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NEC expands digital elderly care system trial to Chiang Mai

Healthcare It News

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The municipality of Chiang Mai and NEC Thailand recently signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of smart city solutions, including smart hospital technologies to support its provision of elderly care.

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NYC elder care provider using FCC funds for telehealth, protecting seniors from COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Social distancing is a key factor in reducing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and tele-visits can be a safe and secure means for providers to deliver certain types of care for their patients. " Lorraine Breuer, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation. ” MARKETPLACE.

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Changing Hands, Not Washing Them: CMS’ First Report on Nursing Home M&A Data

C&M Health Law

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released data —for the first time—reporting on mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, and changes of ownership of Medicare enrolled hospitals and nursing homes over the past six years.

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Struggles Over Care Will Shape the Future of Work

Bill of Health

The future of work and of aging will be shaped by struggles over care from both giving and receiving ends, perhaps against those profiting in between. spread between nursing homes. These facilities, like most nursing homes, are for-profit businesses that pad their margins by cutting labor costs.

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AWS announces healthcare workforce accelerator cohort

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A "BedSense" App provides insights into the needs of memory care and nursing home residents. A digital triage and consultation platform for use across primary and emergency care. Sensor-based monitoring of activity patterns to help support elder care and specialty care. IoT Solutions Group.

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Nursing Home Chain Hit With $1.5 Million Verdict in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit as Jury Sides with Former Employee

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 2, 2017, a former elder care facility executive was awarded a $1.5 Irene Riggs claims she was fired for complaining about the "sexually charged" environment created by a supervisor's inappropriate conduct with a nurse. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL 9 health systems working with Amazon, Microsoft, Apple 293 hospitals at immediate risk of closure AHA chair-elect participates in CEO roundtable on rural health care crisis AHA report demonstrates benefits of 340B program AHA Urges OCR to Suspend or Amend Online Tracking Guidance AMA and others launch collective call for health equity in Rise (..)