PointClickCare CEO Dave Wessinger Featured

Skilled Nursing News featured Dave Wessinger, CEO of PointClickCare, in its Hot Seat Series.

In the article, Wessinger shared his personal mantra, his preferred superpower, what inspires him, and what he could change about the skilled nursing payment landscape (direct more of the SNF payment closer to where the care is occurring). The interview also covered his most important people management principle, greatest career inspiration, vision of the nursing home of the future, and more.

PointClickCare is a LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus.

Net Health PointRight’s RADAR® Care Management Solution Launches Predictive Modeling Feature

New predictive models tapping the power of machine learning (ML) have been integrated into Net Health PointRight’s RADAR® care management solution to identify patients at high risk for falls, pressure ulcers, mortality, and hospitalization. PointRight is a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus.

Caring for complex post-acute patients and long-stay residents with multiple comorbidities is challenging for long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers with limited time and staffing resources.  Net Health PointRight’s post-acute solution provides easy-to-understand analytic insights that help clinicians and care managers take action to prevent adverse events within existing clinical workflows.

In addition, the recent white paper “SNFs are Leveraging Analytics to Improve Clinical Outcomes: Manage resident care at the right time with the right resources” tells more about RADAR®. Net Health is one of the largest analytics and technology solution providers for specialty healthcare including LTPAC facilities. PR Newswire carried the news.

iN2L + LifeLoop Announces 2022 Communities That Shine Awards

iN2L + LifeLoop, provider of the senior living industry’s comprehensive engagement, wellness, and community operations platform, has announced the winners of its 2022 Communities That Shine Awards. In its second year, the program’s award committee evaluated over 200 submissions to identify the 15 communities that are going above and beyond to offer unparalleled experiences for residents, staff, and families alike.

iN2L + LifeLoop’s technology enables purposeful engagement for residents and provides tools for staff that prove essential to overall resident, family, and staff satisfaction and well-being. This year’s Communities That Shine recipients have leveraged iN2L + LifeLoop’s solutions in creative ways to provide exceptional community experiences that empower both residents and staff to live life with meaning and purpose.

iN2L + LifeLoop is a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus. Yahoo! carried the news.

Perkins Eastman and Eversound Leaders Featured

Senior Housing News has featured Max Winters, senior associate at Perkins Eastman, and Matt Reiners, the co-founder and vice president of Eversound, as future leaders.

The Future Leaders Awards program is presented in partnership with PointClickCare, a LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. The interviews feature what drew each leader to the senior living industry, his biggest lesson so far in the industry, the future of senior living, and the quality that all future leaders must possess.

Perkins Eastman is a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus, and Eversound is a LeadingAge Associate Business Partner with CAST Focus.

McKnight’s Honors 4 LeadingAge Members

Following the announcement of the winners of the 2022 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards, McKnight’s Senior Living is profiling the winners and sharing details of the winning projects. Four LeadingAge and CAST members have been featured recently for their awards in the Senior Living track.

“Selfhelp wins Gold for efforts to reduce isolation among older adults need” presents the Virtual Senior Center that connects older adults with classes, remote monitoring and telehealth services, and more, plus a new initiative on diversity, equity and inclusion for LGBTQ+ older adults. Selfhelp is a LeadingAge CAST Patron and earned a Gold in the Building Bridges category.

“Westminster–Canterbury wins Gold as ‘geeks’ provide friendship, tech help to residents in need” describes how residents can gain technology help from the WCB Geeks, a small group of former technology industry executives who volunteer to help their neighbors with tech support. Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay is a LeadingAge CAST Patron and won Gold in the Keep It Super Simple category.

“Friendship Village captures Gold for effort to reduce resident falls” honors LeadingAge Provider Member Friendship Village for its implementation of VirtuSense balance technology, which identifies fall risk by using artificial intelligence to assess each resident’s ability to walk, sit, and complete other motions. Friendship Village won Gold in the Quality category.

“John Knox Village earns Gold with falls prevention fitness program” recognizes LeadingAge Provider Member John Knox Village for being one of the first retirement communities in the nation to acquire VirtuSense’s VSTBalance system. The community made the systems the centerpiece of its FLEX (Fitness Level Experience) program. John Knox Village was awarded Gold in the Innovator of the Year category.

Eldermark Partners with WorldView on Digital Forms for Senior Living Communities

Eldermark, an acclaimed healthcare technology provider for the senior care industry, has announced a new partnership with document management company WorldView on a new electronic forms product for the senior care industry. Eldermark is an Associate Business Partner with CAST Focus.

“ElderForms” allows senior living organizations to simply convert paper-based residency agreements and other documentation to accessible, fillable electronic forms. Users can utilize field formats such as alpha, numeric, checkboxes, date pickers, signatures and more, while accessing forms anytime, from anywhere.

ElderForms offers unlimited, secure email delivery, allowing forms to be reviewed, executed, and returned with just a few clicks. Or resident customers and responsible parties can sign documents with their finger on a touchscreen device. The news appeared in PR Newswire.