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Baptist Health Expands Telehealth Devices to Over 700 Bedsides with Caregility

HIT Consultant

Success Breeds Expansion: Virtual Nursing Goes System-Wide The positive impact of Baptist Health’s initial virtual care programs has led to a system-wide rollout. In early 2023, they launched Arkansas’ first virtual nursing program, providing additional support for bedside nurses, patients, and families.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: WindRose Invests in Terrapin Pharmacy

McGuire Wood

Founded in 2005, the company states it serves skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, assisted living facilities and retirement communities. Terrapin , based in Annapolis, Md., is a specialized pharmacy primarily serving individuals diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illnesses in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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care.ai Secures $27M from Crescent Cove Advisors to Introduce Ambient Intelligence to Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

care.ai’s Smart Care Facility Platform™ transforms healthcare settings, such as hospitals and nursing homes, into responsive care facilities that continuously monitor and streamline clinical and operational workflows. including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities. Reports project that approximately 1.2

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VillageMD Acquires Patient Education Platform Healthy Interactions

HIT Consultant

More than 30 million patients around the world have used Healthy Interactions’ programs since 2005. Village Medical providers, including physicians and nurse practitioners, can now offer these additional services to their patients. Healthy Populations, Healthy Interactions.

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“Complexity is Profitable” in U.S. Healthcare – How to Save a Quarter-Trillion Dollars

Health Populi

health care employment since 2001, today accounting for twice as many staff as physicians and nurses. Paper Kills , as Newt Gingrich asserted in 2005 talking about the importance of electronic medical records about the time we started the CAQH Index project. It still does. The post “Complexity is Profitable” in U.S.

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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

Born in 2005 and diagnosed a year later with a constellation of conditions, caregiving for Emmett is full-time for both of his parents. Stacy was fighting for home nursing services for Emmett. “I They are never seen in the same room at the same time, working as “Clark Kent and Superman” – tag-teaming with love, resilience, and faith.

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A Health-Heavy State of the Union

Kaiser Health News

And as we discovered in 2017, when they were trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid is actually pretty popular, too, because it takes care of a lot of people’s grandparents in nursing homes. And Medicare finally added a prescription drug benefit in 2005. I’m wondering when somebody is going to bring that up.