May 21, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Editor-in-Chief
news
Two technology companies combine their products to provide electronic data documentation across the care continuum—from hospitals to SNFs to home care.
May 20, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Editor-in-Chief
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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.
May 10, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
news
A telecom giant and a care-coordination software company join forces to improve care transitions and data capture at home.
April 23, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
news
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.
April 5, 2013 John F. Derr, RPh
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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.
March 6, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
news
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.
March 1, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
news
New data on hospital readmission shows that healthcare reform is making an impact--changing the rates for the first time in five years, says CMS.
February 28, 2013 Patricia Sheehan, Editor-in-Chief
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Skilled nursing providers (SNFs) are all too familiar with the challenge of preventing hospital readmissions for residents. In a recent Long-Term Living webinar that addressed this very issue, Maria Arellano, MS, RN, Clinical Product Manager, American HealthTech, reviewed the scope of the challenge and offered proactive strategies for providers to consider in their continuing quest to reduce hospital readmissions.
February 21, 2013 Mark Hagland
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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.
February 20, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
news
An unusual partnership between a Medicare insurance carrier and a fast-growing retirement community creates new business models for both.
February 14, 2013 John F. Derr, RPh
blog
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.
February 6, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
news
A new reporting system, created by CMS, will enable long-term care hospitals to provide more complete and accurate data on the quality of care their patients receive.
