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Home health care lowers re-hospitalization risk for people with diabetes
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The future of home health care is now
The health care industry now has powerful tools it can apply toward these goals. Thanks to the careful and judicious parsing of population-level data, frequently aided by machine learning — technology that uses data to make predictions to enable better informed decisions — it’s become possible for providers to offer personalized care strategies for each individual patient. New approaches to at-home health care, such as urgent care in the home, are making the patient experience more convenient than ever. These developments have the potential to transform the time patients spend in contact with the health care system as well as … Read more
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AccentCare CEO: Home Health Industry Can’t Become the ‘Last Refuge’ for Unvaccinated Workers
After months of taking a more passive approach to COVID-19 vaccinations, home health providers are starting to turn up the heat on their workforce. On Tuesday, Sarasota, Florida-based Empath Health — a home health, hospice and home care provider that also offers palliative care and more — announced it will require COVID-19 vaccinations for all staff, volunteers and vendors. Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has similarly said that all of its 150,000 employees across the nonprofit system, presumably including home health workers, must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 1. Contextually, these and other home-based care organizations have taken a stronger stance on … Read more
