Acquiring a software package completes one process for providers, but it also initiates another: A quest to enhance staff knowledge and skills for using the new information technology. In this special...
Edentech adds I.T. services
Aug 21, 2013
Edentech has expanded to include Information Technology-related professional services for healthcare marketplaces.
Researchers say: IT systems are an ‘unfulfilled promise’
By
John Andrews
Mar 02, 2013
The healthcare industry’s deployment of information technology systems has fallen short of the expectations projected by the RAND Corporation in 2005.
How to do it … IT hardware
Mar 02, 2013
Information technology today has become sophisticated and complex. With many long-term care facilities now facing looming mandates to adopt electronic medical records, security and reliability of hardware...
Accountable care organizations in focus as Health IT Summit opens Wednesday
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 16, 2012
The Seattle IHT2 Health IT Summit, now in its seventh year, will focus on defining meaningful use as participants convene on Wednesday, Aug. 22. The opening keynote will be on the “State of the Health...
Health info expert: Time for long-term care providers to raise their hands for inclusion
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 08, 2012
Long-term care providers must collaborate and create partnerships with their acute care counterparts in order to make efficient use of new technology, a health information management expert told listeners...
Information technology interoperability: How to get it right in LTPAC
By
Robert C. Davis
Oct 14, 2011
To enhance facility communications with other providers and vendors while improving patient care, one of the most important information technology considerations must be interoperability. There are varying...
Why federal funding for nursing-care information technology would be a good investment
By
Ken Terry
Mar 02, 2011
Long-term care is the stepchild of the healthcare industry. So it’s not surprising that none of the $27 billion extended by the federal government for health information technology is available to...
Healthcare information will be plentiful for providers at this meeting
Feb 18, 2011
The Healthcare Information Management Systems and Society is hosting its annual conference Sunday through Wednesday in Orlando, FL. More than 400 educational sessions will be offered at HIMMS11, covering...
IT project aims to reduce hospital readmissions
By
Liza Berger
Dec 08, 2010
As the government strives to limit rehospitalizations, one nursing home and a couple of hospitals in New York City are staying ahead of the pack.