It was on March 14th that The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) ordered the end to all in-person visits at senior care facilities across the country. In September, after six months of lockdown, outbreaks, and isolation, senior care homes could finally welcome visitors – sort of. CMS has released a new memo outlining ways …
News October 2, 2020 Moments For Care: A Look Back At Our Summer (Virtual) Concert Series
Summer. Usually a time for barbecues, gardening and soaking up some sun. The summer of 2020? Not so much. Nobody needed more cheering up this summer than those who live and work in senior care facilities. The pandemic hit them extremely hard, with all semblance of normalcy disappearing; most notably the live entertainment beloved by …
News September 29, 2020 Cliniconex Announces Partnership With WELL Health To Bring Their Patient Engagement Solutions To More Canadian Healthcare Providers
Since its founding in 2009, Cliniconex has been focused on using technology to automate repetitive tasks to help medical clinics and their care teams focus on what matters most; direct patient care. We are proud to announce a new partnership with a company who is also focused on the digitization of healthcare; WELL Health is both a primary …
News September 22, 2020 New CMS Rule Mandating Staff Testing and What It Means For Senior Care Homes
On August 25th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released a new Interim Rule requiring senior care facilities to establish a COVID-19 testing regimen for their staff. This new mandate requires homes to: Test Staff or Residents who show signs of symptoms Test all Staff or Residents in the case of an outbreak until …
News September 21, 2020 Adapting to the new communication standards of COVID-19
Although nothing much is certain in the current climate, one thing is clear, on top of the usual duties involved in caring for residents, care homes are now also responsible for keeping families informed of changes in visiting policies or infection control measures. Current methods of resident family communication include: Manual phone calls Group emailing …
News July 22, 2020 Webinar Recap | Pandemic Lessons Learned: Best Practices and Emergency Preparedness in the Future
Are you still struggling to adapt to all the changes brought on by COVID-19? What are the future plans for compliance? For implementing new technologies? For updating your emergency preparedness plan? If you weren’t able to join the webinar we were a part of on July 15th, along with Fully Managed and Richter Healthcare. Here …
News July 15, 2020 Communicating During Covid-19
Life around the world has changed dramatically in 2020. Because of COVID-19, homelife, work-life, schools, and social lives are no longer what they used to be. Among the most heavily impacted by the pandemic are those that live and work in senior care. Outbreaks in facilities have forced the sector to examine current methods and …
Best Practices July 8, 2020 Let’s Be Clear: A Guide To Transparent Communication During COVID-19
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, senior care facilities have had to adapt to changing situations in their facilities, communities, and states or provinces; with each change being communicated to staff, residents, family members, and regulators. The increased need for transparency and proactive outreach has placed an extra burden on already strained care teams. To help support …
News June 23, 2020 The Road To Reopening | Ensuring Safe Visits In Senior Care
As lockdown restrictions ease across the country, visitors are slowly being allowed to return to senior care homes. For months, families and friends have been separated from each other, and soon, they can reunite in person. To ensure visits can continue, local health authorities have released guidelines (for example Ontario and CMS) to help maintain …
Case Study June 12, 2020 Customer Success Story | Brookdale Senior Living
“I would recommend Cliniconex because it solves a sizable problem in a remarkably simple way. They took a big problem and made an easy answer.”
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