Best practices for technology pilots were a focus at the inaugural Ziegler Link•Age Fund Symposium in Chicago last month. Executives Kari Olson (CAST Commissioner) at CAST Patron Front Porch, Trish Barbato at Revera, and Amy Stevens from Avia shared their experience with testing new technology.
People living with dementia have high rates of emergency department (ED) use for acute illnesses—and a recent study found that telemedicine can help.
Several speakers associated with LeadingAge CAST will present at a one-day Workforce Summit on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, immediately prior to the Biennial Global Ageing Network Conference, “This is Long Term Care 2019,” in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The summit is sponsored by PointClickCare, LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus.
This month, we applaud a new Changemaker series, new leader, new implementations, new certifications, and new community reservations.
The rather slow move towards value-based healthcare may be why Call9, which provided telehealth services to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), is suspending its operations.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin using the PDPM, which focuses on the patient’s condition and resulting care needs rather than on the amount of care provided, to determine Medicare payment.
April 2019 was the worst month on record for healthcare data breaches, and a potential breach affected nearly 60 senior living providers across four states in June.
The Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit, held June 23-25, 2019, offered new ideas and networking for 270 attendees and 28 exhibitors—surpassing its anticipated numbers. Convened by LeadingAge CAST for the second year, the Summit took place in Baltimore, MD.
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