups with the palliative care team and consistent documentation.

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Avanlee highlights the critical role of technology in supporting the often-overlooked unpaid caregivers, who are essential to caring for seniors at home, and discusses how innovations like medication management and health monitoring are reshaping senior care.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

The transition to the [Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE)] tool this year is also probably a change that we need to continue to monitor. Theyll have more resources to allocate. It seems like the information flowing out of CMS has not been the best, and thats a significant change.

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Diversity Nursing

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Through telehealth platforms, Nurses can provide consultations, education, and even monitor chronic conditions without the need for travel. Continuous remote monitoring and early interventions allow Nurses to address potential issues before they escalate.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

The industry is expanding hospice offerings even in nonclinical settings and that provides tremendous opportunity to cater to the growing demand for things like remote patient monitoring, telehealth services and integration of AI technology. The opportunities for how hospice care is going to be delivered are vast.

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AJN Off the Charts

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Nurses are responsible not only for administering IV fluids but also for monitoring fluid needs, assessing patient status, and adjusting plans of care accordingly. The responsibility to effectively and responsibly manage these critical resources has fallen heavily on the shoulders of nursing teams and health care supply chain professionals.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The ability to monitor and educate staff on their roles and responsibilities in compliance will be a key for hospice sustainability and quality heading into 2024, Piland said at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. “We On Wednesday, the U.S.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 25, 2023

But also for us to be able to monitor their blood pressure and vital signs are remotely and to have a good idea of any changes. Examples include Illinois-based Transitions Care, which implemented a new remote patient monitoring program to facilitate fast responses to patient needs and create efficiencies that reduce burden on staff.

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AlayaCare

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Travel GPS tools are helping mobile medical providers build the  best routes  to save on gas mileage and ensure that they reach their destination on time.  Expanded virtual appointment options also provide more options for counseling and mental health care appointments that may otherwise be missed. 

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Additionally, providers can also leverage advanced AI to proactively monitor additional risk factors — such as subtle changes in mobility or vital signs — to flag early warning signs of deteriorating health. AI can also integrate real-time data from remote monitoring devices. The result? The end result?

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Hospice News

JUNE 5, 2025

Monitoring annual wage index increases across their geographic service regions is crucial, as is having insight into an organization’s quarterly financial results, Harrell stated. Croix Hospice, at the Hospice News ELEVATE conference.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 6, 2024

Over time, claim rejections have increased significantly, highlighting the critical need for a robust system to monitor and resubmit claims effectively. With this feature, you can automatically retrieve, verify, and display client Medicaid eligibility status on the Client Profile, along with daily overnight monitoring.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

These tools allow nurses to monitor patients remotely, reducing hospital stays and offering more accessible care for those in rural or underserved areas. Nurses are now using smart wearables to monitor their health and job performance. Disease monitoring, a critical component of space missions, has also transformed healthcare tools.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2025

Remote patient monitoring, wearable technologies and other types of things help keep clinicians connected with the patient and family on their medical journey. Its really tailoring services to some of the chronic, long-term illnesses, and doing some disease-specific offerings tailored to that is an area thats kind of up and coming.

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AlayaCare

AUGUST 8, 2023

Reduced Hospital Admissions : Home care can help alleviate the strain on hospital resources by providing medical monitoring, post-operative care, and chronic disease management at home. Canada’s Senior Population Outlook 2.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 21, 2024

They can bring an enhanced understanding of laws governing controlled substances, awareness of symptom complexity for the seriously ill, provide medication counseling and monitor effective utilization, a 2022 study found.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 7, 2023

Today, AlayaCare is working with provincial health authorities across Canada and with private homecare agencies providing secure data collection, intake and assessments, health monitoring, analytics, and optimized visit scheduling and routing for caregivers via its mobile application. “I

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Hospice News

JUNE 28, 2024

The case leading to this decision began with a group of fishermen who disputed regulations requiring them to pay for independent watchdogs to monitor their catches. This ruling, however, does not overturn prior cases that invoked the Chevron Doctrine, according to Roberts.

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AlayaCare

MAY 27, 2025

Because everything is centralized, it’s easy for managers to monitor staffing trends and adjust on the fly. You can see who’s consistently traveling too far, working long hours, or taking on more than their fair share. And when something’s off, you can step in before it turns into a larger issue. Ultimately, that translates to retention.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

This means that as of May 11 telehealth encounters will no longer count as routine home care, including care and services provided via remote patient monitoring systems, telephone calls and audiovisual technologies, according to recent guidance from the U.S. Other aging services organizations should also monitor these developments.”

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Founded in 1985, the home health company will soon also offer a physician and nurse practitioner house call service and a new remote patient monitoring program. Arizona-based MD Home Health has expanded its business lines to include in-clinic care, virtual care and a hospice program.

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Daily Nurse

DECEMBER 9, 2024

These units are typically part of the perioperative area, where patients are closely monitored after their operations. PACU nurse’s responsibilities include closely monitoring patients’ vital signs and managing common post-operative symptoms such as pain, nausea, dizziness, and other effects of surgery and anesthesia.

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AlayaCare

MAY 23, 2025

Key improvements included: Real-time visibility into operations: With AlayaCare, Vitasya introduced a proactive monitoring program to track flagged incidents, such as falls, in real-time. This gave staff the ability to respond immediately, shift resources toward prevention, and improve client outcomes. .”

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AlayaCare

AUGUST 14, 2024

AlayaCare will transform everything from intake and care plans through to compliance, scheduling, and eligibility monitoring, driving growth and improving experiences for both the care team and the client. “At Premier Home Health Care Services, we are dedicated to continuous innovation in our care delivery,” said Dr.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 2, 2024

One is consistent interaction with the patient and family so that there is truly monitoring of the patient. And lastly, when it’s done properly, it’s a wonderful opportunity to monitor the care plan.” Develop good care coordination practices “Good coordination of care has three aspects,” said Comfort.

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AlayaCare

JUNE 25, 2024

Additionally, the user-friendly design of AlayaCare’s dashboard and components appealed to Carius, making navigation and monitoring activities intuitive and efficient. Furthermore, Carius Home Care was particularly impressed by AlayaCare’s Family Portal, which emerged as a crucial factor in their decision-making process.

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2024

Layered over that is the mytuesday app, which is designed for continuous patient monitoring and allows patients to self-report symptoms or changes in their conditions. Nurses and advanced practice practitioners (APPs) provide clinical care to patients in their homes. In addition, Tuesday’s APPs will offer telehealth services.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The company’s clinicians monitor patients to determine when they become eligible for hospice or palliative care, Bhatia said. There’s a lot of care available in the home, and we’re involved with remote patient monitoring, which is we’re trying to introduce that at the [skilled nursing and assisted living] levels as well.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 6, 2024

With AlayaCare’s solution’s clinical documentation, back office functionality, patient and family portals, remote patient monitoring, and mobile caregiver capabilities, the two companies hope to improve the healthcare experience for both staff and patients.

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