Disabled and seniors connect, thanks to a new tech program
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 04, 2016
When Nancy Likens, director of the Soprema Senior Center and Café in Wadsworth, OH, first came up with the idea of using the café as a job-training site for volunteers from the Medina County Board of...
New long-term care tech needs more vetting, researchers say
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2024
Innovations such as remote patient monitoring and disease screeners have a broad appeal within long-term care settings, but the rapid pace of innovation often means the research validating them is too...
Feds unveil plan to improve tech safety via partnerships
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2013
Healthcare technology can greatly help or harm the care residents receive. Recognizing this dichotomy, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has issued a health...
Standardized electronic info remains a challenge: experts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 05, 2015
An emphasis on data assessment and standardization across care settings was a hot topic at the Long Term and Post Acute Care Health IT Summit, held in late June in Baltimore.
iPad-like technology helping elders and disabled connect
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 17, 2019
In 2013, when Nancy Likens, director of the Soprema Senior Center and Café first came up with the idea of using the café as a job-training site for volunteers from the Medina County Board of Developmental...
Larger role for e-health data key to safer care, study finds
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2011
One of the best ways to reduce medical errors in the nation’s healthcare system is to expand the role of electronic health records, investigators recently claimed.
November IT Update
Nov 01, 2020
The 2020 winners of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards, sponsored by Stanley Healthcare, have been posted online at www.mcknights.com.
IT Update January 2018
Jan 08, 2018
» Dental prosthetics company Nobilium has created a denture identification system using radio-frequency identification. The system is geared toward skilled nursing facilities, to help them meet regulations...
Robotic equipment making LTC pharmacies quicker
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2011
When medications arrive at a skilled nursing facility from a long-term care pharmacy hub, chances are it was not just a team of people who helped them get there: Robotic technology likely was also involved.
McKnight’s Tech Awards honor innovation
By
Liza Berger
Dec 05, 2019
Telemedicine. A post-acute provider collaboration platform. Automation of resident activity calendars. These were just a few technologies that earned top honors in McKnight’s 2019 Excellence in Technology...