ATLANTA (December 21, 2016)—Brightree, a provider of cloud-based software to improve clinical and business performance of post-acute care companies, today announced it has given monetary donations to Portlight Strategies, the Hospice Foundation of America and the Caregiver Action Network, three national nonprofit organizations that support home/durable medical equipment, and home health and hospice communities.
ST. LOUIS (December 20, 2016)—Ascension has partnered with on-demand transportation company Lyft to make non-emergency transportation services available to patients facing transportation barriers.
REDDITCH, United Kingdom (December 20, 2016)—UniqueIQ has further focused its workforce management offering towards the homecare industry as it acquires digital care planning platform, Care Planning System, integrating the businesses to form IQ:careplanner.
SAN DIEGO (December 20, 2016)—ResMed announced that industry leader Carlos M. Nunez, MD, will become ResMed's chief medical officer, effective January 3, 2017.
Nunez most recently served as senior vice president of medical affairs for Becton, Dickinson and Company. He will be based in ResMed's San Diego headquarters and will report directly to CEO Mick Farrell and President/COO Rob Douglas.
LENEXA, Kan. (December 20, 2016)—Mediware Information Systems, Inc., a provider of comprehensive post-acute health care software, announces that Mediware DME software product managers Rebecca Bowden and Kimberly Commito have been appointed to represent the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) on the National Uniform Claims Committee (NUCC) for 2017.