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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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Checklists Improve Home Care Quality - Mini Case Study

By | on 02, Jun 2010 |   Home Care Industry Elderly Care Home Health Aide Software Home Care Best Practices thought leadership Checklists New York State HCP

Last month on this blog, we reviewed the book "The Checklist Manifesto" by Atul Gawande. It's a fascinating and riveting read that people both in and out of healthcare will connect with. Our initial p[...]

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Book Review: Reengineering Health Care: A Good Primer

By | on 25, May 2010 |   Recommended Reading Home Care Best Practices Health Care Reform thought leadership Aging in Place Technology

Last week I attended a seminar on the subject of Patient-Centered Design, which included a key note address by Jim Champy, the author of the new book Reengineering Health Care: A Manifesto for Radical[...]

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Improve Elder Care: Patients are Happier when their Doctor Sits Down

By | on 29, Apr 2010 |   Elderly Care Home Care Best Practices Home Healthcare Delivery Management

I live very close to Babson College, the school where I earned my MBA. The close proximity gives me a chance to participate in certain campus activities. Although I don't go very often, I especially l[...]

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The Magic of Maple Syrup for Preventing Cancer and Diabetes

By | on 07, Apr 2010 |   Elderly Care Home Care Best Practices thought leadership

The vision for this blog was not to talk about the home care software that we make, but rather to share information of interest to the broader home care, hospice, private duty care and general elder c[...]

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Twitter Lists created for Home Care and Private Duty

By | on 08, Mar 2010 |   home care software geek NPDA

Back in October, we introduced twitter on this blog. If you don't know what twitter is, you can see the original post here. Those short five months ago there wasn't a lot of conversation occuring abou[...]

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The Wireless Future of Medicine - Video

By | on 05, Mar 2010 |   thought leadership Aging in Place Technology Home Care Technology Home Care Mobile Solutions Video

Many of the people interested in this blog want to be pioneers in changing the delivery of healthcare. This entertaining and informative video is a "must see". It features Eric Topol, MD who is a card[...]

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