Information gathered from routine visits to the doctor is enough to accurately predict a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according to new research led by scientists...
ITUpdate
Jan 01, 2014
» Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) has introduced legislation that aims to cut federal outlays by increasing the use of health technology in federal programs. Under the proposal, a 19-member commission would...
ITUpdate
Aug 01, 2013
» The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has unveiled a new webpage with information and resources for long-term and post-acute (LTPAC) providers.
ITUpdate
Nov 01, 2013
» The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued the latest version of the Minimum Data Set 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument User’s Manual. The latest publication took effect Oct....
ITUpdate for October 2014
Oct 01, 2014
» The personal information of roughly 4.5 million patients was compromised during a series of cyber-attacks against hospital group Community Health Systems, the organization reported Aug. 18. The attacks...
From COVID-19 hardships come advances
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 01, 2020
In areas ranging from telehealth to staffing, the 2020 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards reveal providers’ smart new approaches and solutions.
Experts: Push EHR progress even if feds won’t help pay
Aug 01, 2012
Long-term care providers might not be eligible for federal meaningful use incentives for electronic health records. But that does not mean that facilities should ignore these tools, experts stress.
ITUpdate
Oct 01, 2013
» A new system from researchers at MIT and Israel’s Technion and Tel Aviv University can confirm computer programs running on the cloud are working properly. The system ensures there is no malicious...
ITUpdate June 2014
Jun 01, 2014
» An app developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the U of I at Chicago allows healthcare providers to analyze a patient’s gait. GaitTrack uses eight motion...
February IT Update
Feb 02, 2020
The LeadingAge Center for Workforce Solutions has released an Excel-based turnover cost calculator tool to help providers estimate how much staff turnover is costing their community.