Category: Change On Blog (Professional)

Part of our job is to advocate for a better life experience. We’ve listened to our clients and families, our team, and you our partner, and we hear you – people want greater flexibility in designing the specific set of services and capabilities that meet their needs today, at this exact moment, with the confidence […]

Clients Want Better Health Outcomes, How Will You Show It? Healthcare buzz today is all about measurable outcomes, data, population health, and value-based care, as many health systems ramp up their efforts to reach triple aim – improved health outcomes, better experience, and reduced cost. How often have you heard that lately in your organization? […]

The joint venture partnership between Intermountain Healthcare and Lifespark was according to Home Health Care News, one of the more interesting home care collaborations in 2018.  Why did an $8 billion health system in Utah engage in a joint venture with a Minnesota-based senior care company who wasn’t a franchise or national home care company? […]

There’s a lot of pioneering work being done right here in Minnesota to reach quadruple aim – better care, better health, reduced cost, and improved engagement. One area posing the greatest opportunities for supporting these efforts starts at the beginning of a seniors’ health journey with primary care in the community where seniors live and […]

Creating Better Life Experiences With Whole Person Care Transition Initiatives What if we could improve the care transition experience? How do we do that? This is a wide spread issue among providers who want to do more for their clients at the time of discharge and achieve quadruple aim – better care, better health, reduced […]

As we shift from ‘sick care-acute care silos’ to a true ‘health care’ system, how are home care companies evolving in a value-based world and creating the change needed to meet the person-centered demands of seniors to achieve triple aim objectives? It’s one of the many questions Home Care 100 will dive deep into at […]

It isn’t enough to just hand a few brochures to seniors or give them a list of home care providers to choose from if we aren’t first asking them: what are your goals after you leave here? Here being the transitional care unit, hospital, physician office, or emergency room. As the discharge planner or social […]

Lifespark is moving on … location that is, to St. Louis Park. We have a busy week ahead moving our main office on November 16 with plans to be fully settled in our new space on Monday, November 19. Our new address will be: 5320 W 23rd Street Suite #130 St. Louis Park, MN 55416 According […]

Lifespark was given permission to share this blog from Elizabeth Hogue, a home care attorney. We share this piece because it resonated with us, we know that many care managers and discharge planners take their role as advocates to heart. This is about rethinking how you care for seniors – you think you are protecting […]

New Directions in Care Management This was a big year for growth at Lifespark with the announcement of a partnership with Intermountain Healthcare, a not-for-profit healthcare system in Utah. And many behind the scenes efforts of aligning with the right people, the right services, at the right time to deliver a seamless experience for seniors […]