Providers gather for health information technology summit
Jun 14, 2012
The 2012 Long Term and Post Acute Care (LTPAC) Health Information Technology (HIT) Summit hits Baltimore from June 17-19. Leading providers, vendors and professionals will discuss issues such as the development...
Long-term care stakeholders submit quality measures performance report to HHS
Feb 07, 2012
As required by the Affordable Care Act, the National Quality Forum convened the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) to develop a coordinated performance measurement approach across PAC and LTC settings.
Institute of Medicine issues health-IT safety recommendations
Nov 11, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services should impose more oversight of healthcare information technology venders, a new report recommends.
Health and Human Services soliciting health IT data from nursing home vendors
Aug 26, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services wants to study nursing home patient assessment data to determine whether health information technology standards can improve coordination of care.