Caregivers will be better able to communicate residents’ healthcare preferences to providers at skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities after using an app under development, researchers hope. Read More »
Device improvements as well as changes in government incentives, nursing staffing levels and the size of the senior population will lead to greater adoption of telemedicine in long-term care, but reimbursement remains a challenge for now. Read More »
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services birthed several key initiatives last year, including edicts to reduce unnecessary antipsychotic drug doses, preventable readmissions and avoidable infections. In other words, edicts for long-term care to do its job right. Read More »
Farzad Mostashari, head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) for the past four years, has announced his resignation. Read More »
The electronic health record (EHR) systems used in hospitals don't have all the functionality needed for use in long-term and post-acute care, say the industry's nurses. Amid new initiatives for closer care coordination between acute care and long-term care, technology experts and caregivers urge vendors to develop more robust health record systems for LTC. Read More »
Those working in the senior living and post-acure environments will have new coursework available to them when the fruits of an industry collaboration are realized. Read More »
The multidisciplinary approach to providing care with coordinated, goal-centered teams yields better outcomes for residents in long-term care facilities. Read More »
Technological breakthroughs have changed significantly the way seniors are cared for today. But are they always the right solutions to meet a resident's personal and long-term care needs? Read More »
Scientists take a page from the Harry Potter series to develop a resident locating system to track nursing home residents in an effort to improve care. Read More »
Transitions of care (TOC) processes aren’t just a good idea—they’re a key to growing your referral business. Larry Wolf, health IT strategist at Kindred Healthcare, shares how his organization embraced an active partnership with acute care for better TOC. Read More »
LeadingAge CAST’s new EHR whitepaper and matrix brings 14 more vendors into the mix, increases research value for long-term and post-acute care organizations searching for an EHR system. Read More »
A new study assesses the relationship between Internet use by seniors and its effect on the symptoms of depression and the possible impact on healthcare costs. Read More »
As 2013’s hurricane season begins, the lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy have helped New York State prepare to quickly locate evacuated patients and residents. Read More »
Even a simple visit to a physician’s office can become a complicated ordeal for a person with disabilities when filling out health information forms is involved. Read More »
Two technology companies combine their products to provide electronic data documentation across the care continuum—from hospitals to SNFs to home care. Read More »
If you've got data, you've got risks. A former White House CIO shares insights and advice on safeguarding LTC’s valuable data in an increasingly mobile and cloud-based world. Read More »
June's LTPAC HIT Summit will mark the annual long-term and post-acute care meeting of the minds of technology and longitudinal care coordination. Read More »
It’s time for long-term care to stop resisting the use of health information technology and embrace it to provide better care for residents, according to a report from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology. Read More »
Health information technology and long-term care, once rarely found in the same conversation, are now topics of discussion within multiple policy-making bodies and workgroups. Read More »
A new program of self-management of chronic conditions is designed to provide seniors with the tools to take charge of their conditions to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. Read More »
Trepidation about tripping? Most seniors who have taken a tumble once, will develop a fear of falling again. Helping seniors to overcome the fear of falling starts with a deep understanding of what scares them--and then empowering them to change it. Read More »
Six weighty electronic medical record (EMR) companies decide to set competition aside and form an alliance to improve EMR compatibility and medical record access across the care chain. Read More »
When an older person falls, it’s crucial to call caregivers immediately. But what if the caregiver could call the senior, no matter where they fell? Read More »
Those of us who have watched a loved one spend the last few years of their life in a nursing home know the pain and helplessness that comes from this experience. Studies have found communication breakdowns among staff can lead to lower quality of care. According to a University of Missouri researcher, the possible solution to this problem? Healthcare technology adoption. Read More »
It honestly pains me to say it, but The New York Times, America’s most substantive daily newspaper, has gotten things completely wrong when it comes to its recent coverage of the HITECH Act and electronic health records. And what the Times says matters. Read More »
Every year a group of multi-disciplinary professionals gather to discuss Design Showcase submissions for the Environments for Aging review. Inevitably, during the discussion, a common theme appears. This year was no exception: Is renovation always a good thing? Read More »
The long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) industry made some good inroads last year in terms of information technology and electronic records, but 2013 should be a hallmark year of cooperation, connectivity and shared mission among LTPAC providers, acute care providers and the vendor community. Read More »
