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Healthcare Technology and Nursing: What You Should Know

Diversity Nursing

Although technology could never replace compassion and human interaction, it can significantly improve and streamline processes and procedures to ensure patients receive the best quality care. Healthcare technologies can make patient care better, easier, and more efficient, especially with a large patient load.

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Breaking Down Costs, ROIs of Hospice-Death Doula Partnerships

Hospice News

The Virginia-based hospice is part of Goodwin Living, a nonprofit senior living and health care organization. Goodwin Hospice formed a collaboration with end-of-life doula provider Present for You LLC roughly three years ago. Aside from these, ongoing costs can vary depending on the services provided and level of expertise.

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Big data: How does it affect my home care agency?

AlayaCare

Technology is continuously evolving, and new tools are presented to help advance various industries and improve processes. One of the most used technology buzzword affecting the healthcare industry today is “Big Data.” Bringing all client information together gives stakeholders more visibility and insight into the care being provided.

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

Hospice News

These include providers such as the Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) subsidiary Contessa, Compassus, Chemed Corp (NYSE: CHE) subsidiary VITAS Healthcare and Trinity Health, among many others. This presents a challenge for hospices as rampant inflation drives many clinicians to take jobs that can offer them higher compensation.

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Key Trends That Will Shape the Hospice Industry in 2023

Hospice News

Signatories on the joint letter included LeadingAge, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). The average bonus for registered nurses was $6,330. .

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Finding your PAC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Last week we as an industry saw RTI International release a report titled: CMS Report to Congress: Unified Payment for Medicare-Covered Post-Acute Care Analysis and Development of the Prototype Unified PAC Prospective Payment System Called for in the IMPACT Act. The care trajectory for an individual beneficiary can be complicated.

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The Future of Home Health Care: Trends and Predictions

Comfort Home Care

Comfort Home Care continuously researches advancements in in-home care and watches predicted trends. In this article, we share the most significant trends and predictions for the home healthcare industry in 2024, as reported by Home Health Care News.

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