title: Using the long-term care information system for effective community care.
abstract: Obtaining appropriate long-term care is a problem common to individuals in need, community service providers, regulatory agencies, and fiscal intermediaries. The fragmented nature of the long-term care system precludes natural linkages among service programs. The Long-Term Care Information System Assessment Process was developed and demonstrated to be a communication link among programs and agencies concerned with long-term care. The use of its common language tools for decision making and program organization leads to the provision of appropriate long-term care, efficient use of resources, and effective community care.
mesh_terms: D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D014481:United States