Healthcare IT News October 19, 2021
Bill Siwicki

The skilled nursing organization has a 90% treat-in-place rate for all telehealth encounters, and data from its platform has helped identify areas for improvement.

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior housing/skilled nursing communities in the Midwest, was exploring different ideas to give its staff time back, improve resident outcomes and reduce rehospitalizations.

THE PROBLEM

The organization wanted an effective telehealth platform with new technologies to streamline the process for contacting physicians and improving documentation in its system of record. It also wanted to give its nurses a sense of confidence with technology that could guide them through assessments to keep residents in-house.

“Once the pandemic started, we had to act fast and implement...

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