Majority of States Lacked Caregiver Hazard Pay, Sick Leave During Pandemic
More than half of U.S. states did not support direct care workers with hazard pay or paid sick leave policies during the first 18 months […]
More than half of U.S. states did not support direct care workers with hazard pay or paid sick leave policies during the first 18 months […]
Mike Wilkes, Chief Information Security Officer, SecurityScorecard It’s time to get used to seeing your doctor from a digital screen, as virtual care is projected […]
Several states around the country are taking unique measures to combat the direct care workforce crisis in home-based care. And it would benefit other states […]
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity OptimizeRx Acquires EvinceMed, a Specialty Drug Prescription Initiation Platform OptimizeRx, a provider of point-of-care technology solutions helping patients start and […]
David Ting, CTO and Founder, Tausight If you’re a healthcare CIO or CISO, you already know that cybercriminals are targeting protected health information (PHI). A […]
A month after the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better bill, LeadingAge and other aging services organizations are urging lawmakers not to reduce […]
Most in-home care providers tried searching for silver linings during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the tragic circumstances, for example, some predicted […]
The home care workforce more than doubled in size over the past 10 years, jumping from just over 1 million workers in 2010 to more […]
From low wages to a lack of career advancement opportunities, there are a number of issues that plague the caregiver workforce. Under the current presidential […]
On Thursday, members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions held a subcommittee hearing to address the dire shortage of health care […]
The U.S. population is rapidly aging — a topic frequently visited by home-based care providers. But as they do age, direct care workers are going […]
Terrence D. Sims, President of Strategic Growth and Marketing, Raintree Systems As COVID-19 continues to influence patient behaviors and causes providers to reevaluate how they […]
Paul Banco, CEO of etherFAX To support the sudden increase in test results and medical records being transmitted during the pandemic, hospitals, laboratories, and pharmacies […]
The demand for caregivers continues to grow significantly. But unless job quality improves, filling these roles will be an uphill battle. That’s according to PHI, […]
What You Should Know: – CybelAngel tools scanned approximately 4.3 billion IP addresses and detected more than 45 million unique medical images left exposed on […]
What You Should Know: – Imprivata acquires FairWarning Technologies, a provider of patient privacy intelligence. – The combined solutions will offer healthcare a single Digital […]
As the number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia rises, more in-home care providers are rolling out specialized services lines focused […]
Wes Wright, CTO at Imprivata If you work in healthcare, chances are that the COVID-19 pandemic forced you to quickly scale up or move staff […]
What You Should Know: – CommonWell Health Alliance enables payer access with the addition of a new service provider, DataFile Exchange to support the […]
Over the past decade, low compensation, inadequate training and limited career advancement opportunities have weakened job quality for caregivers. That, in turn, has limited the […]
Roland Therriault, President, InSync Healthcare Solutions Since COVID-19 emerged as a major health threat, virtual care has taken off. As many as 46% of patients […]
Gerry Miller, Founder & CEO at Cloudticity The coronavirus pandemic accelerated telemedicine exponentially as patients and doctors switched from in-person visits to remote consultations. Health […]
Tim Callan, Senior Fellow, Sectigo The amount of data generated by the healthcare industry is staggering—and constantly increasing. Healthcare data encompasses the personal information of […]
Telehealth has quickly transformed the healthcare industry. Rather than scheduling an appointment, waiting up to a few weeks, and going to a doctor’s office or […]
Healthcare providers are seeing between 50 and 175 times (1) more patients via telehealth than before. Telehealth platforms* offer solutions for a wide array of […]
Senior care — an increasingly important topic that’s too often overlooked on the campaign trail — is back in the spotlight. And maybe this time […]
What You Should Know: – Microsoft released the public preview of Azure IoT Connector for FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), the latest update to the […]
Direct care workers are still undervalued, undertrained and have little opportunity for career advancement, according to a new report from PHI. Ultimately, that’s bad for […]
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