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6 Ways EHR systems impact home care agencies 

AlayaCare

To have real-time access to client data, caregivers can make informed decisions, collaborate more efficiently, and deliver personalized care tailored to the individual’s unique needs. Enhanced documentation and accessibility Gone are the days of sifting through piles of paper documents to find client records.

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Gentiva Acquires ProMedica’s Hospice, Home Health, Palliative Care Business

Hospice News

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has acquired the hospice, home health and palliative assets of the nonprofit health system ProMedica. The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home. NYSE: HUM) for $2.8

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2 Innovative Drivers ‘Reimaging’ Hospice Care

Hospice News

. — Cheryl Hamilton Fried, CEO, Blue Ridge Hospice Hospice providers less siloed in the care continuum Many in the hospice industry see service diversification as a business imperative to ensure access and awareness among patients, families and referring sources across their service communities.

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Predictive Analytics ‘Gives Hospices a Lens’ into Quality, Compliance

Hospice News

AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International that provides hospice, palliative care, personal care, non-medical services, home health, care management and high-acuity home care. The technology includes measures that help predict a patient’s seven-day mortality risk.

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Voices: Melissa Kozak, Founder and Head of CitusHealth

Hospice News

Melissa Kozak: After identifying frequent shortcomings in care plan adherence by examining survey data on interdisciplinary team care planning and coordination of services, CMS is prioritizing compliance with hospice care plans, making it a focus of new surveyor training requirements.

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Hospices Leverage Tech To Combat Staffing Woes

Hospice News

Silverado clinicians are using the systems to identify unmet patient care needs before they reach a crisis point. Likewise, solutions that can reduce time spent on administrative tasks like documentation allows clinicians to “deliver care to the person, not a keyboard,” Wilson told Hospice News.

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How To Paint the Picture:10 Better Words to Chart

Hospice Nurse Hero

This article will outline tips and strategies to support better hospice documentation when painting the picture of decline. “Painting the picture” is a phrase often used to describe the process of documenting a hospice patient’s condition. I’ll be honest. So, let’s get into it.