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3 steps to leverage data science in home care
The potential for leveraging data in home care organizations is undeniable. However, as organizations begin to collect and interpret data, navigating this evolving landscape can be daunting. Launching a data science project without the right strategy can often lead to results that don’t meet expectations and leave project managers fielding some tough queries from their…
4 ways home-based care technology reduces mileage for rural agencies
While no two home care agencies are alike, those that serve rural areas face several unique challenges compared to those that solely serve urban centers. In fact, though urban populations continue to rise, about 20.0% of people who live in the United States and 19% of those in Canada have rural abodes. For older adults here, ensuring access to…
Big data: How does it affect my home care agency?
Technology is continuously evolving, and new tools are presented to help advance various industries and improve processes. One of the most used technology buzzword affecting the healthcare industry today is “Big Data.” Big data is being talked about more and is all the rage in the technology world, but what does it mean for home…
[Webinar recap] Harnessing the Power of Data to Tackle the Home Care Industry’s Biggest Challenges
During our most recent webinar with Home Health Care News (HHCN), we brought together AlayaCare’s data and intelligence team to share their insights on challenges the home care industry faces and how data has the power to help tackle them. In this blog, we highlight the 2 main themes from our webinar Harnessing the Power…
Meet Visit Optimizer: AlayaCare’s new solution for scheduling vacant visits
As a leading technology for home-based and community care providers, AlayaCare always strives to improve how it empowers organizations in supporting their staff and delivering the best possible care to their communities. That’s why we are excited to announce the official launch of a new feature called the Visit Optimizer. AlayaCare’s new solution matches vacant…
3 Ways Home Care Software Streamlines Agency Processes
Home care agencies are under constant pressure to provide their patients with the best services possible. But making sure you have the right resources and capabilities in place isn’t easy. The home healthcare industry is notoriously resistant to change, but thanks to advances in technology like home care software, agencies can now streamline processes more…
[Webinar Recap] How AI and optimization tools are impacting home care delivery
For our most recent webinar, we brought together data experts to share their insights on how AI, machine learning and optimization algorithms are reshaping home care delivery. In this blog, we highlight 3 key takeaways from our webinar Transforming Home Care with AI: How Machine Learning and Optimization Algorithms Are Impacting Care Delivery (watch the…
Value-Based Purchasing and the Role of Home Care Software, Our Ultimate Guide
What’s the best way to pay those who deliver home care services? The issue remains elusive when it comes to firm answers. It also remains a point of seemingly endless debate and consternation, which isn’t surprising when so much money, deep implications, and sensitivities collide in one discussion.
4 tips to improve caregiver experience through scheduling and route optimization
In a recent survey AlayaCare released with Home Health Care News (HHCN), over 60% of respondents identified that their employees were overworked and burned out. Without efficient scheduling and commuting routes for home care visits, most organizations are dealing with increased caregiver burnout, and other challenges such as travel costs, late or missed visits, and…
Forecast the Future: Leveraging Data to Predict Home Care Worker Churn
Studies have shown that having at least 70 percent full-time employed nurses fosters continuity of care among many other benefits: reduced costs, better teamwork, and happier and more engaged staff. Under 70 percent, and the quality of client care can take a hit. Every time a home care worker churns or submits a resignation, it…
The Future of Telehealth in Home Care
The pace of innovation is impacting modern society like never before — and as sweeping changes, challenges and opportunities continue to impact the home care industry, it’s more important than ever for agencies to remain nimble and able to pivot within this evolving landscape to meet the demands of clients, government bodies and other key…
What is Machine Learning and What Does It Mean for Home Care?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its rising implications on our daily lives is almost a regular feature in the news these days, with commentary on everything from driverless cars to image recognition software.
Give your Home Care Agency the Gift of Business Intelligence
Home and community care providers are transforming their businesses to adjust to the tectonic shifts in the industry. With a major focus for new care models being value or evidence-based reimbursements, providers are required to take a new found interest in data-driven decision making in order to improve client outcomes. Thanks to electronic systems and…
Switching Home Care Software Solutions: How to Make Your Data Migration Easier
Home healthcare organizations can spend thousands of dollars implementing an electronic solution or upgrading their legacy software platform to run their business on. A home care software solution can be one of the most valuable assets to your organization, so having to uproot and fit all of your information into a new solution can be…
Enhancing Safety in the Home: The Role of Technology
As the senior population continues to grow, so does the need to ensure the delivery of safe care in the home. While people prefer to receive care in the comfort of their own home, this does not always mean their homes are safe spaces. There are a number of distinct characteristics of the home health…
Demographic Shift: How Will It Impact Your Home Healthcare Agency?
The baby boomer generation has been a buzzing topic of conversation in the healthcare industry for some time now. According to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), seniors will make up 20% of the population by 2024, and 25% by 2036 at which point they will account for 62% of health costs. The same goes for…
Why Predictive Analytics Should Be Top of Mind for your Home Care Agency
As we’ve all heard by now, there are numerous benefits to providing care for patients in the comfort of their own homes. Home care has been proven to lower overall costs, and presents the greatest solution for meeting the needs of the rapidly growing senior population. The industry’s shifting demographic is compelling the rise of…
Revolutionizing Healthcare with Home Telehealth (Webinar Recap)
20 years later, why is home care still not sure? On March 17th, 2016 we held our most popular webinar ever, featuring our founder and CEO Adrian Schauer and Tim Rowan of Rowan Consulting Associates and Editor of Home Care Technology Report. The webinar focused on a hot topic for home care agencies this year:…
How AlayaCare Fits into Your Population Health Strategy
Let us begin by telling you what you already know: our healthcare system is constantly facing challenges. According to the Becker Hospital Review, the vast majority of the top 10 challenges and opportunities for hospitals relate to Population Health. Population Health is a relatively new concept, and only most recently possible because of the growth…
The Evolution of Home Care Analytics: Machine Learning
Like it or not, we are living in a digital world.
Keys to Generating Innovation in your Home Care Agency
Everyone knows that now is an exciting time to be in the home healthcare industry. Technology has become mandatory for efficient agency operations, providing easier access to information, streamlined workflows, point-of-care transparency, and ultimately improving patient outcomes – all the while operating in an environment where regulations constantly change our business. While some agencies are…
The Growth of AlayaLabs
AlayaLabs is growing! So far, we have been focusing on research to get a better understanding of the challenges home health care agencies are facing that we could address with science. Our most recent project was one stemming from a partnership with CBI We Care, where we studied the effects of machine learning algorithms on the care…
Innovation: What It Means and Why Home Care Needs It
Innovation; the buzzword that has been sweeping the business industry for some time now. This word is so widely overused and generalized that it’s reached the point where we’ve lost touch with what it actual means to be innovative. Many companies have used the term synonymously with “invention”, using it whenever they’ve simply developed something…
Why Machine Learning Fails… and Why It Won’t in Home Healthcare
As I woke up, coffee in hand, slowly browsing Facebook, Yann LeCun, director of AI research at Facebook, shared a link to this interview of Michael I. Jordan, IEEE Fellow, Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. As the author said, Jordan is one of the world’s most respected authorities on machine…
Why Your Home Care Software Solution Should Reside in the Country you Provide Care
5 Considerations Why Your Cloud Based Home Care Software Solution Should Reside in the Country Where you Provide Care Pew Research Centre, an authority on measuring personal information and privacy, routinely polls US audiences and reports that Health Care and medication information ranks second behind only a social security number in terms of ‘very sensitive’…
Data is the New Oil, Why Big Data’s Time is Now for Home Healthcare
We are not the first to say “Data is the new oil”, and we won’t be the last. As the cost of data storage shrinks, the amount of data created by the digital economy is growing at exponential speed. Many industries are leveraging this new resource to uncover knowledge that would have been impossible, let…
A New Dawn For Home Health Care
The home health IT sector is on fire. From the groundswell of “quantified self” wearable devices to more and more medical tests becoming consumerized in easy to use, portable form factors. Worldwide revenue for home health care devices and services will rise to $12.6 billion in 2018, up from $5.7 billion in 2013, according to…