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Ken Accardi

Ken is the founder and CEO of Ankota, a company that helps any organization that helps older or disabled people live independently in their home of choice. Having grown up with a disability and a passion for healthcare, this is Ken's mission

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Booming Medical Industry: 5 Growing Career Tracks in Healthcare

By | on 28, Mar 2018 |   healthcare career booming healthcare

The medical industry is an expanding organism that is populated with a number of choices. Becoming an intricate part of this body is more doable than you think. The following are five career possibili[...]

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Aging in Place Safely: Modern Technologies are Helping Seniors

By | on 26, Mar 2018 |   Aging in Place Technology Home Care Technology aging safely technology for seniors

Aging is a part of life, but it doesn’t mean that you want to give up the comforts of your own home. In fact, according to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 87 percent of seniors who[...]

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3 Major Healthcare Changes Brought about by Electronic Medical Records

By | on 26, Feb 2018 |   electronic medical records electronic health records

Technology has altered our current landscape in many ways, and the field of health care is no exception. In fact, in a recent survey, a full 90 percent of physicians claimed to be using electronic hea[...]

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Report of EVV ‘Firestorm’ Draws Home Care Industry Pushback

By | on 21, Feb 2018 |   EVV electronic visit verfication

A post from Tim Mullaney reporting complaints related to rollout of EVV for home care in the state of Ohio. This post was first published on homehealthcarenews.com.

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Demystifying Consumer Directed Services (CDS) Models of Home Care

By | on 05, Feb 2018 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Care Transitions April 2017 Newsletter

Some states have authorize home care models where the care is directed by the consumer receiving services. These models are often referred to as Consumer Directed Services (CDS) and sometimes referred[...]

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Electronic Visit Verification and Rounding Rules

By | on 29, Jan 2018 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Care Transitions April 2017 Newsletter

Let's start today's blog post with a provocative statement: "The adoption of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) means that it will be the end of perfect time sheets" How can this be? Shouldn't EVV gi[...]

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