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Long Term Care Facility Administrators are heavily tasked with the care of our elderly citizens. If asked what their major focuses are in regards to the operation of their facility, a healthy list would be generated. Improving efficiency without affecting patient care would be at the top of any Administrator’s list. Administrators that are actively engaged in their facility will spend countless hours researching ways to improve efficiencies. Scanning the internet can produce a vast collection of software packages promising to implement efficiencies. One of these packages involves electronic charting.
Dozens of companies have developed electronic charting packages that can indeed improve processes. However the greatest challenge for facilities is not selecting the perfect package, it is managing the change it creates within the facility. Most electronic charting packages are fairly simple to learn, with hands on training and time, caregivers will be charting like a pro in no time. So how do you manage the change? Strong partnerships between the Software Company, the Pharmacy and the Facility must be developed.