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Alpha Lifecare Partners with EchoCare to Introduce Cutting-Edge Remote Monitoring Solution for Elderly Care in Australia and New Zealand

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Crestview, FL, 2024-May-15 — /EPR HEALTHCARE NEWS/ — EchoCare, a pioneer in remote monitoring solutions for eldercare and senior living, has appointed Alpha Lifecare as the exclusive distributor for its solution in Australia and New Zealand.

“EchoCare is delighted to be working with Alpha Lifecare as our exclusive distributor in the region to ensure that, as the use of our senior monitoring solution continues to expand, customers in Australia and New Zealand will be able to provide better and more efficient care to their clients. As Alpha Lifecare has one of the strongest footholds in the region for delivering world-class innovative technology to senior living providers to improve resident safety and experience, we look forward to building lasting relationships with customers in the region,” emphasized Rafi Zack, COO and acting CTO at EchoCare.

“We are sure that our partnership with EchoCare will enrich our solutions offerings to our customers, as the Digital Angel Radar, developed by EchoCare, offers the most accurate, non-wearable, monitoring solution available, facilitating early detection, targeted intervention, and effective prevention. The system is uniquely capable of monitoring both behaviours and vitals, without privacy-invading cameras and without requiring any action on the part of the older person. We are pleased to have deployed in a first customer site and look forward to rolling out the solution to many more,” said Luke Craddock, Director at Alpha Lifecare.

Explore further information on the Digital Angel Radar solution: https://alpha.global/fallpreventiondetection/

About EchoCare
EchoCare empowers senior living and care providers to enhance their service with around the clock monitoring for improved outcomes. The system learns the senior’s daily activities, facilitating recognition of changes in behaviour – both physical and cognitive – that might indicate increased risk of falls, or other abnormal situations. It also detects emergencies such as falls, wandering, or respiratory distress, which require an immediate response. The company operates globally, with a focus on the US and European markets.
https://echocare.ai/

About Alpha Lifecare
Alpha Lifecare has been delivering and defining solutions for senior care for over 40 years. Their mission is: We make lives better by caring further – helping more people, more often. The company’s technology division aims to deliver world-class innovative technology which improves resident safety and experience whilst also supporting facility teams in enhancing operational efficiencies.
https://alpha.global/

SOURCE: EPR Network

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Georgia Senior Communities Launch Mission for Haiti

As aid drives continue for Haiti, Dogwood Forest Assisted Living communities are partnering to launch “Hands on Haiti: Family to Family,” an ongoing aid mission to lend support towards the restoration efforts in Haiti and to support Dogwood Forest employees that were personally affected by the earthquake.

Georgia Senior Communities Launch Mission for Haiti

“The months ahead are going to be tough,” said Tami Tucker, life enrichment director at Dogwood Forest of Fayetteville.” “After the media leaves, they will still be there needing our help. Our residents, family members and employees are all pitching in.”

Dogwood Forest aid drives range from collecting packed large zip-closed bags containing cloths, undergarments and toiletries to collecting water, tents and baby formula.

Communities are teaming up with local organizations that are such as Hosea Feed the Homeless the Red Cross and local church ministries to transport items to Haiti.

Kathy Pittman, life enrichment director for Dogwood Forest of Gainesville, said the Haiti mission has spiritual significance for her. “The Spirit of the Lord reminded me of the miracle that Jesus did with two loaves of bread and five fish,” Pittman said. “I believe God will do the same for this ministry if we give. He will bless it and give it back multiplied for the people of Haiti.”

To assist Dogwood Forest communities with Haiti relief efforts, please visit Dogwood Forest at www.trinitylifestyles.com, or contact Trinity at (678)566-0034.

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MaineGeneral Health Selects AnyWare Group’s ROAM Platform For Remote Access

AnyWare Group Inc. announced today that MaineGeneral Health, one of the largest health care systems in Maine, has implemented AnyWare Group’s clientless remote access platform. The ROAM (Role Oriented Access Management) platform allows secure remote access to any designated application or file share within the health care system through a role-based portal.

Physicians associated with MaineGeneral’s Augusta and Waterville campuses may now use any PC or Mac, equipped with nothing more than a web browser and a basic version of JAVA, to access more than thirty applications within the health care system. Application examples include Eclipsys Sunrise, Allscripts TouchWorks, Philips iSite, Kronos and Lawson which reside in various environments including Citrix and Terminal Services.

“Initially we were looking for a very secure and cost effective remote access technology to connect our independent physicians to our EHR,” said Danny Burgess, CIO of MaineGeneral Health. “To be honest I had a very difficult time believing the claims of what ROAM could do for our organization. ROAM simply sounded too good to be true. Healthcare vendors routinely make extraordinary claims, but most have a track record of over-promising and under-delivering. It was not until we agreed to a ROAM pilot that AnyWare Group demonstrated they could do everything they said and much more.”

ROAM’s remote access capabilities have proven effective for the IT staff of MaineGeneral as well as a broad cross section of healthcare professionals. “The positive feedback from physicians has been overwhelming,” said Jimmy Mansir, System Support Technician. “Users are receiving the access they need, when needed”. “I have found ROAM to be an extremely powerful tool, simple to use and, best of all, it delivers only the applications that I require,” said Dr. Edward Ringel, Director of Clinical Informatics.

System engineering staff can deploy applications quickly, securely and reliably. “Prior to using ROAM for remote access, we had used IPSec VPN as well as one of the leading SSL VPN appliances – Citrix Access Gateway – for remote access connectivity. Both are great technologies, but we all agreed that ROAM delivered a level of security, simplicity and flexibility that was hard to ignore,” said Jerry Lindsay, Senior Systems Engineer. “Valuable IT resources have been freed to work in critical areas because, as a service, we just tell AnyWare Group what applications or roles we want to add to our ROAM Portal and they take care of it.”

AnyWare Group provides proactive monitoring and responsive 7/24 support as part of the service. “One of the most significant benefits of ROAM has been the support and engineering services that come bundled as part of the ROAM offering. There hasn’t been a single issue they couldn’t help us with”, said Mansir. “In addition our help calls regarding remote access have 
virtually disappeared as end users find the ROAM remote access solution extremely simple to use. There is virtually no learning curve for the end users.”

“Since AnyWare Group focuses on healthcare solutions, they have expertise that has helped us optimize a number of our applications including our PACS systems for remote access,” said Burgess.

“Having MaineGeneral Health as a customer is certainly a thrill for us. They have given us an opportunity to demonstrate the value we bring to both the IT department and end users – particularly physicians,” said Robert Lalonde, CEO of AnyWare Group. “The results at MaineGeneral legitimize the benefit claims of ROAM as a clientless remote access platform and are yet another customer proof point for us.”

About MaineGeneral Health
MaineGeneral Health is the parent corporation of a network of acute care hospitals, physician practices, long term nursing care, and assisted living and retirement communities.

About AnyWare Group
AnyWare Group is the leading remote access solution provider for hospitals and healthcare organizations. AnyWare Group’s award-winning ROAM Platform enables clientless remote access to all applications from any device (PCs and Macs) without requiring the management of users’ computers. Through the ROAM portal, organizations present all relevant applications to authorized users, when and where required.

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