Boost Performance & Stay Ahead of Regulatory Changes
Looking to Cut Readmission Rates? Ditch the Faxes and Post-it Notes.
Centegra Health System found that when case managers, home health aides, physical therapists and other care providers could easily communicate with each other about a shared patient, good things happened.
Jefferson Health Using Tech Tool to Fill Communication Gaps with Home Health Partners
Jefferson Health — a 14-hospital system with more than $5 billion in revenue — is turning to Dina to fill communication gaps with its home health partners.
Prepared Health CTO Named Female Health IT Leader by Becker’s Hospital Review
For the second year in a row, Erin Karam, Prepared Health’s chief technology officer, has been named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s top Female Health IT Leaders. Karam heads the strategic and technical direction for the company’s network, leading a product team of nine, including engineering and data science.
Unlocking Data From the Home: Prepared Health Leverages FHIR 4.0 for Advanced Interoperability
Monitoring senior and at-risk patients in their homes can uncover a wealth of valuable data. But a lack of interoperability makes it difficult to share timely insights that would help providers make more informed treatment decisions. Monitoring senior and...
Are You Compliant with New CMS Discharge Planning Rule?
CMS guidelines mandate improved patient engagement, choice, and continuity of care across hospital settings. In an effort to improve care transitions, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in September announced a new discharge planning rule that...
How to Build Outcome-Based Partnerships? Start with Communication
From left to right: Dina CEO Ashish V. Shah led a panel at the recent Home Health Care News Summit with David Baiada, CEO, BAYADA Home Health Care; Rajesh Aggarwal, senior vice president, Jefferson Strategic Ventures & Innovation, Thomas Jefferson University and...
Former Advocate Vice President Joins Prepared Health’s Advisory Board
Charlyn Slade Brings Deep Industry Knowledge, Focus on Coordinated Care Charlyn Slade, former vice president of APP Advisors, the consulting arm of Advocate Physician Partners (APP), has joined the Prepared Health advisory board. Located in Rolling Meadows,...
6 Steps to Launch a Value-Based Care Model
Hospitals and health plans are beginning to recognize the value of monitoring patient progress in the home. They want to partner with home health agencies who are investing in patient outcome measures, assessment tools and advanced clinical decision-making support....
Jamison Callins Joins Prepared Health as its New Regional Vice President of Sales, Supporting Company’s National Growth Strategy
Callins will build relationships with hospitals and post-acute providers in the East Coast. Digital healthcare technology company Prepared Health has named Jamison Callins its regional vice president of sales, a new position for the four-year-old company,...
Product Spotlight: Build a Preferred Provider Network
Bundled payment programs and other payment models put a premium on collaboration. The Prepared Health platform provides an efficient way to ensure you’re working with partners who share your approach to patient care. Bundled payment programs and other payment models...
Empower Patients with More Digital Health Information
If you have a chronic condition or care for someone with a chronic condition, you probably have had some difficulty trying to access and aggregate your electronic health information across multiple systems or providers. In order to move to value-based care, we have to...
Silver Tsunami: “Never-Discharge” Mindset Helps People Age Safely at Home
The good news: people are living longer than ever. The bad news: the infrastructure to help seniors age safely in their desired care setting--the home--is severely lacking. The Silver Tsunami is here. Every day, approximately 10,000 people turn 65 years old. By 2050,...
Case Manager Leans on “Patchwork Quilt” of Services to Address Social Determinant Issues
Colleen Morley on backing her team, coaching family caregivers, treating social determinants, and increasing patient education. Case managers are often referred to as patient advocates. Colleen Morley is a self-described “advocate of the advocates.” She is the...
Here’s How Northwestern Medicine Earned $700,000 in Bundled Reimbursements
Three Northwestern Medicine hospitals in suburban Illinois were paying CMS penalties averaging $300,000 a year. One challenge: preventing its bundled payment patients from making a U-turn back into the hospital. To combat this issue, the hospital wanted to help its...
How to Use Data to Become a Preferred Provider
When hospitals select preferred providers, they often rely on skilled nursing facilities or home health agencies that they’ve built relationships with and trust. Providers may be friends or long-time partners. Or, they might bring in lunch or treats for hospital...
5 Ways to Improve Bundled Payment Care Management
If you manage bundled payment programs, there’s a good chance you also manage something else: the financial penalties that come with exceeding parameters set for episodes of care.One way to reduce or avoid penalties is to collaborate with post-acute partners who...
Philadelphia Business Journal: Jefferson, Prepared Health Form Digital Health Partnership to Track Post-Acute Care
Jefferson Health, a 14-hospital system in Philadelphia and New Jersey with $5 billion in revenue, named Prepared Health its digital technology partner. Originally written by John George – Senior Reporter, Philadelphia Business Journal, Apr 17, 2019 Jefferson Health...
David Bean Joins Dina as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, a New Position for the Company
Healthcare industry veteran will accelerate national sales, forge new industry partnerships Digital healthcare company Prepared Health has named industry veteran David W. Bean as senior vice president of sales and marketing, a new position for the four-year-old...