Poor Communication Between Home Health, Doctors Leaves Patients ‘Lost in the Wilderness’ By Robert Holly | June 20, 2018 Despite ongoing efforts to provide seamless transitions of care, patients’ journeys from hospital to home still remain full of gaps. Persistent, systemic lapses in communication between doctors, home health providers and patients may be largely to blame. Continuity in care, when achieved, gives patients greater confidence, engagement and trust in the overall medical care being provided, research has shown. It’s a point that the home health industry and, more broadly, the U.S. health care sector has repeatedly worked to strengthen over the past several years through targete
AARP’s New Innovation Focus Could Bolster Aging-In-Place By Tim Mullaney | May 31, 2018 With a new leader helming its Enterprise Innovation division, AARP is making moves to a be a bigger player in this arena, including by creating new products through in-house “startups.” The innovations being developed by AARP could boost aging in place by helping people manage chronic conditions such as diabetes. After conceiving of and leading the AARP market innovation segment for more than seven years, Jody Holtzman left the organization last November. Enterprise Innovation is now being led by Senior Vice President of Innovation and Product Development Andy Miller. A self-described “serial entrepreneur