EHR tool helps researchers detects Alzheimer’s sooner
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 02, 2020
Nursing home providers may soon be able to accurately estimate an individual’s risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease simply by scanning a patient’s electronic health record (EHR).
Study: Portal designs must keep older adults in mind
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 02, 2018
Nearly half of patient portal registrations at an Amsterdam academic medical center between 2015 and 2016 were from adults age 56 years and older, according to a study published in September in Digital...
July/August IT Briefs
Jul 07, 2020
Wyld Networks is applying its mobile mesh technology to help protect nursing home residents, staff and visitors and prevent the spread of COVID-19 or other viruses by creating geozones.
May IT Update
May 01, 2020
» Healthcare organizations battling the COVID-19 pandemic have also faced heightened cybersecurity threats from hackers looking to take advantage of the crisis caused by the outbreak. Email security firm...
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.
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...