This new CAST case study presents the impressive health gains that patients in Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) Healthcare Homes have made over the past two years, thanks to a care coordination and population health management solution from CAST Supporter Netsmart. The Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare, which runs the homes and related programs, has saved many millions of dollars
A recent LeadingAge CAST case study, “Creating a Real-Life Video Experience for Individuals Facing Memory Loss,” describes an innovative partnership that brought together a memory support center, a technology company, and high school students to foster intergenerational relationships and use technology to aid in memory recall.
Adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and health data exchange among inpatient post-acute providers is tracking far behind other health care settings: Only 19% exchanged data in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to a recent Black Book survey of long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers.
A special CAST workshop, “Technology Deep Dive: Technology Shaping the New Health Care Ecosystem,” took place on Oct. 29, 2017, as part of the recent LeadingAge Annual Meeting & EXPO in New Orleans. Below are select learnings from each session.
Technology is Key to Thriving Aging Services & Integration into the New Health Care Ecosystem
Residents at LeadingAge Provider Member Vinson Hall Retirement Community, an active, resident-focused Life Plan Community in McLean, VA, were not pleased when their television and internet services were inconsistent throughout the campus. To solve the issue and improve access for all, Vinson Hall worked with LeadingAge CAST Supporter ProviNET Solutions to overhaul the network. The result?
CAST Supporter Hamilton CapTel is helping residents' with hearing loss to use the phone again--and to re-engage with friends and family. A recent CAST case study, “Increasing Engagement, Social Networks and Quality of Life and Reducing Social Isolation, Depression and Feelings of Loneliness through a Captioned Telephone,” explains how Hamilton CapTel is raising quality of life.
CAST has updated its Functional Assessment and Activity Monitoring Technology Selection Tool, which addresses wearable consumer technologies. The updated version includes three additional vendors and a new case study.
LeadingAge CAST Supporter It's Never 2 Late (iN2L) and CAST Patron Front Porch are sharing the spotlight in the news.
LeadingAge Silver Partner with CAST Focus MatrixCare® has acquired SigmaCare, a leading electronic health record (EHR) vendor for the long-term, post-acute care market based in Manhattan. MatrixCare provides EHR and related solutions to more than 12,000 facility-based senior care settings and over 2,000 home care agency offices throughout the United States.
LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus PointClickCare, a leading cloud-based software platform for the senior care continuum, and LeadingAge Silver Partner with CAST Focus ABILITY Network, a leading information technology company, have teamed to simplify and reduce the effort required for claims management.
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