Interoperability

While the long-awaited goal of interoperability seems to be advancing for EHR-equipped care providers, the idea of enabling health equity across the care spectrum seems untenable for post-acute care facilities...

Nursing homes continue to slog their way toward the industry standard in computer-to-computer data exchange.

Skilled nursing facilities, already marginalized in the care setting and lagging behind in technological advancement, are facing an especially severe impact from the worker shortage.

Like many of the top issues of the day, we cannot improve healthcare in long-term post-acute care without deep collaboration. Although technology is advancing rapidly, we can continue to do more by way...

The urgency and devastation around the COVID-19 pandemic have supplanted the very real concerns about the coming “Silver Tsunami’s” impact on our nation’s healthcare and long-term care industries. ...

As the senior healthcare market continually evolves to meet increasing demand, care providers are looking for solutions to help them succeed in the future. What’s more, the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated...

The nation’s largest nursing home lobbying group has joined the American Hospital Association to urge federal health officials to hold off on new interoperability measures.

Only 18% of skilled nursing facilities have taken the next step to integrate their electronic health records with a regional or state health information exchange.

The quest for secure, shareable information in the medical world is inching closer to reality.

A proposed plan on how healthcare organizations can better exchange data is expected to be released before the end of the month, according to a top federal health official.