ONC released a new issue brief on Health IT in long-term and post-acute care highlighting ways in which LTPAC providers are using HIT and information exchange to support care coordination, remote monitoring and quality improvement. It also gives a comprehensive overview of health IT-enabled care transformation opportunities for LTPAC providers under the Affordable Care Act.
The long-term post-acute-care (LTPAC) community has made considerable progress in developing its health IT capabilities but must do much more, according to a roadmap released by the LTPAC Health Information Technology Collaborative at the organization's recent summit in Baltimore
LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) has launched a free online initiative designed to help long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) facilities research the vendor choices for an electronic health record system (EHR).