From time to time we post information on this page about newsworthy developments that directly involve HCIN or its business partners. These brief news summaries include links to videos or other web resources that provide additional information.

 

If you have an announcement or know of an industry development that you believe would be of interest to our subscribers and students, please contact us info@homecareinformation.net.

 

 

 

 

 

HCIN in the News

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Community Health Accreditation Program to Begin Using CETstream

 

 

December 2008 – HCIN Sales and Marketing Director, Randy Weisheit, announced that the Community Health Accreditation Program has selected HCIN’s CETstream remote rich media broadcasting platform to create online training programs for their users. According to Wesiheit, “CHAP’s first broadcast will be in January 2009, and we expect they will be offering both on-demand and live events to their clients on a regular basis.” CHAP is an independent, non-profit accrediting body that serves home care, hospice and home medical equipment providers throughout the U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Selects Hospice Education Network

 

 

December 2008 – In a December 10th press release, the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) announced that it has chosen the Hospice Education Network (HEN) to provide its curriculum of end-of-life issues to individuals and organizations. According to Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, Principal Investigator of the ELNEC project, "The Hospice Education Network has the technology to make these programs available to individuals and institutions that have limited resources and would otherwise be unable to participate in the training. It is one of the most effective methods we have seen to provide this very important education to clinicians regardless of setting." HEN is owned and operated by Weatherbee Resources, Inc., based in Hyannis, MA, and utilizes Stony Hill Management’s CETstream platform to capture and broadcast online courses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stony Hill Management Inks Deal with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

 

 

November 2008 – Stony Hill Management CEO, Tom Williams, announced that his company has entered into a contract with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Specialty Group to begin live broadcasting of monthly Grand Rounds in January 2009. “We are excited about the prospect of working with Children’s” said Williams. “CHW is regularly ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the nation and this will be an outstanding opportunity for us to demonstrate our technology to Wisconsin and Illinois physicians at the same time we are providing them valuable education.” Presentations broadcast live will be archived for on-demand viewing and physicians will be given CME credit for participating.

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Home Care Associations Install CETstream Technology

 

 

November 2008 – Four additional state home care associations will begin using CETstream to regularly communicate with their members according to Randy Weisheit, HCIN Sales and Marketing Director. “Equipment has already been installed at the Oregon, Washington state, Massachusetts and New Mexico association offices,” said Weisheit. “These organizations join the Texas and California associations which both installed CETstream gear earlier this year.” HCIN is providing state home care associations that enter into partnership agreements no cost/low cost access to the company’s rich media broadcasting capabilities.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johns Hopkins Medicine International Launches CETstream Pilot

 

 

October 2008 – Staff from Johns Hopkins Medicine International introduced CETstream to attendees at their annual Partners Conference in Baltimore this month. JHMI entered into a contract with Stony Hill Management earlier this year to implement CETstream on a pilot basis to manage distribution of rich media content to users at its 14 partner organizations, located on four continents. “JHMI will be using their own equipment to record and broadcast the seminars that they have produced,” said Tom Williams, Stony Hill CEO. “Our software will manage their content library and will control access for users at their partner organizations.” Williams expects his company to begin work on a second phase project with JHMI after the first of the year should the pilot implementation be well-received by partner organizations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CETstream Technology Debuts at NAHC Annual Meeting

 

 

October 2008 – In a rich media broadcast distributed to more than 10,000 home care executives, Stony Hill Management president, Tom Williams, and HCIN Sales and Marketing Director, Randy Weisheit, announced that the company’s CETstream remote capture technology would debut at this year’s Annual Meeting of the National Association for Home Care. According to Weisheit, CETstream combines off-the-shelf video conferencing technology with Sonic Foundry’s capture and broadcasting platform to provide users the ability to remotely create rich media presentations. “We expect CETstream will be of great interest to multi-site providers who are struggling with training as the cost to travel from location to location continues to increase,” Weisheit said. CLICK HERE to view the company’s announcement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sonic Foundry Wins 2008 Streaming Media Award

 

 

September 2008 – For the second consecutive year, Sonic Foundry's Mediasite platform has been named Best Webcasting Platform in the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards. Utilized by more than 1100 organizations, including the Home Care Information Network, Sonic Foundry’s patented Mediasite webcasting system quickly and cost-effectively automates the capture and delivery of rich media presentations that combine audio, video and accompanying graphics for live or on-demand viewing. Earlier this year Sonic Foundry selected HCIN as one of two national finalists for its 2008 Rich Media Impact Award in Healthcare.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home Telemedicine Seminars Captured at ATA Mid-Year Meeting

 

 

September 2008 – More than a dozen seminars were captured by HCIN at the American Telemedicine’s mid-year conference held in Tampa, Florida, September 14-16. Educational sessions at this meeting focused on application of remote monitoring technology in a home care and paediatric care. HCIN will begin broadcasting these seminars in mid-October to registered viewers who can log in at the HCIN home page (www.homecareinformation.net) or at  www.homecaretechnology.com. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Live Broadcast Network Launched by HCIN

 

 

May 2008 – HCIN president, Tom Williams, announced the launch of his company’s live broadcast network following a successful live video streamed seminar conducted on May 14, 2008 featuring RBC Limited’s Trish Tulloch. According to Williams, development of HCIN’s live broadcast capability began early in 2008 and the company already has remote video broadcast units installed at a number of locations throughout the U.S. “Home care associations in Texas (Austin) and California (Sacramento) have installed units to broadcast live to their members and we also have units installed in five other cities for use by our speakers and business partners,” Williams said.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCIN is 2008 Rich Media Award Finalist

 

 

May 2008 – The Home Care Information Network (Stony Hill Management) has been selected as one of two finalists for the 2008 Rich Media Impact Award in Healthcare. The other finalist is Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education. The Rich Media Impact Awards program was created by Sonic Foundry to recognize excellence in the practical and creative integration of Mediasite in education, business, health and government. Nominees include organizations that achieved measurable improvements in information accessibility, cost savings, efficiency and productivity through use of Mediasite. HCIN’s nomination came in just the company’s second year of operation. Awards are to be presented at ceremonies in Madison, WI on May 14, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATA Leadership Interviews Available on HCIN

 

 

April 2008 – The American Telemedicine Association and the Home Care Information Network collaborated to broadcast interviews with telemedicine industry leaders throughout ATA’s 13th Annual International Meeting & Exposition held in Seattle April 6-8, 2008. More than two dozen individuals participated in these video streamed sessions, which can be accessed at ATA’s website.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCIN Announces 2007 Results, First Quarter Releases

January 2008 – Home Care Information Network president, Tom Williams, announced in a January 24 broadcast interview that HCIN’s student enrollment exceeded 20,000 during 2007. He also disclosed that more than 50% of Medicare-certified home care providers in the U.S. have registered to view at least one HCIN course over the company’s state-of-the-art video streaming network since its launch in spring 2006. Williams’ announcement included information on more than 20 new courses HCIN is introducing during first quarter 2008. These include courses from Fazzi Associates, RBC Limited, Selman-Holman & Associates, Gilliland & Markette, Five Star Consulting and Dr. Wanda Saed. He also announced new state-specific educational programs targeting home care and hospice administrators being launched for the Texas Association for Home Care and Associated Home Health Industries of Florida.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATA Legislative Advocacy Sessions Streamed Over HCIN

January 2008 – The American Telemedicine Association on January 17, 2008 conducted a series of presentations on legislative advocacy for members of the association’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Organized by Reed Franklin, ATA Senior Director of Public Policy, the half-day gathering was held in the U.S. Capitol’s Rayburn House Office Building. The sessions were captured by HCIN for video streaming to all ATA members beginning in February. HCIN will be showcasing its web-based remotely hosted educational system at ATA’s upcoming annual meeting in Seattle, WA, April 6-8. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MediaSite Wins National E-Learning Award

December 2007 – Madison WI-based Sonic Foundry, HCIN’s video streaming technology partner, announced the company's Mediasite® webcasting and content management platform was named the Best Tool for building high impact learning experiences in the Vendor Innovation category of the Bersin & Associates 2007 Learning Leaders Program. As part of the recognition, Mediasite will be featured in a Bersin & Associates in-depth report on training best practices, Learning Leaders 2007: Lessons from the Best, to be published in April. HCIN utilizes Sonic Foundry’s rich media capture devices to record its seminars and has co-located servers in Sonic Foundry’s data center to facilitate streaming content to HCIN viewers. CLICK HERE to access the complete press release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorado HCIN Office Opens

December 2007 – The Home Care Information Network has opened an office in Colorado Springs, CO to service clients and seminar presenters in western states. This office will also serve as the hub for the company’s live-broadcasting initiative, expected to be launched in early 2008. According to HCIN president Tom Williams, “We have a small office set up in the Springs that includes all of the equipment necessary to capture and broadcast content over the Internet. With the introduction of live-broadcast capabilities next year, I expect this operation will expand quickly.” This is the third location at which HCIN has set up video capture and broadcasting capability. The company has a complete video production studio in its Fredonia, WI headquarters and the Hospice Education Network has similar capability in their Centerville, MA office.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hospice Foundation of America to Utilize Hospice Education Network

September 2007 – The Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) announced the development of a strategic alliance with the Hospice Education Network (HEN), an innovative, online training resource developed specifically for hospice programs. In a September 12 press release, David Abrams, HFA’s President and CEO said, “By collaborating with HEN, we will be able to provide hospice programs access to our grief and bereavement resources in streaming video format over the Internet.” To begin their collaboration, HFA and HEN will offer the hospice industry and other interested professionals and groups subscription access to HFA’s past annual grief and bereavement teleconferences. HEN is HCIN’s hospice partner and utilizes the company’s web-based remotely hosted educational system to broadcast HFA and HEN video streamed content over the Internet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCIN CEO Featured on MediaSite User Group Broadcast

September 2007 – HCIN CEO Tom Williams was the featured presenter at the MediaSite User Group meeting that was broadcasted live over the Internet on September 18. The broadcast originated from Sonic Foundry’s Madison, WI headquarters and was hosted by Central Michigan University, Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions. During his 30-minute presentation, Tom reviewed HCInterprise, the remotely hosted content management system that his company developed. CLICK HERE to view Tom’s presentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VNAA Announces Agreement to Broadcast Chronic Care Seminars over HCIN                   

August 2007 – Recently appointed Visiting Nurse Associations of America CEO, Andy Carter, announced in an August 13 press release that his organization has entered into a partnership agreement with HCIN to produce and stream seminars for the VNAA’s Chronic Care Clearinghouse. “The goal of this collaboration between VNAA and HCIN is to bring value to member agencies,” Carter stated. “The partnership allows VNAA to expand our ability to provide members with convenient, state of the art educational content on clinical, regulatory, administrative and business developments at minimal expense.” The CCC is a grant-supported educational venture offering clinical education in caring for persons with Diabetes, Congestive Heart Failure and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It is funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), LANTUS, an insulin drug provided by Sanofi Aventis, and the American Heart Association (AHA). CLICK HERE to view a brief video presentation from Andy Carter addressing the HCIN partnership.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weatherbee Resources Launches Hospice Education Network                 

July 2007 – Heather Wilson, PhD, president of MA-based Weatherbee Resources announced her company’s launch of the Hospice Education Network on July 30. Utilizing HCIN’s state-of-the-art video streaming capabilities and remotely hosted software, HEN will offer courses for both hospice staff and volunteers. Wilson said the HEN will open its doors with 50 courses from leading hospice experts already recorded and that additional content was already in development.  Weatherbee is the hospice industry’s leading consulting company and is widely known for its regulatory compliance educational products and training programs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCIN Broadcasts State Association Annual Meetings

June 2007 – HCIN Marketing and Sales Director Randy Weisheit announced that his company has just completed recording of more than 30 presentations made at state association annual meetings in FL, CA and OR, and that he expected broadcasts of these sessions to members will begin during July. “All three of these associations are HCIN partners and they are hoping that broadcasting these seminars over the Internet will increase members’ comfort level with video streamed education,” Weisheit said. Agencies that attended these association conferences will be given a free 60-day viewing period and will be able to extend this for a nominal fee. Agencies that did not attend can purchase the seminars from their association. Weisheit expects additional associations will take advantage of this opportunity in 2008. For more information Randy can be contacted at randyweisheit@stony-hill.com. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mays Home Health Featured in Home Care Automation Report

February 2007 – Antlers OK-based Mays Housecall Home Health, was featured in a February 17 Home Care Automation Report article discussing HCIN’s first implementation of its enterprise solution for large multi-site providers. HCIN installed a MediaSite ML440 recorder and related video and audio equipment needed by Mays to develop their own video streamed training programs for the agency’s +500 staff. Once fully operational, in-house content will be integrated with courses purchased from HCIN to offer a comprehensive training program to staff at May’s 30 office locations in OK and TX.

 

 

 

 

  

www.homecareinformation.net

 

info@homecareinformation.net

 

866-436-7047