Health Information Technology: A New World of Nursing Homes

Lessons from a Health Information Technology Demonstration in New York Nursing Homes

The New York State Nursing Home Health Information Technology (HIT) Demonstration Project is a publicly subsidized initiative to implement comprehensive, point-of-care electronic medical records in 20 New York City nursing homes. Because of an innovative union–employer partnership, direct-care staff of the homes were heavily involved in the planning process. Union employees were assured upfront...

Information technology sophistication in nursing homes.

OBJECTIVE There is growing recognition that a more sophisticated information technology (IT) infrastructure is needed to improve the quality of nursing home care in the United States. The purpose of this study was to explore the concept of IT sophistication in nursing homes considering the level of technological diversity, maturity and level of integration in resident care, clinical support, an...

Health information technology: A new world for pharmacy.

OBJECTIVES To provide a health information technology (HIT) primer for pharmacists, including the current state of HIT, future expectations, basic information and vocabulary, HIT vendors, communication standards, barriers to implementation, and strategies for pharmacists to ensure success. DATA SOURCES By the authors. SUMMARY HIT is expected to provide integrated electronic health care with...

Preparing Nursing Homes for the Future of Health Information Exchange.

OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to describe how we prepared 16 nursing homes (NHs) for health information exchange (HIE) implementation. BACKGROUND NH HIE connecting internal and external stakeholders are in their infancy. U.S. initiatives are demonstrating HIE use to increase access and securely exchange personal health information to improve patient outcomes. METHOD To achieve our objectives we...

Health Information Technology in the Nursing Home