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Technology and IT

From cybersecurity to databases, understand long-term care IT and technology challenges and solutions with articles, tips, and tools for navigating technology changes and maximizing innovations in IT in the post-acute care field.

  • CDC NHSN Long-term Care Facility Component (LTCF): Updated Resources
    The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility Component Manual Tracking Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) in Long-term Care Facilities The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Manual 2025 COVID-19 VACCINATION PROTOCOL Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Module for …
  • PDPM Grouper to Support XML Input
    Currently, the PDPM Grouper processes the MDS assessment in a fixed-length string format.  To allow for future flexibility, the fiscal year 2025 release of the PDPM Grouper, effective October 1, 2024, will also support MDS …
  • iQIES Resources Site Updated
    iQIES is the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System, which is the system that the MDS submissions system is being transferred to. The QIES Technical Support Office maintains a website with iQIES reference materials, including …
  • Decision Support Software: How to Get the Benefits and Limit the Risks
    Accuracy, efficiency, consistency—these are all work process gains that nurse assessment coordinators (NACs) can reap from decision support software, such as MDS “scrubbers” and automated care plan interventions, and they can help lead to improved …
  • CISA: Implement Cybersecurity Measures Now to Protect Against Potential Critical Threats (1/22)
    This CISA Insights is intended to ensure that senior leaders at every organization in the United States are aware of critical cyber risks and take urgent, near-term steps to reduce the likelihood and impact of …
  • Emergency Preparedness: Healthcare Cybersecurity Readiness and Response (2/21)
    As part of our nation’s critical infrastructure, healthcare facilities large and small must be proactive and move quickly to protect themselves from cyberattacks that could directly impact the health and safety of patients and the …
  • AHRQ Study: Transforming Medication Regimen Review With Telemedicine to Prevent Adverse Events (12/20)
    Transforming the medication regimen review process using telemedicine to prevent adverse events AHRQ News Now: Kane‐Gill SL, Wong A, Culley CM, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020;Epub Nov 25. Medication reconciliation and medication regimen reviews can reduce adverse drug …
  • CMS S&C Memo: Cybersecurity Recommendations (1/17)
    Recommendations to Providers Regarding Cyber Security Memo # 17-17-ALL Posting Date 2017-01-13 Fiscal Year 2017 Summary Recommendations for Providers and Suppliers for Cyber Security: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding providers …