The Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing (FPCIW) recently launched a new website highlighting “what imagination can do with technology to empower people to live well.”
CAST has updated its Teleheath Selection Tool with an enhanced online selection tool and product matrix, and 2 new case studies.
A tea kettle that collects data about a user’s gripping strength was among 25 innovations to gain recognition during the 2016 RSA Student Design Awards in June. The kettle design came in response to a competition challenge sponsored by Philips, a LeadingAge Silver Partner and CAST Supporter.
Telehealth lowers mortality rates, improves quality of life, and decreases hospital admissions when used to monitor individuals with certain chronic conditions, according to a new research review by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The challenges associated with interoperability dominated the discussion at this year’s Long-Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) Health IT Summit. The annual summit, which was co-sponsored and co-organized by LeadingAge and CAST, took place in Reston, VA on June 26-28.
Philips, a LeadingAge Silver Partner and CAST Supporter, recently launched a new version of its CarePoint safety and wander management solution. CarePoint 5.0 is designed to provide residents of senior living communities with emergency assistance when they need it, according to the company.
Co-sponsored and co-organized by LeadingAge and CAST, the LTPAC Health IT Summit is designed to help providers address challenges and take advantage of opportunities encountered as they deliver technology-enabled services and supports to older adults.
A 7-Stage Adoption Model for electronic health records (EHR), developed by CAST specifically for long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC), is one of the new features included in CAST’s updated EHR Selection Portfolio. The updated portfolio also features an interactive online guide and a new case study.
Two CAST Business Associates recently announced personnel and location changes. Here’s the latest news from CAST Business Associates PointRight and HCS.
Skilled nursing providers, home health agencies, hospitals, and physician practices are starting to form partnerships to help them better coordinate care within Medicare’s emerging pay-for-performance care models.
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