Tag: Google
WellSky partners with Google Cloud on provider directory data
April 15, 2026HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – WellSky has announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to embed advanced artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into WellSky CarePort solutions with a focus on improving the accuracy and reliability of provider directory data used in post-acute care discharge decisions. WellSky is embedding Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and Gemini models, along with BigQuery, to power its data infrastructure. “This marks a major industry shift, with health care moving...
White House, tech leaders commit to rebuilding health care system
July 31, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The White House and CMS have secured commitments from major health care and information technology firms – including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google and OpenAI – to begin laying the foundation for a next-generation digital health ecosystem that they say will improve patient outcomes, reduce provider burden and drive value.
“For decades, bureaucrats and entrenched interests buried health data and blocked patients from taking control of their health,”...
Notable Systems beefs up exec team
June 11, 2025HME News Staff
DENVER – Notable Systems has expanded its executive team. Brian Nannie, former chief data officer at Lincare, joins as senior vice president of client strategy & innovation; and Gaurav Nukala, former head of product operations at Innovaccer, joins as senior vice president of product. These strategic hires strengthen Notable System's leadership team with deep expertise in DME, HME and health care revenue cycle management, the company says. Nannie brings more than a decade of executive leadership...
In brief: CRT advocates make case, patients want tech, Masimo pairs with Google
September 20, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Complex rehab stakeholders converged on Capitol Hill on Sept. 10 to boost support for legislation that would improve access to titanium or carbon fiber wheelchairs.
The group met with legislators and staff from 49 Congressional offices Sept. 9-10 to move H.R. 5371 forward and seek support for a Senate companion bill that is expected to be introduced soon.
“Our CRT leaders made a strong impression across The Hill that included reaching a high proportion of...
Masimo, Google partner on wearable platform
September 18, 2024HME News Staff
IRVINE, Calif. – Masimo will partner with Google to develop a new reference platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building Wear OS by Google smartwatches.
By incorporating Masimo’s biosensing technologies and standardizing smartwatch devices using the Masimo reference platform, OEMs will be able to more efficiently build and bring high-performing Wear OS smartwatches to market.
“We’re excited to partner with Google to develop a reference platform...
Google leverages AASM to help people make sense of their sleep
April 16, 2021Tracy Orzel
DARIEN, Ill. — People struggling to get a good night’s sleep can now get evidence-based recommendations and tips from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine through Google’s new Sleep Sensing technology.
Available on the second-generation Nest Hub, Sleep Sensing analyzes snoring, coughing and the environment to assess how well users sleep. After learning a user's sleep habits and patterns, the device gives personalized insights and recommendations that...
Providers cultivate online customer reviews
February 15, 2019Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine - Most HME providers have some sort of online presence, but it's important to manage that presence, particularly reviews of their businesses, experts say.Google, Yelp and Facebook are among the most widely used tools for reviewing products and businesses, and a lot's at stake. VGM Forbin's Christina Throndson says 70% of consumers trust online reviews as much as they trust a family member's opinion.“Reviews have an incredible impact on your end users and making sure they can...
Heartland ushers in new era, providers in tow
June 17, 2016Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WATERLOO, Iowa - Igniting ideas and cultivating connections was the ever-positive theme at last week's Heartland Conference, now in its 15th year.
“The energy level was high, and there was great engagement and thought-provoking conversations from vendors and members,” said Clint Geffert, president of VGM & Associates. “During one of the final sessions, on the last day, we asked attendees to give one word about how they felt after three days of networking and education, and...
Google pushes providers to 'look good'
May 15, 2015Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine - It's so big it's been dubbed “Mobilegeddon,” but what does Google's recent decision to favor mobile-friendly websites mean for HME providers?Google on April 21 tweaked its search algorithm to make mobile-friendly websites rank higher in mobile search results.“It's not going to be OK any more to have a large website that looks bad on a mobile device,” said Justin Racine, marketing and e-commerce manager at Woburn, Mass.-based Geriatric Medical, which recently...
Providers race to rank
May 15, 2015Tracy Orzel
YARMOUTH, Maine - Seventy-two percent of the respondents to a recent HME NewsPoll say their websites are mobile-friendly.That's a good thing, because in April, Google tweaked its search algorithm to make mobile-friendly websites rank higher in mobile search results.It's also a good thing because 78% of respondents say more of their customers are using mobile devices to find them.“During the first quarter of 2015, over 30% of our web traffic was mobile—21% mobile, 10% tablet,” wrote...