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Caring for the Elderly During Natural Disasters

September 11, 2017

Natural disasters provide opportunities for health professionals to direct resources in a way that ensures vulnerable populations receive timely aid.

What is a Vulnerable Population in Healthcare?

September 7, 2017

It is important that resources be made available to vulnerable populations, but no one should be forced to accept “help”…

What is a vulnerable population in healthcare?

Americans Need Advance Directives to Ensure Personal Health Care Goals at End-of-Life

August 30, 2017

Completing advance directives (ADs) — legal documents that instruct physicians on how to carry out medical decisions – is one…

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23 End of Life Care Buzzwords You Need to Know

August 23, 2017

With the growing number of at-risk patients and the associated, escalating costs of care, these healthcare buzzwords will come in…

Home Health Lessons from Across the Pond

August 8, 2017

Healthcare delivery and utilization in the United Kingdom differs from the U.S. system in several ways, including home health services.

The Artificial Intelligence Revolution is Coming for Home Health

July 25, 2017

CareCentrix is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning to reduce home health care costs and enable seniors to age…

Infusion Therapy – Making Its Way Home

July 17, 2017

Expanding home infusion is a rare opportunity to generate cost savings, increase quality of care, and enhance patient satisfaction.

Home: the New Center of Care?

July 10, 2017

What would it take to make the patient’s home the center of care? It would take a combination of technology,…

Outsourcing: A Strategic Tool for Health Plans

June 15, 2017

Health plans are increasingly focusing on their core competencies and are turning to outside experts to handle their mid- and…

Making Remote Patient Monitoring a Reality

May 31, 2017

By removing barriers to remote patient monitoring and deploying these important tools, RPM can take its rightful place in readmission…

Home Infusion: Bringing Hospital Level of Care to the Home

May 15, 2017

The development of specialized nursing and allied technologies is rapidly moving infusion therapy from the hospital to the home.

Preventing Hospital Admissions with Predictive Analytics

May 8, 2017

As health IT evolves, predictive analytics will provide ever more accurate risk assessments, allowing doctors to direct resources toward those…