EHR Technology in LTPACs to Reduce Re-hospitalizations
Long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) and assisted living organizations face unique challenges in delivering high-quality care and positive resident outcomes in today’s healthcare environment. For example, LTPACs work against tight budgets to provide ongoing care to residents with a wide range of disease states and perform complex medication management for residents.
Health and IT Quality: Still Babbling about Interoperability
Last July, Phil Gingrey, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia and a physician, expressed frustration over our lack of interoperability in our clinical systems
Hand Hygiene: Monitoring to Improve Hand Hygiene
Management guru H. James Harrington wrote, “Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it.”