This month, check out two new CAST resources: an updated Functional Assessment and Activity Monitoring Tech Selection Tool and a new case study on electronic health records.
See new research on telehealth and care transitions. Learn how the pandemic has shaped the future of senior living by highlighting the need for infrastructure, which LeadingAge actively promotes. Learn why now is the perfect time to become a health advocate, and congratulate CAST members in the news.
CAST Updates Functional Assessment and Activity Monitoring Tech Selection Tool
LeadingAge CAST has updated its Functional Assessment and Activity Monitoring Technology Selection Tool, which includes online tools to help you choose technologies that address functional decline. The revision includes updated information for16 products, information on four new products, and two new case studies. See a summary of changes or checkout the tool.
New CAST Case Study: EHR Captures Costs and Improves Care
Check out a new CAST case study on Yardi’s electronic health record (EHR) solution and how it is capturing $3,500 per month in missed revenue and increasing workplace efficiencies at a retirement community. Read a summary or download the full CAST case study, “Improving Incident Management, Record Keeping and Communications Through an EHR.” Yardi is a LeadingAge Bronze Partner with CAST Focus.
Telehealth Brings Successful Care Transitions, Says New Research
Preliminary results from an ongoing study suggest that telehealth services may help older adults to successfully stay in their homes after a care transition. The pilot project from the West Virginia University Office of Health Affairs is preventing rehospitalizations and readmissions to long-term care facilities.
Pandemic Changes Tech Use in Senior Living
Robust Wi-Fi, telehealth, and social connectedness technologies are now critical to senior living. See my thoughts on the topic in three articles from the June 2021 “Technology: Changing the future” supplement from McKnight’s.
Why LeadingAge Advocates for Infrastructure
I believe that robust infrastructure is critical for aging services technologies to succeed. Find out why in two recent podcasts where I was a guest speaker.
It Is Time to Become a Health Advocate
A recent article in Forbes noted that now is the time for senior living providers to advocate for residents’ health, partly through technology. Learn how doing so can also make your organization a stronger candidate for investors.
Members in the News
Please join me in applauding CAST members in the news for thought leadership, a new product, new leadership, and technology honors.
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