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Courage - The Final Chapter in Being Mortal - Home Care Book Club

By | on 18, Jul 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty home care book club

If this is the first article that you've come across the Ankota's series on Atul Gawande's book Being Mortal, you might want to start from the beginning. Here's a link to Chapter 1. Chapter 8 (plus a [...]

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Helping Home Care Caregivers with EVV Connection Issues

By | on 09, Jul 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

As we continue our Best Practices series for home care agencies deploying Electronic Visit Verification (EVV), today we'll focus on caregivers with trouble getting connected. Note that we recently rel[...]

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Tech Ownership Among the Elderly

By | on 02, Jul 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Aging in Place Technology laurie orlov home care technologies

I have a lot of respect and admiration for Laurie Orlov who is an industry consultant and recognized expert on technology for aging in place. I've had the opportunity to meet Laurie a number of times [...]

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Hard Conversations - Home Care Book Club "Being Mortal" Chapter 7

By | on 27, Jun 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty home care book club

If this is the first article that you've come across the Ankota's series on Atul Gawande's book Being Mortal, you might want to start from the beginning. Here's a link to Chapter 1. This book has defi[...]

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EVV Best Practice Series: Preparing Caregivers to Adopt EVV

By | on 25, Jun 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

Before a home care agency begins using Electronic Visit Verification (EVV), caregivers generally don't worry much about timekeeping. The most common situation is that caregivers fill out a weekly time[...]

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Letting Go - Being Mortal Chapter 6 - Home Care Online Book Club

By | on 20, Jun 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty home care book club

If this is the first article that you've come across in Ankota's series on Atul Gawande's book Being Mortal, you might want to start from the beginning. Here's a link to Chapter 1. Chapter 5 of Being [...]

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EVV Best Practices for Home Care Agencies

By | on 18, Jun 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices EVV home care technologies private duty

EVV, which stands for Electronic Visit Verification, is an important topic for all home care agencies in 2019 and 2020. Legislation in the 21st Century Cures Act mandated that all home care agencies r[...]

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A Better [end of] Life – Being Mortal Chapter 5 – Home Care Online Book Club

By | on 13, Jun 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty home care book club

The following article is part of our online book club series that kicked off with this article here, entitled, "Announcing Ankota's Online Home Care Book Club." Click the link to start from the beginn[...]

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5 Steps to Consider When Starting a Homecare Agency via Kenyon Homecare Consulting

By | on 06, Jun 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Ginny Kenyon home care technologies

One of the industry experts I learn from every time we speak is Ginny Kenyon, principal at Kenyon Home Care Consulting. Ginny helps open home care agencies and has given Ankota great inputs on our sof[...]

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A Home Care Book Club Story About My Dad for "The Moth Radio Hour"

By | on 28, May 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty home care book club

A few months ago, we introduced an online book club for the home care community and the first book that we're examining is Being Mortal, by Dr. Atul Gawande. Dr. Gawande is one of my favorite authors [...]

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5 Insights About Digital Transformation in Healthcare from Medullan

By | on 23, May 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

A recent article from Medullan, entitled, "Digital Transformation; It’s Not A Tech Thing" explains what Digital Transformation in healthcare is and offers some examples and suggestions for how to impl[...]

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Assisted Living – Being Mortal Chapter 4 – Home Care Online Book Club

By | on 21, May 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty home care book club

The following article is part of our online book club series that kicked off with this article here, entitled, "Announcing Ankota's Online Home Care Book Club." Click the link to start from the beginn[...]

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