This article is part of the HHCN+ Membership Referral sources are the lifeblood of home care companies, and strong relationships with them are a path to sustainability for providers, even when there are headwinds in payments and staffing. Avid Health at Home’s referral source strategy incorporates many elements: The company prioritizes daily communication and personalizing outreach. “No two referral sources or payers are exactly the same, so it’s important to get to know the people who are referring cases to you and tailor your communication style to their needs and preferences for how they want to hear about your business,”…
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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began testimony Tuesday at an intense Assembly subcommittee hearing centered on his response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the virus began spreading in the state’s nursing homes in 2020.Members of the Republican-led House COVID-19 Subcommittee released a report ahead of Governor Cuomo’s testimony accusing Democratic lawmakers of orchestrating a “cover-up” to hide mistakes that put nursing home residents at risk. During the hearing, Gov. Cuomo fiercely defended his administration’s actions during the pandemic, saying the subcommittee was trying to deflect attention from former President Donald Trump’s failed pandemic leadership.Cuomo told the committee the report…
Google DeepMind has announced the launch of AlphaProteo, an AI system that helps researchers in biology and health design new high-strength proteins that bind precisely and strongly to target molecules. AlphaProteo was trained on the Protein Data Bank (PDB) to enable breakthroughs in science and education by providing access and tools for exploring, visualizing, and analyzing experimentally determined 3D structures from the PDB archive. AlphaProteo generates candidate proteins that bind to a target based on the structure of the target molecule and a set of preferred binding sites on that molecule. The tech giant said the binder has the potential…
Takeda Pharmaceutical and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have launched a strategic partnership aimed at developing innovative solutions to reduce hard-to-reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the healthcare sector.The partnership is focused on tackling greenhouse gas emissions caused by the disposal of regulated medical waste, including pharmaceutical packaging and single-use plastics, which pose some of the industry's most complex environmental challenges. By working together, Takeda and BMC will not only reduce these emissions, but also share insights and solutions with other healthcare organizations to facilitate widespread adoption and advance decarbonization progress across the industry. We also aim to promoteThe primary objective…
Viome Life Sciences announced a $25 million Series D internal funding round and the appointment of new Chief Operating Officer, Kal Raman. Participants in the round included Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, Bold Capital and WRG Ventures. Raman joins Viome as COO from Amazon, where he served as senior vice president of non-media business, marketing and retail technology, and chief digital officer at Samsung. He also previously served as chief operating officer at Groupon. What it does The Washington-based company offers users a full-body intelligence test that can then provide dietary advice and create custom-formulated supplements and probiotics, which Viome also…
Welcome to “Meet the Innovators,” a story series showcasing leaders and frontline change agents within HCA Healthcare’s Care Transformation and Innovation (CT&I) division. Learn how they got to where they are today and how they’re helping shape the future of patient-centered care.Meet LauraLaura Bermudez, Vice President, Change Management and Communications, Care Transformation and Innovation (CT&I)We’ve all had similar experiences when upcoming change was announced: You have to learn a new technology or process, work with a new team, or do something different. How was it? Did you feel accepted and supported? Did you feel uncomfortable or held back? How did…
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – Michigan home care workers and the people they care for will be camping out at the state Capitol from Monday through Wednesday. “Camping for Care” is asking the state Legislature to pass two bills regarding home care workers.”We’re here because we believe home care workers should have the right to collectively bargain and have the right to higher wages and paid training, and we’ve introduced Senate Bills 790 and 791 to do just that,” said Beth Menz, SEIU Healthcare Vice President.For home care workers like Erica LaFountain, who has cared for Ricky Johnson for 10 years,…
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A 69-year-old Springfield man was involved in a traffic accident on Monday, September 2nd, and was taken to the hospital and released, but died from his injuries at his home three days after the accident. Police said Michael Zapatka was involved in a three-vehicle accident at the intersection of West Sunshine Street and West Bypass on Labor Day at 3:47 p.m. Police say he was driving a Ford Ranger and turned left onto the West Bypass, heading east on Sunshine Boulevard. Police say a black Mitsubishi Endeavor driven by Cody Smith, 28, of Springfield, ran a red light and headed…