title: Untangling home care's Gordion knot. The Home Care Information Management and Technology Forum.
abstract: As home care and hospice technological tools have evolved over the past six years, there have been no efforts to standardize the collection, storage, and reporting of data among different systems. The rapid pace of technological change, increased use of wireless and remote technology, a greater reliance on tools for collaboration and networking, and the ever-increasing regulatory burden on home care and hospice providers have resulted in the need for polices and procedures for the standardization of data across the industry. Agency administrators, already strapped for cash and time, need to know what technology investments they need to make now in order to remain competitive in the future. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice has created a forum to address these concerns and to develop a blueprint for the future development of home care and hospice technology.
authors.affiliation: lew@nahc.org
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006738:Hospices / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007256:Information Systems / Q000639:trends*; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D020407:Internet; D007449:Investments; D012952:Societies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014481:United States