Lessons from a Health Information Technology Demonstration in New York nursing homes

Lessons from a Health Information Technology Demonstration in New York nursing homes

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Case study. High-performing health care organization
Contributor(s):
Klinger, Shana Lieberman.
White, Scott.
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Commonwealth Fund, [2010]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Medical Informatics
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Nursing Homes
New York
New York City
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The New York State Nursing Home Health Information Technology (HIT) Demonstration Project is a publicly subsidized initiative to implement comprehensive, point-of-care electronic medical records in 20 New York City nursing homes. Because of an innovative union--employer partnership, direct-care staff of the homes were heavily involved in the planning process. Union employees were assured upfront that no layoffs would result from HIT implementation, and training was a high priority in vendor selection. All participating homes successfully replaced paper records with electronic ones, and, after the intensive pre-implementation planning period, it took less than six months on average for facilities to make this transition. Despite this shared success, variation existed between homes regarding: 1) organizational aims for adapting HIT; 2) the technology's perceived or real effects; and 3) implementation of quality improvement efforts as a result of newly available data. performance health care system. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. Support for this research was provided by The Commonwealth Fund. The views presented here are those of the authors and not necessarily those of The Commonwealth Fund or its directors, officers, or staff.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101547444 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101547444