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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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Wired Homes for Tracking the Elderly: A Private Duty Differentiator

By | on 24, Aug 2010 |   Elderly Care Private Duty Agency Software Home Health Aide Software Home Care Best Practices Aging in Place Technology Home Care Technology BeClose

Non-Medical Home Monitoring Technology is starting to get media attention as distant Family Members search for better and more affordable ways ways to track how mom and/or dad are doing.

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Home Care Software Geek explains How to Buy Software

By | on 15, Aug 2010 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Health Aide Software home care software geek Home Care Technology Home Care Scheduling Software

The Home Care Software Geek posts in this blog don't talk about Home Care Nursing Software, Private Duty Telephony, DME Delivery Software, Home Infusion Care Management or the other topics we focus on[...]

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Lessons on Running a Better Homecare Business from Brightstar CEO

By | on 04, Aug 2010 |   Elderly Care Private Duty Agency Software Home Health Aide Software Home Care Best Practices Home Care Technology

As we grow Ankota's business, I try to read a lot about successful growing businesses and apply their lessons. Today I read a compelling article about Brightstar, a Chicago-based home care franchise, [...]

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Telehealth, Home Monitoring and Home Care Business - Part II

By | on 02, Aug 2010 |   Elderly Care Aging in Place Technology Home Care Technology Product Information

Will Hicklen's blog article "Telehealth, Home Monitoring and Home Care Business" from July 7th attracted a lot of attention as he shared compelling results from a 4.5 year unbiased Veteran's Administr[...]

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Expert Nutrition Advice from KC Hayes: Home Care Bonus

By | on 19, Jul 2010 |   Healthy Caregivers Elderly Care Home Care Best Practices thought leadership

Over the past few years, I've gotten to know a very nice and interesting gentleman named KC Hayes. KC is a PHD Nutritionist and a professor at Brandeis University. One of KC's claims to fame is that h[...]

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Home Care and Checklists: The Full Story from Johns Hopkins

By | on 15, Jun 2010 |   Home Health Aide Software Home Care Best Practices thought leadership Checklists

We've recently posted a few stories about the power of checklists. As we know, checklists are a best practice that nurses have embraced for a long time. We also use Home Care Telephony (using checklis[...]

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