New: CAST Tools & Collaborative Care Summit Wrapup

This month, we present highlights from the Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit held online in early June, as well as updates to the CAST Health Information Exchange Tool and a new CAST case study on a data-driven approach.

 

Watch our latest webinar on the 21st Century Cures Act and read a Ziegler white paper on workforce solutions. We also share an extended deadline for the CHIME digital survey, perspectives on artificial intelligence monitoring solutions, and new legislation to advance telehealth.

Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit Highlights

Person-centered care, telehealth innovations, the ways that technology can support an engaging lifestyle for older adults, and the continued use of nursing homes as testing sites for COVID-19 therapeutics took center stage at the virtual Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit, held June 8-10, 2021. Access to the summit’s recorded content, presentations, discussions, and resources is available for three months.

 

LeadingAge CAST, along with LeadingAge and our partners in the LTPAC Health IT Collaborative, co-organized the summit and made it free to care providers. See summit highlights published by McKnight’s Senior Living.

CAST Updates HIE Selection Tool

The LeadingAge CAST Health Information Exchange (HIE) Selection Tool has been updated. The tool can help your organization choose the best HIE to meet your specific needs. The newly released version includes updated information for 34 HIEs in the selection matrix and online selection tool, plus four new HIE entities for 2021:

 Be sure to access the HIE tool and our full suite of LeadingAge CAST Technology Selection Tools.

New CAST Case Study: Data-Driven Approach Lowers Costs and Improves Workforce

To learn more about how a data-driven approach can help your organization, see our newest LeadingAge CAST case study. Learn how LeadingAge CAST Patron HumanGood achieved a 40% savings in labor costs and improved business performance even during the pandemic. See a summary or the full case study, “Right Data + Right Time + Right People = Right Decisions.”

LeadingAge Webinar Shares Effects of Cures Act

Watch a recording of our latest LeadingAge webinar to see how the 21st Century Cures Act will affect long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) and aging services providers.

New Ziegler White Paper Offers Workforce Solutions

Download a new white paper by Ziegler, a LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus, to learn about key workforce-related trends impacting the smart aging sector.

CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey: Deadline Extended

Please read more information about the CHIME 2021 Digital Health Most Wired Survey and consider taking the survey, which measures technology adoption levels and has a category for long-term and post-acute care. The deadline to submit has been extended to June 30, 2021.

 

If you would like to participate, please contact Leighann Paule (LPaule@chimecentral.org)  directly, or email mostwired@chimecentral.org for a unique personalized link. Alternatively, you can access the pdf versions of the survey and additional information online.

Possibilities and Pitfalls of AI Monitoring Technologies

Artificial intelligence can greatly improve caregiving, yet it can also cause resistance among older adults, says a recent article in The Guardian. See the perspective that I shared on sensors, as well as information on a wearable from CarePredict, a LeadingAge Associate Business Partner with CAST Focus.

Bills to Extend Telehealth Flexibilities

Learn about two new telehealth-friendly bills introduced in the United States House of Representatives.

CAST Members Make News

Please join me in congratulating LeadingAge CAST members in the news for publishing thought leadership pieces and receiving high honors.

Contact Me

If you have news to share with CAST or if I can be of assistance in any way, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

New: CAST Tools & Collaborative Care Summit Wrapup

This month, we present highlights from the Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit held online in early June, as well as updates to the CAST Health Information Exchange Tool and a new CAST case study on a data-driven approach.

 

Watch our latest webinar on the 21st Century Cures Act and read a Ziegler white paper on workforce solutions. We also share an extended deadline for the CHIME digital survey, perspectives on artificial intelligence monitoring solutions, and new legislation to advance telehealth.

Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit Highlights

Person-centered care, telehealth innovations, the ways that technology can support an engaging lifestyle for older adults, and the continued use of nursing homes as testing sites for COVID-19 therapeutics took center stage at the virtual Collaborative Care & Health IT Innovations Summit, held June 8-10, 2021. Access to the summit’s recorded content, presentations, discussions, and resources is available for three months.

 

LeadingAge CAST, along with LeadingAge and our partners in the LTPAC Health IT Collaborative, co-organized the summit and made it free to care providers. See summit highlights published by McKnight’s Senior Living.

CAST Updates HIE Selection Tool

The LeadingAge CAST Health Information Exchange (HIE) Selection Tool has been updated. The tool can help your organization choose the best HIE to meet your specific needs. The newly released version includes updated information for 34 HIEs in the selection matrix and online selection tool, plus four new HIE entities for 2021:

 Be sure to access the HIE tool and our full suite of LeadingAge CAST Technology Selection Tools.

New CAST Case Study: Data-Driven Approach Lowers Costs and Improves Workforce

To learn more about how a data-driven approach can help your organization, see our newest LeadingAge CAST case study. Learn how LeadingAge CAST Patron HumanGood achieved a 40% savings in labor costs and improved business performance even during the pandemic. See a summary or the full case study, “Right Data + Right Time + Right People = Right Decisions.”

LeadingAge Webinar Shares Effects of Cures Act

Watch a recording of our latest LeadingAge webinar to see how the 21st Century Cures Act will affect long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) and aging services providers.

New Ziegler White Paper Offers Workforce Solutions

Download a new white paper by Ziegler, a LeadingAge Gold Partner with CAST Focus, to learn about key workforce-related trends impacting the smart aging sector.

CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey: Deadline Extended

Please read more information about the CHIME 2021 Digital Health Most Wired Survey and consider taking the survey, which measures technology adoption levels and has a category for long-term and post-acute care. The deadline to submit has been extended to June 30, 2021.

 

If you would like to participate, please contact Leighann Paule (LPaule@chimecentral.org)  directly, or email mostwired@chimecentral.org for a unique personalized link. Alternatively, you can access the pdf versions of the survey and additional information online.

Possibilities and Pitfalls of AI Monitoring Technologies

Artificial intelligence can greatly improve caregiving, yet it can also cause resistance among older adults, says a recent article in The Guardian. See the perspective that I shared on sensors, as well as information on a wearable from CarePredict, a LeadingAge Associate Business Partner with CAST Focus.

Bills to Extend Telehealth Flexibilities

Learn about two new telehealth-friendly bills introduced in the United States House of Representatives.

CAST Members Make News

Please join me in congratulating LeadingAge CAST members in the news for publishing thought leadership pieces and receiving high honors.

Contact Me

If you have news to share with CAST or if I can be of assistance in any way, please do not hesitate to contact me.