Healthfirst

MedCity News reports that Healthfirst, a not-for-profit health plan with more than a million members in New York, ”is teaming up with eCaring as part of an effort to reduce unnecessary ER visits and hospital readmissions, using real-time patient data generated through home care.”

”Healthfirst members who are dual eligibles for both Medicare and Medicaid and who are enrolled in the its CompleteCare Special Needs Plan will be targeted by New York-based eCaring, which will apply its data analysis and cloud-based monitoring software, by way of tablets.”