Resources
New! Podcasts & Webcasts
Technology in LTC
Austin TX-based attorney Jerri Ward, an expert in LTC and employment law, interviews AccuNurse clinical consultant Jim Shearon. You'll hear about what AccuNurse is, how it works, how surveyors react, and the three main ways AccuNurse helps manage risk. Length: 30 minutes. Type: MP3.
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Trends in technology
Hosted by the Texas Association for Homes & Services for the Aging Education Institute, this 2-hour webcast gives communities a look at the hottest developments around the country and how LTC leaders are driving change...with a return on their investment. In addition to hearing about the 8 questions you must ask before buying any technology, you'll see (and hear) several systems demonstrated, including AccuNurse voice-assisted care. This 2-hour webcast is good for 2 hours of CEU credit.
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The impact of 20 years of voice innovation on long-term care
Jim Roddey, former (and first) chief executive of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, interviews Jim Quasey, president of Vocollect Healthcare Systems on Pittsburgh Renaissance Radio. You'll hear why Vocollect, the global leader in Voice-Directed Work in distribution center environments on 6 continents for over 20 years, brought the same user-friendly technology to long-term care, to dramatically improve quality of life for residents and caregivers. Length: 40 minutes. Type: MP3.
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Technical Resources
8 Questions To Ask When Considering Point-of-Care
Shopping for point-of-care? You have a lot of options to consider – from kiosks to keystroke devices to voice-assisted care. Drive a smart investment by asking the right questions. This quick guide offers 8 simple questions you should be asking the vendors of the technologies you are considering.
How Voice Compares
Chart showing you the benefits of Voice over paper, kiosks and PDA.
Brochure & Poster
AccuNurse® Brochure
AccuNurse® opens a two-way dialogue between your care staff and the resident information they need to provide the best care possible. With simple voice requests, staff can hear care plan details and document activities as they are completed, using the most natural form of communication available: voice.
AccuNurse: How it Works Poster
A complimentary guide showing "how it works" and how everyone can benefit from AccuNurse.
White Papers
Lean Thinking for Long-Term Care
This white paper describes how you can take a Lean approach to process improvement and reduce dollars wasted on unnecessary paperwork, steps, searching and more...with voice-assisted care. Your teams will work smarter, faster, and with more focus on resident needs.
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Improving Quality Measures for Long-term Care
In this white paper, you will see (and hear) how voice-assisted care dramatically improves quality of care in more than 10 ways; discover three organizations relying on voice-assisted care and how it continuously improves quality of care; and get specific examples on how your processes can be improved to directly impact quality and lower costs.
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Getting the Dollars You Deserve for the High-Quality Care You Deliver
Through the experiences of leading senior care facilities, this paper will compare the functionality of keystroke-based technologies, in this case, touch-screen documentation and voice-assisted care, and how voice-assisted care provides an advanced system of clinical documentation that improves the quality of care, leads to lower care costs, and drives revenue to the bottom line.
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Are you Ready for the QIS Survey Process?
There is a transformation underway of the long-term care survey process, and it has significant implications for every long-term care (LTC) facility in the nation. The Quality Indicator Survey, or QIS, is being developed under the auspices of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and is in the final stages of a demonstration project.
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A Readiness Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes
The Readiness Assessment Tool is designed to help nursing homes assess whether they are ready to undertake organization-wide practice and culture changes for Quality Improvement. The Health Information Technology (IT) Assessment Tool allows administrators to evaluate their facility's current technology usage and to assess obstacles for implementation of health IT.
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