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moneyAnother One Percent is Making Headlines

Barely one percent of the population accounts for about 22 percent of our country’s inflated health care spending.

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Posted in Hot Topics, Uncategorized | Tagged health spending

questionsAre Policy Issues Killing Home Health Technology?

Home health monitoring can keep patients out of the hospital. But is the current policy environment killing any chance these new technologies have of becoming widely adopted?

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glucose meterHome Health Technology Goes Futuristic

Home health care technology is a field that’s poised to explode, with exciting new technologies driving its growth.

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Posted in Hot Topics | Tagged Home health technology, Nursing informatics

hospital bedGot Ideas for Preventing Readmissions? The NQF Wants to Hear Them!

The National Quality Forum wants you to know that the commenting period for the “Patient Outcomes: All-Cause Readmissions” draft technical report and measures is now open.

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Posted in Hot Topics | Tagged performance measures

elderlyRevolutionizing the House Call: The Case for Home Health Technology

Home health technologies – which can include remote monitoring devices and telemedicine – can address many of the challenges facing our health care system.

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Posted in Hot Topics | Tagged Home health technology