Monday is the standard deadline for entries for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.
The annual showcase is an opportunity for stakeholders in skilled nursing, senior living and home care to demonstrate leadership and outside-the-box thinking when it comes to today’s tech. Submissions don’t have to involve complicated or costly devices or programs.
In this year’s expanded contest, providers and vendors have 16 categories in which they may enter. Included are opportunities for provider-devised programs, not-yet-to-market innovations and programs and innovations already in use. Along with some of the categories from the past (Building Bridges, Innovator of the Year, Quality and KISS) newer categories exist in categories such as electronic health records, resident/patient monitoring and safety, medication management, staff scheduling, care planning, falls management, care planning and more.
Gold, Silver and Bronze awards will be granted as warranted.
See McKnightsTechAwards.com for more information about this year’s competition and the entry portal to submit nominations.
A national, independent panel of judges will adjudicate entries, with a particular interest in approaches that lead to smarter workflows and better quality of life. Winners will be recognized for technology uses that improve efficiency, demonstrate innovative thinking or harness new tools to benefit residents and staff members.
Finalists will be announced Aug. 14, with winners unveiled during the virtual McKnight’s Tech Awards + Summit on Oct. 3. The event’s accompanying virtual summit will offer educational webinars that will enable providers to further their operational successes. Details will be forthcoming about its full agenda.
There also will be opportunities to celebrate winners in person. In addition, victors will be featured in coverage both online and in print. Winners will be recognized across McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care and all their social and traditional media platforms.
The extended deadline for the McKnight’s Tech Awards is July 9.Coverage of past McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Award Senior Living track winners can be found here.
