As long-term and post-acute care facilities play catch-up when it comes to electronic health records, an industry group has given these providers their own model for EHR adoption.
The LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) has updated its white paper on EHRs for long-term and post-acute care to include its seven-stage CAST EHR Adoption Model. The release includes a number of tools, including an interactive product selection guide and a matrix listing capabilities of LTC EHRs from various vendors.
If it recalls the HIMSS Analytics EMRAM scale, it’s not a coincidence. Washington-based LeadingAge, which represents more than 6,000 not-for-profit providers of aging services, drew heavily from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society‘s model.
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