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Gail Bromer
203-885-2607
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AMEDISYS NOW OFFERS PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS FOR ITS HOME CARE PATIENTS? AS PART OF ITS CARE PLAN
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Danbury, CT (February 8, 2013) ? Amedisys Home Health Care of Danbury, a part of Amedisys, Inc. a leading home health care and hospice services company, today announced that it is providing personal emergency response systems (PERS) for its home care patients.
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The PERS devices will be provided free of charge while the patient is under the care of Amedisys.? Upon discharge from the Amedisys home care services, the patient will have the opportunity to continue the service by paying a market-rate fee directly to the service provider.
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The PERS devices and call center services are provided by a best-in-class, national provider of remote health monitoring devices and 24/7 communication services.
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?We are very pleased to provide a PERS device to our home care patients,? said Maureen Walsh, R.N., M.H.A., D.O.O.. ?Each year, one in every three adults age 65 and older falls, which can lead to moderate or severe injuries. Having a PERS device with our patients at all times enables us to more effectively communicate with our patients and respond if they have a fall or another issue,? she continued.
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?As a family physician for 30 years I have seen PERS devices enable swift medical intervention that helps reduce patient anxiety, enhances their independence and quality of life and also helps to reduce unnecessary visits to the emergency room,? said Michael Fleming, MD, FAAFP and Chief Medical Officer of Amedisys. ?I am thrilled that Amedisys has made the investment in the quality of our patient?s care to provide PERS for free in Danbury ,? he continued.
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For more information about Amedisys Home Health Care of Danbury, please contact Gail Bromer,
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203-885-2607 cell
203-730-9035 office
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About Amedisys:
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) is the nation?s leading health care company focused on bringing home the continuum of care. Each day Amedisys delivers personalized health care services to more than 35,000 individual patients and their families, in the comfort of patients? homes. Amedisys has two divisions, home health care and hospice. The Company?s state-of-the-art advanced chronic care management programs and leading-edge technology enables it to deliver quality care based upon the latest evidence-based best practices. Amedisys is a recognized innovator, being one of the first in the industry to equip its clinicians with point-of-care laptop technology and referring physicians with an internet portal that enables real-time coordination of patient care seamlessly. Amedisys also has the industry?s first-ever nationwide Care Transitions program. Amedisys Care Transitions is designed to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions through patient and caregiver health coaching and care coordination, which starts in the hospital and continues throughout completion of the patient?s home health plan of care. For more information about the Company, please visit: www.amedisys.com.
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