Advancing health information technology roadmaps in long term care

Advancing nursing leadership in long-term care.

Nurses working in the long-term care (LTC) sector face unique workplace stresses, demands and circumstances. Designing approaches to leadership training and other supportive human-resource strategies that reflect the demands of the LTC setting fosters a positive work life for nurses by providing them with the skills and knowledge necessary to lead the care team and to address resident and famil...

Advancing Personalized Health Care through Health Information Technology: An Update from the American Health Information Community’s Personalized Health Care Workgroup

J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:391–396. DOI 10.1197/jamia.M2718. er@ by gest on Jauary 6, 2016 djouals.org/ Setting Policy for Standards Development: The Role of the American Health Information Community’s Personalized Health Care Workgroup The inclusion of genetic/genomic information in electronic health records should inform the determination of disease risk, appropriate drug dosing to avoid ...

Aiming Higher: Advancing Public Social Insurance for Long-term Care to Meet the Global Aging Challenge; Comment on “Financing Long-term Care: Lessons From Japan”

Globally, aging populations are driving the demand for long-term care (LTC) services for a growing number of older people with disabilities or chronic illnesses. A key challenge for policy-makers in all countries is to find a comprehensive solution to financing LTC services to make them widely accessible, affordable, and equitable for all in need. In this commentary, we...

Long-Term Health Care

The Evolution of Long-term Care Programs; Comment on “Financing Long-term Care: Lessons From Japan”

The need for long-term care (LTC) represents a “new social risk,” one that overlaps with and complements systems of care that pre-date such programs, complicating LTC program design. This commentary expands on Ikegami’s discussion of how these structural factors must be accommodated, as well as historical and cultural factors that influence public expectations of such a...