Technology and home care: implementing systems to enhance aging in place.

Full Abstract

The national healthcare agenda to improve efficiencies, reduce costs, provide high quality evidence and performance based care while simultaneously meeting stricter legal and regulatory requirements, has forced home care and hospice staff to change the way they work. These pressures require a reliance on new technologies to meet these goals. Through the agency-wide introduction and implementation of a variety of technological systems; electronic medical record/ point of care devises, telehealth, telephony and e-learning the Norwell VNA and Hospice has been able to improve efficiencies for employees allowing the focus of services to remain solely on patients and patient care. The technology has enhanced the agency's performance standards, communication and ultimate outcomes.

Author information

Author/s: Crossen-Sills, Jackie (J); Toomey, Irene (I); Doherty, Mary E (ME);

Affiliation: Norwell VNA and Hospice, 91 Longwater Circle, Norwell, MA 02061, USA. jcrossensills(-atsign-)nvna.org

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: The Nursing clinics of North America (Nurs Clin North Am), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Jun; vol 44 (issue 2) : pp 239-46

Dates: Created 2009/05/25; Completed 2009/06/12; Revised 2009/06/23;

PMID: 19463680, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 6/23/2009, IMS Date: 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00)

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