Tag: Analytics
WellSky upgrades CareInsights solution
April 14, 2021HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – WellSky has made enhancements to its CareInsights solution suite, known as CareInsights Guidance. CareInsights Guidance is available as part of the WellSky CareInsights for Home Health solution, which is powered by algorithms based on historical data from more than 7 million home health patient episodes. It now delivers enhanced utilization management for improved care planning, in addition...
WellSky, Qlik launch 'heat map'
April 29, 2020HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - WellSky and Qlik, a data and analytics company, have launched a “heat map” feature for home care providers. The WellSky COVID-19 Tracker allows providers to leverage data to track current outbreaks, anticipate locations with increasing infection rates and distribute valuable PPE based on where it's needed most. “With information changing daily, care providers need up-to-date data on where they should focus their attention and finite resources,” said Bill...
WellSky gives away data analytics tool
October 15, 2019HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - WellSky has made available its recently launched WellSky Home Health CareInsights for free to current home health clients. The company's 3,000 home health clients can now sign up to receive complementary access to CareInsights through March 31, 2020. CareInsights equips caregivers and care managers with the information they need to make informed, individualized clinical care decisions to improve patient experience and enhance outcomes, leveraging historical data from more...
WellSky solution provides insights
September 6, 2019HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - WellSky has launched an enhanced data analytics solution for home health care providers called WellSky Home Health CareInsights. The solution is powered by algorithms based on historical data from more than 7 million home health patient episodes. It provides both care managers and clinicians with predictive insights on patient real-time hospitalization risk, social determinants of health, care setting suitability and low utilization payment adjustment or LUPA risk. “After...
CleveMed secures patent for sleep data analytics tool
October 30, 2018HME News Staff
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Medical Devices has been issued a new patent that covers “technologies that enable data transfer from home sleep apnea therapy (CPAP) to the cloud through software apps on a patient's cell phones or other personal smart devices like wearables.” “There is a tremendous need to allow healthcare providers and patients easy access to therapy efficacy data, especially long-term,” said Hani Kayyali, CEO. “This will not only permit healthcare...
PlayMaker strengthens data analytics play
July 25, 2018HME News Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - PlayMaker Health has acquired viaDirect Solutions, a provider of market intelligence and data analytics for the post-acute care sector. “viaDirect delivers incredible data insights that forward-thinking providers can leverage to drive significant business development,” said John Griscavage, who will remain CEO of the company. “Incorporating their market intelligence and data analytics into our purpose-built post-acute platform gives our current and potential clients...
ResMed names Ghoshal CTO
April 3, 2018HME News Staff
SAN DIEGO - ResMed didn't have to look far to find its first chief technology officer. The company announced April 2 that it had named Bobby Ghoshal as CTO. Ghoshal had been the COO of Brightree, which ResMed bought in 2016. In his new role, Ghoshal will lead ResMed's global healthcare informatics and data analytics team to drive its cloud-based digital health platforms, as well as investments in emerging health technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior to his...
RemitData sells to eSolutions
September 19, 2017HME News Staff
PLANO, Texas, and OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - RemitData has been acquired by eSolutions, a provider of healthcare and analytics solutions. RemitData will allow eSolutions to further expand its footprint outside of existing markets in the healthcare industry, as well as provide greater diversification within the FQHC, ambulatory, ASC, hospital-owned physician markets and more. “RemitDATA's technology will provide significant upgrades to our customers' reporting and analytics services,”...
CareCentrix, Performant specialize fraud efforts
May 23, 2017HME News Staff
HARTFORD, Conn. - CareCentrix has teamed up with Performant Financial Corporation, the new national RAC for DME, home health and hospice, to deploy specialized analytics and algorithms to better identify and decrease waste and fraud, it announced May 23.“You only need to look at recent headlines to know that the problems of fraud, waste and abuse are only increasing,” said John Driscoll, CareCentrix CEO, in a press release. “CareCentrix is committed to bending the cost curve in...
Strategic Healthcare Programs enters home infusion market
January 3, 2017HME News Staff
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Strategic Healthcare Programs, a provider of data analytics and benchmarking to home health agencies and hospice providers, has expanded its offerings to home infusion providers. SHP's Home Infusion Pharmacy Solution allows providers to capture daily trends and insights from their clinical, financial, demographic and utilization data. “Pharmacies need these comprehensive reports to manage performance and demonstrate value as home infusion providers will need to compete...