PointClickCare Announces Acquisition and New Medication Tools

PointClickCare, a LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus, has announced an acquisition and new medication offerings.

In “PointClickCare announces multiple new tools to tackle medication management, med risk-assessments,” McKnight’s Senior Living announces Pharmacy Connect, a new digital medication management platform to expedite prescriptions. It also discusses a new partnership between PointClickCare and SinguLab, intended to improve risk assessments for possible drug interactions and diagnostics. Senior Housing News also announced the Pharmacy Connect launch.

McKnight’s Senior Living reported additional news from this LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus in “PointClickCare acquires fellow EHR player American HealthTech.” The acquisition enables PointClickCare to expand its footprint with a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) solutions for the post-acute care market. PointClickCare is a leading healthcare technology platform enabling meaningful collaboration and access to real‐time insights at every stage of the patient healthcare journey, with a single platform spanning the care continuum.

LCS Announces New Data Platform

A Senior Housing News feature discusses a new reporting tool at LCS and the company’s dedication to data analysis, borne out by the four data scientists on its staff. LCS increased its data capabilities in early 2024 with the new tool, which enables leaders to view, in real time, “a number of metrics the industry sees as important, including occupied units, available entry-fee dollars and how many days a unit has been on the market,” said the article.

“LCS Seeks Next-Gen Senior Living Operations With New Data Platform” also discusses the ways that artificial intelligence can help senior living organizations to score and prioritize sales leads. LCS is a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus.

LifeLoop Announces 2023 Communities That Shine Award Winners

LifeLoop, which offers a comprehensive software platform that holistically supports senior living owners, staff, residents, and their families, has announced the winners of the 2023 Communities That Shine Awards.

This year’s recipients harnessed LifeLoop’s solutions (LifeLoop operations platform and iN2L content) to deliver quality experiences for seniors while ensuring efficiency and organization for staff, with the following outcomes:

• 94% of staff have saved time in their day-to-day operations.
• 88% of customers say LifeLoop has a positive impact on their occupancy rate.
• 78% of staff now feel their overall job is easier, better, or more satisfying with LifeLoop.
• 67% of communities increased resident engagement since implementing LifeLoop.

LifeLoop is a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus. The news appeared on Yahoo! Finance.

MatrixCare Partnership with Tranzion to Expand EHR Services for Senior Living Medical Providers

MatrixCare, a global technology leader in the post-acute space, has announced a strategic partnership with Tranzion, according to Yahoo! Finance. Tranzion is a newly established subsidiary of NHC (National HealthCare Corporation), which is recognized nationwide as an innovator in the delivery of quality senior care.

Through this partnership, MatrixCare will provide Tranzion with cutting-edge Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, to help meet the need for EHR services in the senior living market. MatrixCare is a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus.

Netsmart, NorthStar and Hospice of Michigan Unite to Advance Innovative Technology

Netsmart, a leading healthcare technology provider, has announced a strategic collaboration with NorthStar Care Community (NorthStar) and its member, Hospice of Michigan (HOM), to support the mission of continually improving end-of-life care, says a Business Wire release.

HOM has been a longstanding Netsmart client for more than 20 years and is expanding this successful relationship to Northstar. This strategic collaboration aims to unite industry leaders leveraging a variety of solutions and services of the CareFabric® platform including myUnity®, an ONC-certified electronic health record (EHR) for hospice, home care and palliative care.

The myUnity solution unifies care settings into a single patient record and integrates the capabilities needed to support value-based payment models into a single platform. Netsmart is a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus.

AARP Tech Programs and CES 2024 Highlights Gain Recognition

Tech literacy programs for older adults by OATS from AARP are in the news, with new offerings launching in Hastings, NE, and Colorado Springs, CO. McKnight’s Senior Living profiled both programs in “Seniors feeling their OATS with tech education programs.”

In Nebraska, an “appy hour” introduces participants to smartphone tools. The Colorado program, also featured in “Free tech classes give Colorado seniors confidence to navigate digital world safely” on KOAA news, focuses on protecting older adults from online scammers.

In other news, the WTOP report “Senior tech revolution at CES 2024 provides a road map to the future of graceful aging” featured innovations at AARP’s senior tech pavilion at CES 2024. Highlighted tools include a web-based platform to share legacies, a digital asset manager, games for mental fitness, a washer and dryer in one to save older adults from moving wet clothes, and more. The AARP Foundation is a LeadingAge CAST Patron.