Below are companies Allan sees as up and coming. Their products and services offer innovations that will help cut costs, meet regulations, and increase efficiency in the long-term care industry. For more on any of these companies, email Allan or call toll free 888-487-6767.

PointClickCare.com delivers all the functions and ease-of-use of a complete long-term care management software package, but you don't have to buy, install, upgrade, and then pay expensive trainers to teach you how to use it. Business managers report this is the simplest and most comprehensive software package they have ever used and it is all web-based. For more info, see: www.pointclickcare.com

MedPass+ is a software solution that provides long-term care facilities with safe, efficient electronic medication and treatment administration. This solution will cut your costs of medication delivery, while both saving time and decreasing possible errors. Contact Keith Thomas at: www.vectorinnovations.com

CarePages is a web-based relationship management service developed specifically for long-term care by TLContact. It is a powerful communication tool between staff and families that promotes a positive and proactive “communication culture.” Through CarePages, each resident is given his/her own web page where updates can be logged and messages and photos can be posted. Through the same site, families can even exchange private messages with the facility staff. Ultimately, CarePages helps to build, manage and monitor relationships between responsible parties, families, residents and staff. In addition to stronger relationships between facility staff and the valued families, other end results include reduced risk and liability exposure and increased family satisfaction. www.carepages.com

T-Med Behavioral provides video telemedicine (VTM) psychiatry for rural-area facilities that lack adequate face-to-face services. By providing proven technology, equipment and training, T-Med Behavioral brings quality geriatric psychiatric care to long-term care facilities so the patients don't have to be transported off site. Since Medicare pays consultation fees in all 50 states and Medicaid in many states, T-Med provides all the equipment, the HIPPA compliant communication line and even pays a Personnel Services Fee allowed under Medicare Safe Harbor. The psychiatrists are specialists in working with the elderly and licensed in each state. They working strictly under the direction of attendings to review psych meds on a quarterly basis, attend some care conferences and family meetings, and provide emergency sessions for those with sudden behavioral issues. www.t-medbehavioral.com

Specialized Medical Services (SMS) is a provider of comprehensive oxygen, respiratory and related equipment services that has been serving the long-term care market since 1993. They currently operate in Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Nebraska, Colorado, Washington and Maryland and has the ability to provide services in any of the 48 contiguous states. SMS, in conjunction with its Medicaid/Medicare consulting division, has obtained the detailed knowledge of certain Medicaid programs that will pay SNF's for oxygen products separately from the room and board rate.

LTCQ – MDS Data Integrity, QI & QM Analysis, Risk & Liability Tool – was founded by the university professors and researchers who won the grant to develop MDS in the early '90s. They currently have over 1100 facilities. LTCQ's Q-Metrics® Data Integrity Audit™ is a web-based system that can monitor MDS data integrity before submission. When the data arrives is goes through over 400 tests and comes back to the facility in seconds. The Q-Metrics® Performance Portfolio™ caters to quality measurement and improvement in long-term care. This product provides a series of reports that benchmark QI/QM performance and help you focus on the right thing to train at the right facility. Lastly, LTCQ offers a risk management and liability component, Q-Metrics® RiskRx™. This tool includes an assessment of each facility using the same criteria insurers and litigation attorneys use. It also provides a comprehensive report that identifies risk factors, sets risk management priorities and recommends appropriate services. www.ltcq.com

Advanced Healing Systems offers pulsed electromagnetic frequency therapy (PEMF) to close and heal wounds. PEMF is the means of using a specific radio frequency signal to induce the proliferation of human fibroblasts cells. PEMF is a device that works like a drug but has the added benefit of stimulating the body to heal itself normally. Clinical results show that PEMF therapy can reduce wound healing time by 50 percent in wounds that are slow to heal and close wounds that are unresponsive to standard therapy. Inpatient facilities can opt to lease PEMF equipment to treat multiple wound patients in their facilities. For patients who are Medicaid eligible and receiving home care, PEMF may be obtained though Minnesota's MA authorization process.

Intellicost is a web-based staff scheduling system created specifically for long-term care facilities. It is made up of simple, affordable and innovative web-based tools developed for long-term care only. Intellicost pinpoints the underlying causes of excess labor expenditures and invoke positive outcomes that go right to the bottom line. Much more than a staff scheduler, Intellicost is a powerful labor management tool that changes corporate culture. This is done by putting real time and forecasted cost information on the desk of every relevant member of your corporate team from anywhere at any time. For example, a regional/corporate staff person could quickly look at the overtime position at any facility staff person asked to work another shift. Culture change takes place because with this oversight the staffing person at the facility no longer chooses the first person who says “yes” without checking the dollar effect before the money is spent. www.broaderhealthcare.com

It's Never 2 Late is a link to seniors, older adults with disabilities and caregivers with technology. They have partnered with a variety of technology partners throughout the United States to construct adaptive labs that are customized for the unique needs of each senior living community. www.in2l.com

My Innerview is dedicated to providing evidence-based management tools so long-term leaders can do more to enhance quality of life and quality of care for their residents, families and staff and at the same time achieve financial success. Their Quality Profile will measure monthly progress with resident quality of life, resident quality of care, family satisfaction, state survey results, employee commitment and financial health.

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