Engaging with patients’ families is a core value of hospice care, making consistent and timely communication crucial to quality — perhaps even more so during a pandemic in which person-to-person contact is more limited. To facilitate this some providers are adopting new strategies and technologies. Effective communication in many cases requires hospice staff to be […]
Investors have paid more and more attention to end-of-life care companies and advanced care businesses since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest example of this trend played out on Monday, with Palo Alto, California-based Vynca announcing it had raised another $30 million in growth capital. The investment was led by Questa Capital with […]
VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of Chemed Corp. (NYSE: CHEM), has released a comprehensive opioid conversion tool for hospice providers, which the company says is the first of its kind. The tool is available to all health care prescribers at no cost via the VITAS mobile app. VITAS released the feature in conjunction with National Hospice […]
The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) is partnering with tech company Empathy. The collaboration will allow members of the nation’s largest hospice industry trade group to offer a co-branded version of the Empathy app to their patients and families. The Empathy application is designed to help families navigate the logistical aspects of bereavement, […]
Technology and information systems have become critically important in hospice care, helping to ensure effective communication and coordination, data collection, complete and accurate patient records, virtual care and a host of other applications. Telehealth and interoperable electronic medical records in particular are becoming top tech priorities in the hospice space. Hospice News spoke with Shahab […]
Care has been moving deeper into the home even prior to the coronavirus pandemic, but COVID-19 has accelerated that trend with the added boon of virtual services to supplement in-person services. As virtual care booms, providers are navigating uncertain financial waters as they seek to innovate and differentiate themselves from competitors. Public anxiety about entering […]
Tech company Rendever, whose platform focuses on the needs of isolated seniors, is collaborating with the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) on a multi-site clinical trial on the effects of virtual reality on older adults and their families. The National Institutes on Aging (NIA) is financing the research with a $2 million Phase […]
Post-acute tech company Element5 has secured $15 Million in Series A funds. The company will invest these dollars in expanding the reach of its robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence solution. The Series A fund raises the company’s total capital raised to $18.5 million. Series A funding is typically a company’s first significant round of […]
Hospice provider Compassus is partnering with the technology platform company Empathy to help the families of deceased patients navigate the logistical intricacies of a loved one’s passing. Compassus is piloting the program for three months in the northeastern United States and soliciting feedback from families before rolling it out across their national footprint, more than […]
Hospice providers are increasingly turning to data analytics systems to gain an edge against competitors when engaging prospective referral partners, anticipating impacts in value-based care. Data are key to demonstrating the value of hospice to potential referral partners as evolving value-based payment models take effect. The value-based insurance design demonstration project, commonly called the Medicare […]
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