The next generation of hospice CEOs will need to be data-savvy to succeed. Data is more crucial to hospice businesses than ever before when it comes to payer and referral partner contracting, compliance and building their census. In negotiations with Medicare Advantage plans, for instance, hospice and palliative care providers will need to demonstrate their […]
Hospices are leveraging predictive analytics to get a clearer picture of their performance amid regulatory pressures. Hospices have relied on data to enhances their ability to assess the quality and quantity of bedside care delivered during a patients’ final days. This includes two key quality measures: Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life (HVLDL) […]
Hospices and tech companies are increasingly collaborating to help ensure patients receive the right care at the right time and to build efficiencies into care delivery. Artificial intelligence and predictive analytics in particular are gaining in prevalence. A rising number of providers are applying these systems to identify hospice-eligible patients more quickly, as well as […]
Hospices are seeking solutions to protect themselves and their patients against cybercrime. Data breaches can have widespread implications, including violations of patients’ privacy and substantial financial losses for providers. In the United States, the average cost of a cyberattack on a health care provider reached $15 million in 2019, a study in the journal Healthcare […]
Technology firms Empathy and Sharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) have partnered to expand the benefits that companies can offer to bereaved employees. Sharecare offers a platform that is designed to unify all the elements of an employee’s benefits to help them navigate their continuum of needs. Through this partnership, employees will be able to access Empathy’s bereavement […]
Hospice providers have increasingly turned to technology to connect with hard-to-reach patients, streamline back-office functions and stay ahead of the curve on worsening health conditions. Many operators have likewise leveraged tech to better engage employees in hopes of stronger recruitment and retention. The year ahead is likely to bring significantly more technology investment as well, […]
Hospices are increasingly leveraging technology and pharmaceutical partnerships to better address the needs of patients and families and improve financial and operational efficiencies. Hospices have leaned heavily on technology during the pandemic, turning to telehealth to remain connected to patients and their families. Hospices have also increasingly leveraged technology to build operational efficiencies during widespread […]
Mortality predictions and behavioral nudges by machine learning systems are associated with increased advance care planning utilization and reductions in high-acuity care. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently studied the effectiveness of machine learning algorithms in identifying high-risk cancer patients nearing the last six months of life between June 17, 2019 and April 20, […]
The bereavement care tech platform Grief Coach has rebranded as Help Texts and is expanding its services to include support for health care workers who are contending with stress or burnout. Help Texts offers a mobile service that sends advice and supportive messages via text to bereaved individuals and, as of late December, health care […]
The electronic medical record (EMR) company Careficient Inc., has acquired Net Health’s home health, hospice, home care and palliative business, as well as its revenue cycle monitoring (RCM) products. Net Health, an EMR and analytics firm, divested its HealthWyse, Hospicesoft and RCM division to refocus on its core rehab therapy and wound care lines, the […]
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