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Health Information Technology in Nursing Homes

University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dal16{at}pitt.edu.

	Abstract

This study describes nursing homes’ use of Minimum Data Set (MDS) software and identifies features that are available in the most commonly used software packages. Data came from the On-line Survey, Certification and Reporting system and a national survey of nursing home administrators (N = 2,899) conducted in 2005. Results show that 2,397 (82.7%) of nursing homes used third-party MDS software, and more than 85% of those facilities purchased the software from one of five vendors. Advanced features in the software were available to most (87% to 98%) of the facilities; however, most features were not being used all the time. Findings are instructive in showing the use of health information technology in nursing homes. Nursing homes are often viewed as technologically impaired. With respect to MDS software, many nursing homes are using quite advanced health information technology.

First published on September 22, 2008, doi:10.1177/0733464808321887

Journal of Applied Gerontology 2009;28:38.

A more recent version of this article appeared on February 1, 2009


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