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MedAware Systems Launches Comprehensive Structural Heart Device Surveillance for Reported Events
MedAware Systems’ Science of Health Informatics (SOHInfo) is offering a comprehensive surveillance service for structural heart devices. The service reports events from leading regulatory databases, along with published articles in the medical literature. SOHInfo Surveillance continuously... - January 14, 2021 - Biomed Industries Inc.
mumms Software Announces New Clinical Workflow in Hummingbird EMR – SmartChart - Bringing Monumental Change to the Hospice EMR Industry
Kicking off the new year, mumms Software unveiled the new dashboard and workflow for hospice clinicians in its groundbreaking hospice EMR, Hummingbird. The highly anticipated new workflow will put patient data at the forefront of care improving the lives of hospice clinicians and their... - December 31, 2020 - mumms Software
Avant Healthcare Professionals Awarded Bronze and Merit Honors in Digital Health Awards
Avant Healthcare Professionals announced that it has won a bronze honor for its “Guide to Nurse Staffing Post-COVID-19” and a merit honor for its article “Managing Nurse Staffing Costs Post-COVID-19” in the Digital Health Awards. This is the fifth time the program, organized... - December 13, 2020 - Avant Healthcare Professionals
Cancer Expert Now Named One of 2020's Most Innovative Healthcare Companies
Cancer Expert Now is proud to be recognized as one of the most innovative companies in healthcare, according to the “2020 Inaugural List of Most Innovative Companies in Healthcare.” - November 25, 2020 - Cancer Expert Now, Inc.
Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County and Waveny LifeCare Network Announce Proposed Affiliation
The Boards of Directors of Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County (VNHFC) and Waveny LifeCare Network (WLN) are pleased to announce that they have entered into an exclusive letter of intent to combine home care and hospice operations to better serve patients in Fairfield County and beyond. - November 06, 2020 - Waveny LifeCare Network
Grace Care Home Care Celebrates Relocation of Kolkata Office with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Providing Home Care Services
In Home Care Leader, Grace Care, hosted a Grand Re-Opening Event on Sunday, November 1st, 2020 for providing home care for the growing senior population in Kolkata and surrounding areas. - November 03, 2020 - GCHC Home Care Pvt Ltd , Grace Care
U.S. News & World Report Names Waveny LifeCare Network a 2020-21 Best Skilled Nursing Facility
Waveny LifeCare Network has once again been recognized nationally as not only one of the Best Nursing Homes for 2020-21 by U.S. News & World Report, but also the coveted Best Short-Term Care Nursing Facilities nationally, which includes their short-term inpatient rehabilitation programs. - October 31, 2020 - Waveny LifeCare Network
Care at Home Voted #1 Home Care Service in 2020
“Best of Readers’ Choice Awards” gives Care at Home prestigious honor as leader of home care services. - October 25, 2020 - Care at Home
Accessible Home Health Care Recognizes Caregiver of Veteran with 2020 Hidden Hero Award
Accessible Home Health Care has established an annual “Hidden Hero Award” to recognize a veteran’s family caregiver who has made unspoken sacrifices while caring for and supporting their loved one returning from active duty. Accessible is proud to announce that the first recipient of this recognition is Robin Abrahamson-Alford, as a spouse of a severely disabled veteran, Alan Alford. - October 23, 2020 - Accessible Home Health Care
Waveny LifeCare Network Opens Its Doors for Indoor Family Visitation
Waveny LifeCare Network, after five months of their patients and residents being COVID free, has also announced its full compliance with the state’s new mandate for indoor family visitation. - October 11, 2020 - Waveny LifeCare Network
Blessings4Ever Now Offers 401(k) to Caregivers
Blessings4Ever Home Care Agency is excited to now offer a 401(k) plan to all caregivers that are employed with the company. The plan is ranked in the top 10% of plans in the United States according to Girard, a Univest Wealth Divisions. All employees are eligible to participate after 3 months of... - October 10, 2020 - Blessings4Ever Home Care Agency
Helping Students Get Into and Through Physician Assistant School Seems to Have Gotten a Little Easier Thanks to This New Company
The number one most subscribed video producer of PA related content in the world, Adanna Hackett, PA-C (Adanna The PA), has partnered with the industry leading producer of test prep and question banks, Dr. Adam Rosh (Rosh Review) to create a unique and exciting online platform called, Get That C University to help Pre PA Students and PA Students get into and through PA School. - October 06, 2020 - Get That C University
Congressman Vern Buchanan Urges CMS to Eliminate Home Health Payment System Rate Reductions for 2021
Home health leaders commend Congressman Buchanan for asking Medicare to re-evaluate assumptions used as basis for PDGM home health rate reduction. - October 01, 2020 - Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare
Blessings4Ever: Together Through Life's Transitions
Blessings4Ever Rebrands, Refocuses, and Strives to Make Impact - September 11, 2020 - Blessings4Ever Home Care Agency
Avant Healthcare Professionals Named to the Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies for the Sixth Time
Avant Healthcare Professionals today announced that it has been named to Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000, appearing at #2194 on its annual list of America’s fasting-growing private companies. This marks the fourth year in a row that the publication has honored the company. Avant Healthcare... - August 20, 2020 - Avant Healthcare Professionals
Care at Home Welcomes New Community Relations Liaison
Elizabeth Van Brocklin Taber joins leading home care agency to spearhead growth in Rhode Island. - August 20, 2020 - Care at Home
HomeHealth24x7 Combats Coronavirus with Wearables and Telemonitoring
Patient cohorts with multiple chronic health conditions, and those over 60 are particularly susceptible to influenza and Coronavirus epidemics. Not only are Home Health Care and Assisted Living Facility patients at increased risk, but those risks are also increased for care providers, and even... - August 20, 2020 - HomeHealth24x7
Speak Up and Stay Alive Announces - New Amazon Best Seller Anthology - Highway to Heart, Humor, and Honesty in Healthcare
Thirty one healthcare experts share real-life experiences and advice to help patients and providers come together to achieve safer healthcare outcomes. - August 19, 2020 - Speak Up and Stay Alive
Carroll Center for the Blind Publishes New Book for Web Browsing with Screen Readers
Sometimes, one web browser is not enough. This new book provides guidance on web browsing with popular browsers to improve experiences for blind and visually impaired screen reader users. - August 05, 2020 - The Carroll Center for the Blind
Guide Dogs of America Merges with Tender Loving Canines
Guide Dogs of America, a non-profit organization that empowers the blind and visually impaired to live with greater confidence, mobility and independence, recently announced their merger with Tender Loving Canines in an effort to provide even more services to Veterans, Individuals with Autism and... - July 23, 2020 - Guide Dogs of America
Credence Medicure Launches Free Online Medical Consultation
Continuing its contribution towards fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, Credence Medicure Corporation, a Dallas Texas USA, based Telemedicine and Medical Travel Healthcare Information Technology Company has launched free online medical consultation for a period of one month. After signing up for a... - July 19, 2020 - Credence Medicure Corporation
Partnership: Implementation of RCD Amidst Public Health Emergency Ill-Advised
Home health leaders concerned CMS decision to proceed with Review Choice Demonstration in Florida and North Carolina will result in unintended patient care consequences. - July 15, 2020 - Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare
Telehealth Provider HealthPoint Plus Forms Strategic Partnership with the SureUp Total Wellness Platform
Partnership democratizes access to low-cost Telehealth that empowers businesses—especially small businesses—to recruit, retain, and reward employees. - June 24, 2020 - HealthPoint Plus, Inc.
Yes Hearing Named Finalist in What’s Next Innovation Challenge Sponsored by AARP Innovation Labs
Yes Hearing (www.yeshearing.com) has been chosen as one of six finalists in the What’s Next Innovation Challenge sponsored by AARP Innovation Labs to be held June 25 during the 17th annual What’s Next Longevity Venture Summit virtual event. - June 15, 2020 - Yes Hearing
Avant Healthcare Professionals Awarded Bronze Honor for Trends in Nurse Staffing Study by Healthcare Advertising Awards
Avant Healthcare Professionals today announced that it won a bronze honor for its 2019 Trends in Nurse Staffing Study in the 37th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards sponsored by Healthcare Marketing Report, a publication that covers all aspects of healthcare marketing, advertising and strategic... - June 14, 2020 - Avant Healthcare Professionals
Dallas Jesuit & Foursquare Pen Pals Program
While many aspects of daily life resembling normalcy are beginning to inch back, seniors and the senior care industry will continue to face many of the same challenges well into the future. Senior isolation is one of these primary challenges and Jesuit Dallas is helping tackle it in a local Dallas... - June 12, 2020 - Lifetime Wellness
Shari Costantini of Avant Healthcare Professionals Awarded Silver Stevie Award for Woman of the Year
Avant Healthcare Professionals today announced that Shari Costantini, founder and CEO of Avant Healthcare Professionals, is a recipient of the Silver Stevie Award for Woman of the Year in the Business Services Industries category. This recognition from the American Business Awards® marks... - June 04, 2020 - Avant Healthcare Professionals
AB BIOINNOVATIONS, Inc. Announces a Ground-Breaking Alternative to Antibiotics
The AB BIOINNOVATIONS, Inc. Antibacterial and Anti-inflammatory strips 1. Immediately resolve the very infection (including antibiotic-resistant bacteria), which its color indicator has detected; 2. AB BIO compound also immediately addresses inflammation at the site, thus suppressing pain, swelling, and discomfort. - June 03, 2020 - AB BIOINNOVATIONS, Inc.
National Hospice Foundation Awards Grants for PPE
To help mitigate the financial challenge faced by our hospice community, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s fundraising affiliate, the National Hospice Foundation (NHF), is providing grants to member hospice programs to support the purchase of Personal Protective Equipment need in the time of COVID-19. - May 29, 2020 - NHPCO
MedAware Systems Launches Comprehensive AI Surveillance for Adverse Events and Published Medical Literature
MedAware Systems’ Science of Health Informatics (SOHInfo) subsidiary is offering the first surveillance system that reports daily Events from leading regulatory databases along with newly published articles in the medical literature for pharmaceutical and medical device products. This unique... - May 28, 2020 - Biomed Industries Inc.
Waveny Lifecare Network Celebrates National Nurses Week
As the nation observes National Nurses Week, Russell R. Barksdale, Jr., MPA/MHA, FACHE, President and CEO of Waveny LifeCare Network, thanked nurses for their efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. "This pandemic has made it abundantly clear that nurses have always been and always will be... - May 14, 2020 - Waveny LifeCare Network
Helping Hands Customer and 60s Pop Star Featuring in New UB40 NHS Charity Single
Helping Hands customer and 60s guitarist, Mike Leroy, has been filmed as part of the music video for the upcoming charity single "Lean on Me," released in aid of NHS Charities Together by UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro. Singer-songwriter Mike was nominated to take part in this... - May 09, 2020 - Helping Hands Home Care
Avant Healthcare Professionals to Recognize Nurses at Central Florida Regional Hospital for National Nurses Week
Avant Healthcare Professionals today announced that it will provide breakfast to nurses at Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, Florida on May 8, in honor of National Nurses Week. The event will be Avant’s fourth annual breakfast hosted at the hospital and will feature boxed meals... - May 08, 2020 - Avant Healthcare Professionals
Avant Healthcare Professionals Endorses Bipartisan Legislation to Enhance U.S. Healthcare Workforce
Avant Healthcare Professionals today announced endorsement of the bipartisan Senate bill called the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act to support the healthcare workforce in response to COVID-19. Senators David Perdue (R-GA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Todd Young (R-IN) and Chris Coons (D-DE) announced... - May 07, 2020 - Avant Healthcare Professionals
Grace Community Steps Up to Help Seniors in Times of Need
As the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to affect nearly every industry around the globe, long-term care is facing unique difficulties. Social isolation, lack of daily meaningful interactions, depression, and caregiver burnout were already challenges being faced before the COVID-19 breakout,... - April 24, 2020 - Lifetime Wellness
Rhoads Metal Works Creates Clean Air for Hospitals
Adapting During a Pandemic, a Solution for Hospitals to Clean the Air, Four Generation Company Has a Legacy to Uphold - April 17, 2020 - Rhoads Metal Works, Inc.
Henry J. Austin Health Center Now Offering Telemedicine and Pharmacy Delivery Services
To help stop the spread and flatten the curve of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the federally qualified health center makes it easy to stay at home while getting the care you need. - April 09, 2020 - Henry J. Austin Health Center
FDA Clears Aluna Asthma Management Platform for Consumer Sale & Use; Aluna Designed in Consultation with Physicians to Measure Lung Health at Home & on the Go
FDA clearance of Aluna, a portable digital spirometer that provides respiratory health insights. - March 28, 2020 - Aluna
Popular Senior Life Resource Provider Expands Coverage to Address COVID-19 Issues Affecting Those Living in Senior Communities
HousingForSeniors.com, a leading online information hub owned and operated by Wolf Revo, LLC, is dedicated to helping older adults in the United States and Canada find quality senior housing, has recently expanded its senior health coverage specifically addressing COVID-19. - March 23, 2020 - Wolf Revo, LLC
Accessible Home Health Care Launches Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Chronic Care Patients
Remote Monitoring Results in Better Health Outcomes and Lower Costs - March 22, 2020 - Accessible Home Health Care
Neurologist Dr. Deborah Boland Expands Telemedicine Services to Homebound Neurological Patients
Between now and April 30, 2020, Dr. Deborah Boland, D.O., MSPT, a neurologist, movement disorder specialist, and owner of Be Mobile Neurology, is expanding telemedicine services to help high-risk people who need neurological care and are in isolation due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)... - March 21, 2020 - Be Mobile Neurology
Home Health Sector Urges Flexible Use of Home Health Clinical Expertise and Regulatory Relief to Address COVID-19 Crisis
Home health leaders release guidance regarding needed waivers and regulatory relief to ensure home health’s nimble and flexible response. - March 17, 2020 - Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare
Lifetime Wellness Provides Air Purifiers as a Top Line of Defense Against Coronavirus in Senior Living Communities
Two leaders in whole-person wellness have joined forces to combat coronavirus (COVID-19) in senior living facilities. Lifetime Wellness, a leading provider of wellness programs for senior living, has partnered with Pure Wellness, creators of “Pure Rooms” for a variety of industries, in... - March 14, 2020 - Lifetime Wellness
Waveny LifeCare Network Announces Actions in Response to Prevent Cases of COVID-19
Responding to the first cases of coronavirus identified in Westchester County, New York, Waveny LifeCare Network instituted CDC guidelines and protocols to minimize the risk of COVID-19 in its communities. “The health and wellness of our residents, patients, volunteers, and our staff of... - March 14, 2020 - Waveny LifeCare Network
Malecare Moving Online to Deliver Safe Support in the Context of COVID-19
In the wake of Coronavirus, Malecare, a US-based patient advocacy organization who run multiple cancer support groups for men across the country, have decided to put all their support groups on hiatus and instead refer people to connect on their online peer-support communities on HealthUnlocked. - March 14, 2020 - HealthUnlocked
Waveny LifeCare Network Elects New Board Members
New Canaan – Six new members have been elected to Waveny LifeCare Network’s board of directors: Ronald Balzano, Peter Bridgman, Marian Curtis Blair, Mary Franco, David Hunt, and Penny Young. The board unanimously elected Kathleen A. Corbet as Chairman of the Board, Leo Karl III as Vice... - March 13, 2020 - Waveny LifeCare Network
Avant Healthcare Professionals Awarded "Gator100" for Being One of the Fastest Growing Gator-Led Businesses Worldwide
Avant Healthcare Professionals today announced that it has been named to the University of Florida’s 2020 “Gator100.” Each year, the UF Alumni Association, in partnership with the UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center, recognizes the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or... - March 12, 2020 - Avant Healthcare Professionals
Comfort Keepers Lithonia Grows with a New Business Development Associate
Comfort Keepers Lithonia (CKL) today announces the hire of a new business development associate (BDA) to manage the growth of the organization due to its recent acquisition of the territory in Snellville, Gwinnett County. “Our organization is quickly expanding and we are eager to reach and... - March 06, 2020 - Comfort Keepers Lithonia
Avant Healthcare Professionals to Exhibit at the 2020 AONL Conference
Avant Healthcare Professionals, the premier staffing provider of internationally experienced nursing and allied health professionals, today announced it will be exhibiting at the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, March 18 to 21, 2020. “We... - March 04, 2020 - Avant Healthcare Professionals
CENSON Care Combats Coronavirus with Remote Patient Care
Patient cohorts with multiple chronic health conditions, and those over 60 are particularly susceptible to influenza and Coronavirus epidemics. Not only are Home Health Care and Assisted Living Facility patients at increased risk, but those risks are also increased for care providers, and even... - March 01, 2020 - CENSON Health