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Ternary trends in nursing home information technology and quality measures in the United States.
This survey investigated whether improvements in nursing home information technology (NH IT) increases quality measures. Nursing home administrators were surveyed from 2014 to 2017. Nine dimensions/domains and total IT sophistication were measured. A total of 815 Year 1 surveys were completed. It was found that for every 10 units increase in administrative activity of IT use, a decrease of 1.3% occurred in the percentage of low-risk long-stay residents with bowel or bladder incontinence.
AHRQ-funded; HS022497.
Citation: Alexander GL, Madsen R, Deroche CB .
Ternary trends in nursing home information technology and quality measures in the United States.
J Appl Gerontol 2020 Oct;39(10):1134-43. doi: 10.1177/0733464819862928..
Keywords: Nursing Homes, Health Information Technology (HIT), Quality Measures, Quality Improvement, Long-Term Care, Quality of Care