Shawn Riley, HealthTechnica
“The main target of Technology for Long Term Care is the provision of essential information on technology products in order to improve the quality of life and care among people in long term care arrangements.
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CMIO
“A recent study examining the effects of introducing health IT in long-term care found that nursing home residents responded positively to health IT, but no significant care improvements were realized, according to a recent article published online in the Journal of Aging and Health.
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Cherry BJ et al, Health Care Management Review, 36(3)
BACKGROUND:
Electronic health records (EHRs) are becoming a required technology across the health care sector. Long-term care (LTC) facilities have lagged other settings in adopting health information technologies but represent an area where significant care coordination benefits might be realized. Nevertheless, managers face many of the same challenges implementing EHRs that exist in other environments when implementing enterprise-wide systems.
PURPOSES:
This study was conducted to provide a description of the early users’ experiences with EHRs in LTC facilities.
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HITE
“CSC has launched CSC eMEDlink®, a pioneering telemedicine platform that enables clinicians in primary and secondary care to conduct secure, remote audio/visual consultations, and empower patients to take control of their personal care.
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Bercovitz A et al, NCHS Data Brief, 45
Data from the National Home and Hospice Care Survey, 2007 In 2007, about 5,900 of the 14,500 providers of home health or hospice care (41%) had electronic medical records (EMRs), and an additional 2,200 (15%) planned to have EMRs within the next year. Providers who offered both hospice and home health care were more likely to have EMRs than providers offering only home health care, but did not differ from providers of hospice care only.
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Eric Ford, iHealthBeat
“Health IT holds great promise for improving health care quality and safety and reducing the costs of providing care in long-term care facilities. Numerous empirical studies conducted in other health settings support the view that health IT can help health care providers to reduce errors, improve safety and quality, and decrease costs.
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