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. 2018 Jul/Sep;33(3):200-207.
doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000328.

A National Report of Nursing Home Quality and Information Technology: Two-Year Trends

Gregory L Alexander  1 , Richard Madsen
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A National Report of Nursing Home Quality and Information Technology: Two-Year Trends

Gregory L Alexander et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2018 Jul/Sep.

Abstract

Health Information Technology is transforming healthcare delivery. This research report describes 2 year trends in technology adoption, called information technology sophistication, defined as capabilities, extent of use, and integration of technology. Trends are identified using a validated annual survey. In Year 1, 815 facilities participated in the survey; in Year 2, 484 nursing homes repeated the survey representing every US state. Statistically significant increases in information technology sophistication were found in resident care and total scores. Sample homes tended to be smaller and from small town/rural areas. There were more information technology gains than losses in technology sophistication over the 2 years in the sample. Significant correlations were identified between differences in information technology sophistication and 12 different quality measures.

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Figure 1:
Median IT Sophistication Scores Year 1 (Solid) and Year 2 (Dashed) Poststratified
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Figure 2:. Total IT Sophistication Differences Year 1-Year 2
Points above top line Year 2 Total IT Score higher Points beyond outer reference lines Total IT Score differs by 150
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