The Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC) promotes health information technology in an effort to improve patient safety, quality of care, and administrative efficiencies. The MHCC has developed the Nursing Home EHR Product Portfolio (Portfolio) as a resource for evaluating and comparing EHR products specifically designed for nursing homes. The vendors listed below agreed to be included in this Portfolio, and have provided details regarding their product information, pricing, privacy and security policies for hosted EHR solutions (Application Service Providers), case studies, and user references. Each vendor offers discounted pricing to Maryland nursing homes.
Nursing Home Vendors
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Nursing Home Vendor Comparisons
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Nursing
Home EHR Vendor Product Comparison 
Contains a comparison for each vendors EHR product .
Nursing
Home Vendor Contact List
Contains the contact information for each vendor.
Nursing Home Presentations
Contains all the vendor PowerPoint Presentations.
Nursing Home Vendor Pricing
Contains all the pricing information and five year projected costs.
Connectivity
to the Statewide Health Information Exchange
Contains vendor pricing estimates to connect to the statewide health information for comparison.
Nursing Home ASP Privacy and Security Policies
Contains all the Privacy and Security Policies of all vendors with an Application Service Provider model.
Sensitive
Health Information
Contains vendor sensitive health information descriptions for comparison.
Nursing Home Vendor Reference Reports
Contains all vendor Reference Reports and a combined reference report for comparison.
Resources
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Nursing
Home EHR Brochure
Click to see the MHCC Nursing Home EHR Brochure
Electronic Health Records: An Assessment
of Maryland Nursing Homes December 2010
This is the second annual assessment of nursing homes on EHR adoption performed in July 2010 with independent and small chain nursing homes in Maryland.
A Road Map for Long Term Care 2010 - 2012
The Road Map from the Long Term and Post Acute Care (LTPAC) Health Information Technology Collaborative is the third Road Map published by the Collaborative to provide guidance to provider organizations, policy-makers, vendors, payers, and other stakeholders. This Road Map identifies the progress made in the past years and formalizes the priorities for the next 24 months.
Electronic Health Records: An Assessment
of Maryland Nursing Homes, January 2010
This is the first assessment of nursing homes in Maryland on their adoption and use of health information technology.
EHR Implementation
in Community Nursing Homes
This article describes a project to establish an EHR in 11 community nursing homes in Boston and the corresponding results.
HIT Streamlines Nursing
Home Operations
The article describes the benefits in implementing an EHR in the nursing home environment.
The State of Technology
in Aging Services
This offers a vision for long term care that includes using integrated health information technology systems to support and enhance the health, safety and social connectedness of older people living in their own homes.
A Road Map for Long Term Care 2008
- 2010
The 2008–2010 LTC Health Information Technology Road Map is an update of the Road Map created in 2005, and is intended to provide guidance to provider organizations, legislators, regulators, vendors, payors, and other stakeholders. This Road Map identifies the progress made in the past two years on key action items and formalizes a plan for the next 24 months. The ultimate goal of the Road Map is to promote the adoption of interoperable Health Information Technology in long term care in order to transform our health care delivery system.
Long Term Care Readiness Assessment
Tool
This article demonstrates how to assess the current state of a facility’s culture and attitude and commitment toward improving the quality of care and services it provides.
Health Information Technology Toolkit for Nursing Homes
This is a toolkit that can be used by nursing homes in adopting health information technology. It is broken down into three parts: adopt, utilize and exchange.
MHCC Contact:
Ms. Angela Plunkett
Office: 410-764-3574
Last Updated: January 31, 2012
Next update is scheduled for April, 2012